Instructional Texts
While the Composition Reading Bank is a student-facing repository with readings geared more for students, the Instructional Texts tab includes sources to assist instructors with the teaching of Composition. Some are intended to provide instructors with best practices, while others can be shared directly with students. If interested in using any of the sources provided in the Writing Repository, please download documents and/or copy links and add them to your Blackboard course shells. Students should not be given direct access to this instructor-facing Lib Guide. Thank you.
This series of videos, published by Crash Course and Arizona State University, introduces the stages of college – such as deciding to go to college, getting into college, and what to do while in college – and provides tips for each stage.
Linden-McKinley Shutdown is a website highlighting the temporary closing of a local high school in 1971, co-created and shared by Dr. Simone C. Drake of The Ohio State University. This site includes a link to the documentary, Shutdown; background and a timeline on the surrounding events; interviews with former students and staff of Linden-McKinley High School, and an instructional guide that can be used to develop a college-level learning module on this and local events like these.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a website providing resources and lesson plans for the teaching of the Holocaust. The lesson plans were created for middle and high school students but can easily be modified to engage college-level students.
Retro Report is a website fostering engagement and critical thinking skills with over 300 short videos that connect history to today. Lesson plans and student activities are also available.
Echoes & Reflections is a premier source for Holocaust educational materials and dynamic content, empowering instructors and students with the insight needed to question the past and foresight to impact the future. Lesson plans, student activities, a timeline, and a podcast series are provided.
The Five Demands is a documentary that aired on PBS revisiting the untold story of a student protest against institutional racism that took place in 1969 and resulted in the temporary shut down of the City College of New York.
Facing History & Ourselves includes lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to racism, antisemitism, and other forms of bigotry and hate. Though the provided lesson plans are intended for middle or high school students, many of the resources and activities can be incorporated into the college classroom as well.
The East Asian Studies Center of The Ohio State University provides lesson plans, history modules, videos, film guides, etc. for those interested in incorporating the study of East Asia into their coursework.
Precious Knowledge: Fighting for Mexican American Studies in Arizona Schools reports from the frontlines of one of the most contentious battles in public education in recent memory—the fight over Mexican American studies programs in Arizona public schools. The film interweaves the stories of several students enrolled in the Mexican American Studies Program at Tucson High School with teachers, parents, school officials, and lawmakers.
