ANTHROPOLOGY
Presenter: Michael Glassow and others
Description: A tour of the Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections and a talk about different kinds of artifacts and what archaeologists are able to learn from them. A visit to a laboratory where archaeological collections are washed, sorted, and catalogued.
Intended Grade Level: All
ASTRONOMY
BIOLOGY
Title: Eggs to Embryos to Animals:
The Beauty of Development
Presenter: Kathy Foltz
Description: This talk can be tailored to match the grade level and inlcudes many photographs and hands on props. Which came first - the chicken or the egg? Developmental biologists study how a single cell - an egg - becomes a complex organism comprised of many specialized cells - some of which become the sperm or eggs for the next generation. I'll select a few model systems (sea urchins, fruit flies, frogs and mice) and talk about some of the common as well as unique aspects of their development. For more advanced students, methodology and the research process will be incorporated. However, even the youngest students will also get a sense of the scientific method.
Intended Grade Level: All
Title: Brave New Worlds - FAQs
about Stem Cells and Cloning
Presenter: Kathy Foltz
Description: What is "cloning"? What are the key scientific questions regarding stem cells? Where can I go to get reliable information about the current technology, science and ethics concerning cloning and stem cells? A short prepared talk is followed by a Q & A session, supplemented with illustrations and a handout for students to take with them.
Intended Grade Level: All
Title: Viruses: What They Are and Why We
Study Them
Presenter: Charles Samuel
Description: Several infectious diseases that afflict humankind are caused by animal viruses. Hepatitis, AIDS, flu and the common cold are examples of viral diseases now commonly seen in our society. In addition, new viruses and viral diseases can emerge, as recently illustrated by SARS respiratory syndrome and West Nile virus encephalitis that were not earlier seen in the USA. These contrast to diseases such as smallpox and poliomyelitis that have been eradicated in the USA through the use of effective viral vaccines. This presentation discusses the nature of animal viruses, using disease agents such as poliovirus and human immunodeficiency virus as examples. In addition to their medical importance, contributions that viruses have made as simple model systems for the study of basic problems in molecular cell biology will be discussed.
Intended Grade Level: All
Title: Soil or Dirt: The Base of Human
Life or Just Something Under Your Fingernails?
Presenter: Josh Schimel
Description: Soil may be our single most important resource, yet people treat it like dirt. Human society depends on soil to produce food, fiber for paper and clothing, wood for cooking and building, and even antibiotics. Besides being important, soil is endlessly complex, interesting, and even beautiful. This talk can touch on all these issues.
Intended Grade Level: All
Title: Estimating Ecological Effects
of a Development
Presenter: Allan Stewart-Oaten
Description: Suppose there is to be a development on the coast. It could be an oil platform, a power plant, a sewage outfall, a pier, a breakwater, etc. After it is built and has been in place for a few years, we will want to know if it has harmed any species. For example, we might want to know if it has reduced the number of sea urchins in the area. To find out, we could take samples of sea urchins before the development is built, and take more samples after it is built, and see if the numbers went down. But sea urchin numbers vary naturally over time. How do we decide if a decrease was due to the development? The main answer is to compare the size of the decrease with the size of natural variation. This means we need to measure the size of natural variation. To do this, we need several samples taken at different times before the development is built, and another set of samples taken at different times after the development is built. We also need a formula for measuring the size of natural variation. There is a standard one, but it may not work here. For example, suppose you take one sample on each day of January. If you apply the standard formula to these results, you will underestimate the size of natural variation. The reason is that these samples show only part of the natural variation, not all of it. They show day-to-day variation, but not month-to-month, or year-to-year. The talk is about this problem, and how to avoid it by using "control" sites in the study, or how to deal with it if you can't avoid it.
Intended Grade Level: All
BLACK STUDIES
CHEMISTRY
Title: Physical Science Experiments
in the Chemistry Lab at UCSB for 5th Graders
Presenter: Petra Van Koppen
Description: Faculty in the Materials, Chemistry and Biochemistry departments at UCSB collaborate in an outreach program to enhance the performance and enjoyment of fifth grade students in the Physical Sciences. We have a comprehensive program in which we develop inquiry-based modules that target specific concepts in the fifth grade physical sciences curriculum, host hands-on workshops for fifth-graders in our laboratories, and provide teachers with take-home materials and follow-up support in their classrooms from our UCSB Chemistry, Biochemistry and Materials students. A keystone of the program is extensive interaction between UCSB students and fifth grade students and teachers; this will serve the dual purpose of providing first-rate science role models for the fifth-graders, and encouraging our students to consider careers in science teaching.
