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Ua94/6/18 Stephen Flora Student / Alumni Papers, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Stephen Flora during his years as a student at Western Kentucky University.

Ua99/5 Bowling Green Business University Departments, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the departments of Bowling Green Business University.

Ua100/1/1 Rural Training School Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

No abstract provided.

Ua66/8/6 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Allied Organizations, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about allied organizations associated with the Geography & Geology department, including the Council of Geography Teachers, Green River Grotto, and Kentucky Geographic Alliance.

Shaking Up Shakespeare: Teaching For The Contemporary High School English Classroom, Megan Sampson

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Contemporary high school English students find Shakespeare distant because they believe Shakespeare is hard to understand. Pairing Shakespeare with thematically-similar contemporary texts can make his works more accessible to students. Using different angles on the same theme shows students that Shakespeare presented some universal issues that still have relevance today. The Literacy Design Collaborative modules included within this thesis use Shakespeare in cooperation with other texts to focus on a specific theme. Using the module structure, teachers can organize the unit’s overarching goals and can include all handouts and necessary materials. This structure of design incorporates literacy-centered practices in order …

Tutor In A Bag: Reaching Struggling Readers, Lillian Hoskinson

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Tutor in a Bag is a tutoring program designed to match novice adult tutors with struggling early readers. The program trains tutors with varied backgrounds to work with struggling readers using evidence-based instructional strategies and data collection methods. Tutors attended an initial training session to receive materials, practice each component of the lesson plan, and to receive fundamental training on use of reading games and strategies supporting solid reading instruction at a brisk pace. Each designated struggling reader was paired with a tutor for 10 weekly, thirty-minute sessions driven by each student’s individual needs. Support for the tutors was provided …

Come On In, The Writing's Fine: Preserving Voice And Generating Enthusiasm In My English 100 Syllabus, Elisa Leah Berry

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis explores the potential for creating a composition syllabus that presents a model of good writing, is an enthusiastic invitation to the discipline, and provides a clear roadmap to success, not only for the course, but also for the students’ college career. This is especially useful for an increasingly diverse student community that arrives to college with a varying knowledge of the academic institution, with its specialized language and systems. The project explores the existing research on syllabus crafting, uses current composition studies and a survey of English 100 students to interrogate the rhetorical situation of the author’s own …

Culture Shock: Understanding World Cultures Through Arts Integration, Shelby Wooldridge

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Teachers often have difficulty engaging students in arts and humanities classes. To aid in this struggle, a series of lesson plans applicable for kindergarten through twelfth grade students in music and arts and humanities classes will be presented. These lesson plans will teach students about world cultures, such as West African, Appalachian, and Latin America, through arts integration. In order to reach this goal, there will be a component on student development in order to match the units with students’ developmental levels. From there, the lesson plans will be developed to incorporate all of the art forms, with an emphasis …

Steps In Time: An Exploration Of Tap Dance Education, Sara Pecina

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Tap dance is an indigenous American art form that not only holds a valuable presence in the world of entertainment but also boasts an important historical background. From the slave quarters on plantations to Hollywood’s silver screen, the development of tap dance mirrors the story of American history. Tap dance must be preserved because of its cultural significance in American history; likewise, it is imperative for dancers to understand its development in order to appreciate the art and for today’s artists to continue the growth and presence of tap dance in America. However, many dance educators today focus solely on …

Ua68/10/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Sociology Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about Sociology. Including Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work while a part of Potter College.

Ua68/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Interdisciplinary Studies, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Interdisciplinary Studies which include:

• African American Studies
• Asian Studies
• Canadian Studies
• Film Studies
• Latin American Studies

Ua68/11/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Philosophy & Religion Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about the department of Philosophy & Religion.

Ua68/17/4 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Theatre & Dance Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and for the administration of Theatre & Dance.

Ua37/36 Faculty Personal Papers Claude Rose, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Personal papers of Claude Rose, WKU Music professor from 1945-1977.

Ua37/37 Faculty Personal Papers Arndt Stickles, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Personal papers of Arndt Stickles, WKU History professor from 1908-1954. The collection includes articles, speeches, lecture notes and correspondence.

Ua68/8/4 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Administrative records created by the History department.

Ua68/1/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Dean, Assistant Deans, Committees Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the Potter College of Arts & Letters Dean, regarding the administration of Potter College including meetings of college leadership, strategic planning, reports about the college, and historical information.

Ua68/6/3 Potter College Of Arts & Letters English Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by English Department faculty and staff regarding the administration of the unit.

Ua68/5/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Art Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Administrative records created by the Art Department.

A Review Of Sustainability Themes In K-12 Books, Roxanne M. Spencer, Jeanine Huss

Education for Sustainability Summer Institute

No abstract provided.

Ua98/1 Potter College For Young Ladies Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by Potter College. This series consists of catalogs, yearbooks and the college newsletter.

Ua68/8/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about the History Department.

Ua68/9/4 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Music Curriculum, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the Department of Music regarding curriculum and programs.

An Examination Of Reading Assignments In The Secondary Classroom, Rachel Elizabeth Leer

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this research study is to examine reading assignments given in the secondary classroom of a rural secondary school. The intention is to analyze student readiness to handle complex text found in post-secondary education and/or the workforce, based on current reading trends within the school. The research questions guiding this study focus on the average amount of reading students are expected to complete in a week, what strategic support is being provided to students to enhance comprehension of text, the methodology behind how teachers select both reading assignments and reading strategies, and finally the methodology behind how teachers …

Ua97/5 Ogden College Departments, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and regarding the departments of Ogden College. Series contains brief records from the Athletic, English and Science departments.

Ua68/7/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Modern Languages Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about the Modern Languages department.

Ella And Henry: A Standards Based Unit And Accompanying Novel, Virginia Harris Prather

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

My CE/T consists of a young adult novel appropriate for elementary students and an accompanying Standards Based Unit of Study (SBUS). An SBUS is an instructional plan for teaching and learning that addresses content areas in a meaningful way. As part of the SBUS, I am including lesson plans, essential questions, a calendar for teaching this four-week unit, all worksheets, writing prompts, and other activities to be used, and an annotated bibliography of related works. The nature of this project is creative, as I have designed a unit for use in the elementary classroom. It will cover material from various …

Ua1c7 Departmental Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images showing everyday activities of university departments.

Ua96/4 Southern Normal School Departmental Records, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about individual departments of the Southern Normal School. The series contains brief information regarding athletics, business courses and music.

A Teacher's Guide To Primary Sources About Lincoln, Slavery And The Civil War, Nancy Disher Baird

Teacher Resources: Kentucky History

No abstract provided.