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Preface From the Authors A Guide to GenresChapter 1 Sociology Introduction to the Discipline of SociologyReading into a PhotoFollow Your InterestsKey Terms in the Field of SociologyCollege Study Skills: Building Vocabulary with Index Cards Readiness for College Success: The Successful College StudentVocabulary Building: Prefixes, Suffixes, and RootsReading Selection 1: You Just Don't Understand: Men and Women in Conversation, Deborah TannenReading Selection 2 : To Teens, Tweens and the People Who Love Them: It's Time to get "Social Smarts," Joellyn "Joey" SargentAn Interview with a Student in the Field of SociologyReading Selection 3:Is this the One? Choosing the Right Mate, Janice AllenReading Skill Focus: Vocabulary in ActionStrategy 1: Using Context CluesStrategy 2: Using Your Knowledge of Prefixes, Suffixes, and RootsLandmark in the Field of Sociology: Chat RoomsReading Selection 4: Ten Keys to Successful ParentingReading Selection 5: Trouble with Raising Teenage Son, Larry MeeksPanel Discussion on the Role of Video Games and Violent Behavior Textbook Application: Sociology in the United States, Alex ThioInternet Fact Search: SociologyFormal Presentation Projects Chapter 2 BiologyIntroduction to the Discipline of BiologyReading into a PhotoFollow Your InterestsKey Terms in the Field of BiologyCollege Study Skills: Highlighting Key Terms and Concepts in a Text Readiness for College Success: Meeting with an AdvisorReading Selection An Ode to Dolly Re: Global Warming, Valerie CoskreyReading Selection 2: What's the best Way to Burn Belly Fat? Kathleen BlanchardAn Interview with a Student in the Field of BiologyReading Skill Focus: Recognizing Topic and Main IdeaLandmark in the Field of Biology: Organ TransplantReading Selection 3: Organ Donation: Don't Let These Myths Confuse You, Mayo Clinic StaffReading Selection 4: Monkeys Live Longer on Low-Cal Dies; Would Humans?Brennan LingsleyWriting Connection: Freewriting in a Reflection JournalReading Selection 5: A Field of Corn, Michael Pollan Textbook Application: Human Biology, Science, and Society, Michael D. Johnson Internet Fact Search: BiologyFormal Presentation Projects Chapter 3 Personal Finance Introduction to the Discipline of Personal FinanceReading into a PhotoFollow Your InterestsKey Terms in the Field of Personal FinanceCollege Study Skills: Making AnnotationsReadiness for College: Communicating With Your ProfessorReading Selection 1: The Importance of Creating a Savings Account, Jeremy VohwinkleReading Selection 2: Credit Card Smarts: Take Charge of Your CardsAn Interview with a Student in the field of Personal FinanceReading Skill Focus: Supporting DetailsLandmark in the Field of Personal Finance: Online BankingReading Selection 3: Tenant Protections Facing ForeclosureReading Selection 4: How to Repay Your Student Loans, CBS NewsPanel Discussion on the Plight of Homeowners Who Are at Risk of Losing Their Homes Reading Selection 5: What is a College Degree Worth? Maggie GallagherTextbook Application: How You Benefit from an Understanding of Personal Finance, Jeff MaduraInternet Fact Search: Personal FinanceFormal Presentation Projects Chapter 4 EconomicsIntroduction to the Discipline of EconomicsReading into a PhotoFollow Your InterestsKey Terms in the Field of EconomicsCollege Study Skills: Note-TakingReadiness for College: Collaborative LearningReading Selection 1: Flu Shot Supply Surpasses Demand, Joel RobertsReading Selection 2: How Mobile Phone Companies Profit from Handset Loss, The GuardianAn Interview with a Student in the Field of EconomicsReading Skill Focus: Making InferencesLandmark in the Field of Economics: The Social Security ActReading Selection 3: Capitalism Bites the Carpenters in Vegas, Charles TrentelmanReading Selection 4: People Respond to Economic Incentives, Glenn Hubbard and Anthony Patrick O'BrienPanel Discussion on China Becoming the World's Second Largest EconomyWriting Connections: Paraphrasing Reading Selection 5: Food Prices Rising, but No Shortage in U.S., Allison LinnTextbook Application: Economics Defined, Robin Blade and Michael ParkinInternet Fact Search: EconomicsFormal Presentation ProjectsChapter 5 LiteratureIntroduction to the Discipline of EconomicsReading into a PhotoFollow Your InterestsKey Terms in the Field of LiteratureCollege Study Skills: SummarizingReadiness for College: Avoiding PlagiarismReading Selections 1: Samuel, Grace Paley Reading Selection 2: Immigrants, Pat Mora and Mother to Son, Langston HughesAn Interview with a Student in the field of LiteratureReading Skill Focus: Determining and Author's Tone and PurposeLandmark in Landmark in the Field of Literature: Audio BooksReading Selection 3: excerpt from Lucy, Jamaica KinkaidReading Selection 4: excerpt from The Piano LessonInternet Fact Search: LiteratureFormal Presentation ProjectsChapter 6 MathematicsIntroduction to the Discipline of MathematicsReading into a PhotoFollow Your InterestsKey Terms in the Field of MathematicsCollege Study Skills: Effective Ways of Reading and Solving Math World ProblemsReadiness for College: Time Management SkillsReading Selection 1: Why Math Always Counts: It Can Open Our Minds to Logic and Beauty, Arthur MichelsonReading Selection 2: excerpt from Coincidences, Robert BlitzerAn Interview with a Student in the Field of MathematicsReading Skill Focus: Logical RelationshipsLandmark in the Field of Mathematics: Scientific CalendarReading Selection 3: "Marriage Equations," from Geek Logic, Garth SundemReading Selection 4: A Key to Critical Thinking: Understanding All of the Options, Jeffrey Bennett and William BriggsPanel Discussion: What Should We Cut?Reading Selection 5: How to Calculate Your Real Hourly Wage, Writing Connection: Organizing Excel Charts from a Set of Statistical InformationReading Selection 6: Graphic Analysis, Textbook Application: Misconceptions about Math, Jeffrey Bennett and BriggsInternet Fact Search: MathematicsFormal Presentation ProjectsChapter 7 ArchitectureIntroduction to the Discipline of ArchitectureReading into a PhotoFollow Your InterestsKey Terms in the Field of ArchitectureCollege Study Skills: Answering multiple-Choice QuestionsReadiness for College Success: Building Computer LiteracyReading Selection 1: Frank Lloyd Wright: Prairie StyleReading Selection 2: Scandinavian Architecture: From the Country to the City, Indra FortneyAn Interview with a Student in the Field of ArchitectureReading Selection 3: Japan Quake Aftermath: How to Earthquake-Proof Your House, William BrowningReading Skill Focus: Facts and OpinionsLandmark in the Field of Architecture: The Golden Gate bridge of San FranciscoReading Selection 4: Urban vs. Suburban, Jeremiah RussellPanel Discussion on Building a Shopping Mall in the Small Town of TranquilityWriting Connections: Building Your Dream HomeReading Selection 5: OU Design Students Hope to Play a role in Revitalizing North Tulsa, Kevin CanfieldTextbook Application: Approaches to Design History, Buie Harwood, Bridget May, and Curt ShermanInternet Fact SearchFormal Presentation ProjectsChapter 8 Occupational TherapyIntroduction to the Discipline of Occupational TherapyReading into a PhotoFollow Your InterestsKey Terms in the Field of Occupational TherapyCollege Skills: Reading for MeaningReadiness for College Success: Think CriticallyReading Selection 1: Portraits in Post-Humanity, Aimee MullinsReading Selection 2: What Does Autism Mean? An Interview with a Student in the Field of Occupational TherapyReading Selection 3: Carpal Tunnel---One Patient's StoryReading Skill Focus: Patterns of OrganizationLandmark in the Field of Occupational Therapy: Individuals with Disability Education Act (1973-1974)Reading Selection 4: Shields Valley Ranch Helps Rehabilitate Soldiers, APPanel Discussion: Teaching Students with Special NeedsWriting Connections: Keeping a Weekly Reading guideReading Selection 5: Democratic Party Ignores Handicapped Woman's Plea for Access to Downtown South Bend Headquarters, Jason AubreyTextbook Application: Understanding the Domain and Process of Occupational Therapy, Janet V. DeLany and Margaret J. PendzickInternet Fact Search: Occupational TherapyFormal Presentation ProjectsChapter 9 U. S. HistoryIntroduction to U. S HistoryReading into a PhotoFollow Your InterestsKey Terms in the Field of U. S. HistoryCollege Study Skills: Active reading: Asking Pertinent Questions of TextReadiness for College: Understanding Your Class Assignments Reading Selection 1: Rethinking Columbus and His Day, Sharon ShortReading Selection 2: The Journey of Tom and Sally Peters, Jones, Wood, Borstelmann, Tyler May, and RuizAn Interview with Student in the field of HistoryReading Selection 3: John C. Calhoun's 1848 Speech Warning Against Incorporating Mexico into the United States, John C. CalhounReading Skill Focus: Author's BiasLandmark in the Field of US History: The Digitization of BooksReading Selection 4: Luxury Domestic Products Become "Necessities": Late Nineteenth Century TechnologiesReading Selection 5: The Women's Century: Short Biographies of Influential Women of the 20th CenturyPanel Discussion on the Future: What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2100?Writing Connection: Imagining the Future --- A Short EssayReading Selection 6: Zelda Anderson, one of the First Black Women to Enter the U.S. Army Auxiliary Corps. (1942), Shares Her StoryTextbook Application: Interviews with historians Peter H. Wood and Elaine Tyler MayInternet Fact Search: U. S. HistoryFormal Presentation ProjectsChapter 10 Travel and TourismIntroduction to the Discipline of Travel and TourismReading into a PhotoFollow Your InterestsKey Terms in the Field of Travel and TourismCollege Study Skills: Sharpening your MemoryReadiness for College Success: Choosing your Classes for Next SemesterReading Selections 1: Dispatch, Alaska: Tour Leaders' Enthusiasm Shines Through, Johanna JainchillReading Selection 2: How Ecotourism is Destroying America, Andy StoneAn Interview with a Student in the field of Travel and Tourism Reading Selection 3: Tourism Marketing Strategies, Laura AcevedoReading Skill Focus: Combined SkillsLandmark in the Field of Travel and Tourism: Online Travel Agencies (OTAs)Reading Selection 4: Mexico Launches Tourism Plan for Mayan Sites, Brianandrews.comReading Selection 5: Focus on Attractions and Entertainment, John Walker and Josielyn WalkerPanel Discussion on Tourism Planning to Attract Tourists to the Forgotten Town of SolitudeWriting Connections: Budget AllocationTextbook Application: Definition of Tourism, John Walker and Josielyn WalkerInternet Fact Search: Travel and tourismFormal Presentation ProjectsAppendix I The Academic Word ListAppendix II Discipline GuideAppendix III Guide to Genre