Intended Grade Level: Grade 5
COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING
Title: ASAP Program
Presenter: Lynn Hastings
Description: Lynn Hastings coordinates an exciting program that admits high-achieving local students to UCSB before they have graduated from high school. Through the Accelerated Study Access Program (ASAP), students begin university studies even while they continue work toward a high school diploma. Scheduling: Please call (805)893-5207 for additional information, or if you wish to arrange for a presentation to students or their parents.
Intended Grade Level: High School
Title: What Does It Take to Succeed
in College?
Presenter: Al Wyner and staff
Description: A presentation about the personal and intellectual qualities that are most important in college work.
Intended Grade Level: Middle and High School
Title: College and Career Planning
Presenter: Al Wyner and staff
Description: A discussion of college majors, their curriculum, and where they lead.
Intended Grade Level: Middle and High School
COMMUNICATION
Title: Communication
Challenges in Relationships
Presenter: Walid Afifi
Description: My area of research is communication and uncertainty in close relationships. Toward that end, I could present quite a bit about the the challenges facing us in these relationships. What topics are typically avoided? Why do we avoid certain topics? When do we seek information directly and why? What role do image concerns play? Why does it seem like nice guys and girls sometimes finish last in relationship pursuits? Alternatively, I could focus the discussion on sexuality-related communication challenges. I am very familiar with that literature and can speak easily about the challenges of discussing sexuality-related topics with dating partners and the consequence for sexual decisions. Finally, I have taught courses on relational conflict on several occasions and could easily put together a talk about related issues.
Title: Growing up
in the Middle East
Presenter: Walid Afifi
Description: My father grew up in Palestine and emmigrated to Lebanon and I grew up in Lebanon and still have family there (visit every day). There is a tremendous void of real information about that area and its people, so I'd be happy to share my experiences (with brief history, but mostly photos and stories). Hearing from Arab-Americans directly can only help others as they try to make sense of the challenges facing us in that region.
Title: Who am I and Why does
That Matter?
Presenter: Walid Afifi
Description: The talk would focus on the role that identity plays in our every day interactions. Middle to late adolescence is a time when identity development is particularly salient. Since identity messages are a part of every interaction, it is critical that students are able to reflect at least somewhat on the motivations for such messages and the ways they impact their lives. Ethnic identities are especially challenging for individuals with multiple ethnic connections -- an issue that would also be addressed.
DRAMA
NO CURRENT ENTRIES
Ecology Evolution Marine Biology
Title: Seaweeds and You:
Why They are so Important
Presenter: David Chapman
Description: The talk discusses seaweeds and why they are so important both commercially and ecologically. The talk will also touch on the role that seaweeds (and phytoplankton)have played in changing the composition of the atmosphere over time.
EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURAL STUDIES
ECONOMICS
ENGLISH
Title: The Bible as Literature
Presenter: Michael O'Connell
Description: This presentation can cover the method of studying the Bible from a literary and historical perspective, or it can focus on a particular book of the Bible.
Intended Grade Level: High School
Title: Chaucer
Presenter: Michael O'Connell
Description: This presentation will cover some of the historical dimensions of Chaucer's pilgrims, the pilgrimage to Canterbury, and the fun of his language.
Intended Grade Level: High School
Title: Shakespeare
Presenter: Michael O'Connell
Description: This presentation can be tailored to whatever play the students are studying.
Intended Grade Level: High School
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Title: Environmental Law and Justice
Presenter: Marc McGinnes
Description: A presentation on issues pertaining to environmental law, environmental policy, and environmental dispute resolution. Audience-tailored in order to feature issues that are current as well as appropriate for age level.
Intended Grade Level: All
FRENCH
FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES
Title: Real to Reel: Why Study
Film?
Presenter: Anna Brusutti
Description: Presentation of elementary notions of visual literacy.
Title: Poetry and
Film, Writing for the New Media
Presenter: Paul Portuges
Description: Poetry and Film: the history, theory, and practice of writing film/video adapated from poetry.
