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"The War Comes Home:" Recurring Themes in Contemporary Studies of the Southern Home Front During the American Civil War
Get PDFWithin the last thirty years, American Civil War historians have identified the various ways in which the war impacted life on the Southern home front during the war. Drawing from the works of contemporary historians such as Stephen V. Ash and LeeAnn Whites, this paper delves into three themes that continuously emerged in their writings. More specifically, this paper explores civilian-centred conflicts, responses to Union presence, and the construction of the Lost Cause mythology as discussed by the likes of Ash, Whites, Lisa Tendrich Frank, Scott Reynolds Nelson, Carol Sheriff, Jonathan Dean Sarris, Daniel Sutherland, and Yael A. Sternhell. While the war witnessed Union and Confederate soldiers clashing head-on, civilians on the Southern home front waged their own battles against occupying forces and neighbours alike. Unlike soldiers, however, their fight to keep the Confederacy alive extended far beyond the war\u27s end
California Fiction
Get PDFIn a busy cafe, a young university student eats lunch whilst reflecting on the lives of his American peers on a study abroad exchange programme. He finds it hard to comprehend the dissonance between their days of unrelenting, repetitive work and his own, unfulfilling life. Such comparison only amplifies his quiet grief at the last year of his life. Sitting alone amongst a room full of bustle, his internal narrative lays bare confusing feelings of loss, hesitation and inertia from the first year of study at university. A central focal point around which his emotions stir is a photo of his ex-girlfriend, in which he does not recognise the last pillar of his old self before he went to university. Yet this painful acceptance of their loss of ties becomes a vehicle for the first steps of his own repair
Missing Opportunities in Life and Learning—And Being Okay with It
Get PDFIn “Missing Opportunities in Life and Learning—And Being Okay with It,” Chris Saucedo reflects on a lifetime shaped by the fear of making wrong choices and the slow process of learning to embrace uncertainty. His story comes alive through vivid descriptions of preparing for his first trip abroad and through his sensory depictions of Istanbul’s lights, architecture, and night air. What begins as a story of missed opportunities becomes a meditation on risk, discovery, and self-acceptance. Saucedo’s narrative invites readers to see how both careful planning and unexpected encounters can open paths toward confidence, curiosity, and a renewed willingness to explore
Raising the Stakes: Consequential Learning Practices in College Communication Courses.
No full textWhile we agree that it is important for students to have class projects and assignments that allow them to build firsthand experiences in scenarios they will face again in their workplaces and the world, we also believe that it is important for educators to craft experiences that challenge students of communication to make decisions resulting in consequences (positive or negative) beyond their grade. This paper will share our experiences teaching two college-level communications courses, both of which include projects that require communication students to build authentic, usable communications that have implications beyond the course
More is Better: The Association of Multiple Experiential Learning Courses and Graduation Rate Among College Students.
No full textAs federal and state governments have prioritized a college completion agenda, there is an increased emphasis on graduation rates as a key measure of student success. Rising tuition costs and skepticism about the return on investment in higher education have driven initiatives like the Complete College agenda and evolving funding formulas. As such, colleges and universities have implemented Quality Enhancement Plans (QEPS) to better support their students and improve student success outcomes. Prior research has demonstrated that student participation in Experiential Learning (EXL) as a foundational QEP has had a significant positive effect on student success in higher education. Building on prior research, this article examines whether graduation frequency at a large regional institution in Tennessee increases incrementally with each experiential learning course completed. Results of this study indicated that there was a significant association between graduation frequency and incremental completion of EXL courses