Intended Grade Level: 10-12
GEOGRAPHY
GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Title: Earthquake Presentation
Presenter: Variable/ Institute for Crustal Studies (ICS)
Description: Institute for Crustal Studies researchers will give presentations on earthquakes to schools in the local area. Depending on the class size, presentations can be made in the classroom or at UCSB. Students will learn about different types of earthquakes and will have the opportunity to record their own earthquake. Limited number of presentations each year. Scheduling: For more information or to schedule a presentation, contact Giulia Brofferio, ICS, 893-8281, giulia@crustal.ucsb.edu.
Intended Grade Level: All
Title: Paleontology, Examination of Fossils
Presenter: Julie Broughton
Description: I try to present a variety of fossils throughout geologic history to help grade school children understand that there is more to fossils that dinosaurs. Although I bring the big dinosaur stuff, I also want to present a greater breadth of information especially understanding how vast geologic time is, what types of organisms fossilize and where. I also like to show to young women that not all scientist (especially paleontologist) are men.
Intended Grade Level: All
Title: Discovering Volcanoes and Hot Springs
on the Deep Ocean Floor NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL WINTER
Presenter: Rachel Haymon
Description: This presentation will tell what it was like to go down in a deep-diving submersible, be the first to see a deep-sea volcanic eruption, and discover strange life forms and minerals at deep-sea hot springs. Much is still unknown in the vast and relatively unexplored oceans of our own planet.
Intended Grade Level: Elementary and Middle School
Title: Dinosaurs and Other Fossil Vertebrates
Presenter: Andy Wyss
Description: A presentation about recent discoveries of dinosaurs and other ancient backboned animals, as well as new fossil mammals from the Andes of Chile, and dinosaurs and other new fossils from Madagascar.
Intended Grade Level: All
GERMANIC, SLAVIC, AND SEMITIC STUDIES
GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
HISTORY
Title: History of African American
Rights After the Civil War
Presenter: Randy Bergstrom
Description: Shows that even though we tend to associate the struggle for civil rights with the post-World War II era, it has a longer history. One of the most intriguing parts of the story is in the half-century between Reconstruction and the rise of the NAACP, roughly 1865-1910. When the Supreme Court took the Constitution and Federal Civil Rights Act out of the rights business in two leading decisions, African Americans turned to other sources to advance equality.
Intended Grade Level: High School
Title: Public Uses of, Controversies
in, and Career Opportunities in History
Presenter: Randy Bergstrom\
Description: Reveals how UCSB has been one of the nation's leaders in the public history movement, training historians for work outside the university. Through a look at recent controversies over public exhibits, at historians' service as policy advisors and expert witnesses, and at other locations where history is applied, we can explore the importance of history in our communities and nation and careers for historians in government, public interest, business, museums, film and media, city planning and preservation, and an array of other fields.
Intended Grade Level: High School
Title: The History of the
Campbell Ranch
Presenter: Anita Guerrini
Description: Talk with walk-around in West Campus/Coal Oil Point. The story of the Campbell Ranch (1920-1945) and the earlier and later history and ecology of the West Campus/Coal Oil Point area. Points of discussion include the Chumash settlement at the site (as much as 10,000 years old), the Spanish land grants, 19th century ownership (including nearby whaling, olive growing, and other activities), and the Campbell era including the "Red Barn," concluding with the present status of Coal Oil Point and the meaning of ecological restoration. This could be one or a couple of talks, or smaller or larger parts of this topic. This would be especially suitable for Isla Vista School. A different talk with more emphasis on ecology could be given to grades 7-12.
Intended Grade Level: K-6
Title: Medieval and
Renaissance Europe
Presenter: Carol Lansing
Description: I am happy to talk and show a power point on aspects of late medieval European culture and society, with a focus on whatever would be most useful for the class.
Intended Grade Level: ALL
Title: Historians at work your
community: museums, oral history, historic preservation
Presenter: Ann Marie Plane
Description: Historians work with communities in a lot of ways. Kids and young adults can get involved with historical projects in their communities in a variety of ways. I am available to present to classes and groups about historians at work in museums, in oral history projects, and in preserving historic spaces; But I am also happy to consult with and provide support to teachers wanting to implement their own history-related community projects.
Intended Grade Level: 5-12
Title: Boston in the
American Revolution
Presenter: Ann Marie Plane
Description: Esther Forbes' book, Johnny Tremaine, has long been a staple in the junior high school US history curriculum. But how accurate is it? This presentation engages students in exploring basic social history methodology to look at the sources and the experiences behind Forbes' book. The fictional life of Johnny Tremaine is presented against the real life of George Robert Twelves Hewes, a shoemaker's apprentice who was caught up in pre-war agitation and protest activities in Boston in the 1770s. We will also compare the life of Johnny Tremaine with that of Paul Revere, the well-known silversmith and member of the Sons of Liberty.
Intended Grade Level: 5-12
Title: The Los Angeles Museum
of Tolerance: What it Teaches about the Holocaust
Presenter: Harold Marcuse
Description: This 45 minute powerpoint presentation, which I have given in several 10th grade AP World History classes, offers a brief tour and analysis of the Museum of Tolerance, and the lessons its makers hope to impart to student visitors. The presentation begins with a discussion of what students already know about Hitler, the Nazi Holocaust and the museum (many local students have visited it in junior high school). After an image-based walk-through of the museum with analysis of the intentions of various exhibits, I conclude by presenting some of my own teaching goals in my college courses on Germany and the Holocaust. The presentation is excellent preparation for a field trip to the museum. It can also be adapted to precede a visit by a Holocaust survivor, or to complement a teaching unit on the Holocaust.
Intended Grade Level: 10-12
History of Art & Architecture
Title: Art in the Modern
World
Presenter: Laurie Monahan
Description: An introduction to the ideas that make modern art "of its time," to give students the tools needed to begin thinking about modern art and its importance in modern society.
Intended Grade Level: 6-12
Title: Laurie
Monahan
Presenter: Is Seeing Believing?
Description: The talk aims to encourage students to become aware of the visual culture that appears in our everyday lives, suggesting ways to analyze the visual rather than simply "consume" it. Questions to be addressed include: Why do advertisements look the way they do? What can a photograph in a newspaper or magazine tell us? How does the immediacy of the visual work in our culture?
Intended Grade Level: 6-12
LINGUISTICS
Title: California English
Presenter: Mary Bucholtz
Description: Do Californians have a special way of speaking English? What attitudes do people in other parts of the country have about how Californians talk? In this presentation, we'll explore some of the distinctive characteristics of Californians' speech and how it's changing. Suitable for classes in English, social studies, and California history.
Intended Grade Level: High School
Title: Slang: Creative Language
Presenter: Mary Bucholtz
Description: Although often criticized, slang has an important place in American language--it is used in literature and the arts, and it allows young people to express their identities. In this presentation, we'll explore some of the processes involved in the creation of new slang terms (G-rated only!) and learn how to create a slang dictionary.
Intended Grade Level: High School
MATHEMATICS
Title: Infinity and Beyond
Presenter: Daryl Cooper
Description: A presentation that shows how infinity is a mystical notion in everyday use, even though for mathematicians it is very precise. You can calculate with it, and sometimes the answers are amazing! Available fall, winter quarters.
Intended Grade Level: Middle and High School
Title: Math Puzzles
Presenter: Daryl Cooper
Description: Asks the student questions such as "Why does a mirror reverse left and right but not up and down?" and "If an iceberg in a lake were to melt, does the water level of the lake rise or fall?" and "If an ant walks at one inch per second along a strip of elastic which is being stretched uniformly at the rate of 20 inches per second, does the ant ever reach the far end ?"
Intended Grade Level: All
Title: The Fourth Dimension
Presenter: Daryl Cooper
Description: For over 150 years mathematicians have studied geometry in more than three dimensions. Einstein adapted these ideas to describe the universe we live in as a four-dimensional continuum. These ideas challenge the imagination, and this talk will help you meet the challenge. (Available fall, winter quarters.)
Intended Grade Level: Middle and High School
Title: "Six Degrees of Separation"
and the Structure of U.S. Society
Presenter: Eugene Johnsen
Description: Two people are socially linked if they know each other. Now think about everyone in the U.S. (or a region of the U.S.) together with all these links. What does this social structure look like? Such social structure matters since it is involved in, for example, the spread of certain kinds of information (e.g., job availability) and of certain kinds of diseases (e.g., HIV/AIDS). We present various attempts to obtain information about the structure of U.S. society and its implications.
Intended Grade Level: High Schoo
Title: Mathematics in the Social Sciences:
Trying to Count Hard-To-Count Populations
Presenter: Eugene Johnsen
Description: We present an approach to estimating the sizes of populations in the U.S. that are socially important (e.g., for social policy reasons) but that cannot be counted or estimated by the usual survey methods (for various reasons discussed during the presentation). Examples of such populations are all people who are HIV+ and all people who are homeless during a particular time period. Suitable for students with some background in algebra.
Intended Grade Level: High School
Title: Grains of Rice and Powers of
Two
Presenter: Daryl Cooper
Description: Long ago a King rewarded a farmer for saving his favorite horse from death. The farmer asked for a chessboard with 2 grains of rice on the first square, 4 grains on the second square, 8 grains on the third square and so on for all the 64 squares. How much rice did the farmer want? Solving this problem involves learning about powers of two. These are very important for computers. The presentation involves a lot of audience participation and is best suited for about 20 students.
Intended Grade Level: Elementary school grades 4 - 5
Title: The Nature of Knotting
Presenter: Ken Millett
Description: Knots abound in nature and their study provides an
opportunity to learn about mathematics and mathematical ways of thinking at
all levels, from the very intuitive to cutting edge research in the structure
of polymers and DNA. Depending upon the grade level, one can explore and illustrate
concepts in arithmetic, provide an introduction to algebraic thinking or, explore
mathematical discoveries that have had great influence. They also provide an
opportunity to
connect physical phenomena at scales ranging from the molecular to the solar
storms.
Intended Grade Level: All
MILITARY SCIENCE
Title: A Career as
a US Army Officer
Presenter: Lieutenant Colonel Jim Gomes
Description: This talk introduces students to the profession of arms as a US Army Officer. It showcases Army officer opportunities in the Active Duty and Reserve Forces ranks by earning a commission through the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at UCSB. Highlights the program's training and scholarship opportunities while attending UCSB or one of its affiliated campuses to include: CSU Channel Islands, Chapman University, Westmont College, Ventura City College, Brooks Institute, Allan Hancock College, and Santa Barbara City College.
Intended Grade Level: 11-12
MUSIC
Title:
Perception of Film Music
Presenter: John Hajda
Description: This demonstration talk covers the basics of how music typically functions in Hollywood feature films and current psychological theories on how this special music is perceived and processed. A/V examples include temp track versus final score and the effect of music on the interpretation of visual narrative.
Intended Grade Level: High School
Title: Music of the Middle East
Presenter: Scott Marcus
Description: An introduction to Middle Eastern music and musical instruments. An interactive presentation in which students learn to perform Middle Eastern rhythms and songs.
Intended Grade Level: All
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND RECREATION
PHYSICS
Title: Physics Circus
Presenter: Jean Carlson
Description: The Physics Circus is a traveling show intended to spark the imagination and enthusiasm of young students for science and introduce them to the vocabulary of physics. A group of enthusiastic UCSB Physics Department Graduate and Undergraduate Students take a collection of Demonstration Experiments on the road for an action packed presentation and memorable learning experience. The show is suitable for audiences of 20 to 100 students. Topics covered include linear motion, circular (or angular) motion, electricity, magnetism, and temperature. To schedule a show at your school, please call the Physics Circus office at 805-893-7868.
Intended Grade Level: All
Title: Physics Department's Community
Science Center Tour
Presenter: Helen Hansma
Description: 1. The Community Science Center is a hands-on science
museum at 1015 Broida Hall. Its webpage is: http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/~csc/
Groups can schedule a tour of the center by contacting me or Rich Harding. There
are activities for all ages. Group sizes up to about 30 people can be accommodated.
2. I can also give presentations about "Feeling Atoms and Molecules with
the Atomic Force Microscope," either at the science center or at local
schools. Name and Contact Information: Helen Hansma, hhansma@physics.ucsb.edu
- or - 893 3881
Intended Grade Level: All
Title: Community Science Center
Presenter: Rich Harding
Description: The Community Science Center (formerly the Physics Learning Center) is a mini-science museum on campus that houses a variety of demonstration experiments. Tours provide students with lessons in the laws of nature and help them to understand how the physical world operates. Scheduling: Tours available Tuesdays, 9:30-11:00; none during summer. For scheduling and/or information, contact Helen Hansma at 893-3881. Scheduling: Tours available Tuesdays, 9:30-11:00; none during summer. For scheduling and/or information, contact Rich Harding at 893-2553.
Intended Grade Level: All
Title: Let's Explore Physical Science (LEAPS)
Presenter: Elisabeth Gwinn
Description: The LEAPS Graduate Fellowship program is a joint effort of the Santa Barbara School District and UCSB's Physics Department and California Nanosystems Institute. LEAPS is funded by the National Science Foundation to establish collaboration between the LEAPS Fellows, science teachers, and UCSB scientists and engineers in school classrooms, at summer institutes, and through the Internet. The LEAPS Fellows serve as resources and mentors in 8th grade Physical Science and 9th grade Physics and Conceptual Physics classrooms.
Intended Grade Level: Grades 8-9
Title: DVD -- The Power of the Sun and Science of the Solar Cell
Description: Film: 57 mins,General,about solar energy, no science background required. History , Science, Applications in developed and developing world,Future. Good introduction into the nature of scienc(pure and applied) and present, urgent need for alternative energy sources. Second film: 22 mins,for students with some background in chemistry or physics or environmental science. Explains with help of animaation how the silicon solar cell works. DVD-s available from ucsb bookstore in person or from web ucsbstuff.com look for powerofthesun, $10 total (both films).
Intended Grade Level: Grades 12
POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSYCHOLOGY
Title: Drugs and Society
Presenter: Aaron Ettenberg
Description: Examines the notion that drug abuse is defined more by societal values that may or may not reflect the actual properties of the psychoactive drugs in question.
Intended Grade Level: High School
Title: Mind, Madness, and the
Brain
Presenter: Aaron Ettenberg
Description: Discusses the ways in which western culture has viewed the causes of mental illness over the past 2000 years and how those conceptions have affected the treatment of behavior disorders.
Intended Grade Level: High School
Title: The Truth about Tobacco
Presenter: Aaron Ettenberg
Description: Until very recently, America has widely supported and protected the right of tobacco growers and manufacturers to advertise and sell a product that physicians and scientists agree has significant health consequences for the user. To understand this paradox, the presentation will discuss some of the complex issues involving the role of tobacco in our history, economics, and politics. Special attention will be paid to how advertising has been used to ensure future markets for tobacco products and how the emerging "truth" about tobacco has resulted in the lawsuits and legislation of the past five years.
Intended Grade Level: High School
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
NO CURRENT ENTRIES
SOCIOLOGY
SPANISH
STATISTICS and APPLIED PROBABILITY
Title: Careers in Statistics
and Related Fields
Presenter: S. Rao Jammalamadaka
Description: This talk introduces students to some basic ideas in statistics and describes careers in statistics and related fields, like actuaries and finance.
Intended Grade Level: High School
Title: Probability Puzzles
Presenter: Dawn Holmes
Description: A short interactive introduction to everyday problems involving chance.
Intended Grade Level: High School
WOMEN'S STUDIES
Title: Women's History Month
Presenter: Eileen Boris
Description: Various talks for women's history month on women and work, women's struggles for gender justice, women and the civil rights movement, women and the labor movement, women against the sweatshop, past and present. Presentation depends on the theme of the year.Also available: "Barbie and Other Myths of Beauty." One presentation per school year.
Intended Grade Level: High School
WRITING
Title: Creating Voice
Presenter: Karin Cooper
Description: Combining writing and drama students develop a one-act monologue adapting from either a historical or literary character that has been previously introduced within the classroom. The project can be prepared in one class or extended for two classes. Students write in a first person voice, establishing a point of conflict and resolution within the monologue with the option of performing the character.
Intended Grade Level: Grades 5-8
Title:
Talking the Talk: College Writing and the AP Exam
Presenter: Patrick McHugh
Description: The Advanced Placement Exam for high school students focuses on rhetrorical anaysis, which is a venerable intellectual activity, but it is not the focus of college writing classes, or, indeed, nearly any college writing outside advanced classes in rhetoric. Rather, college writing classes focus on the basic thought process of creating meaning by articulating and developing a thesis. This talk and discussion would focus on what college bound students can expect once they get to college.
Intended Grade Level: Grades 11-12
