Roughtwriter's Guide: a Handbook for Writing Well (2020, Yavapai College, CC BY-NC-SA). While the book covers both MLA and APA formatting as well as mechanical issues, it’s laid out in a way to guide students through the essay writing process.
LibreTexts: Humanities Download Center (Includes downloadable PDFs, Canvas LMS cartridges, and more for Humanities resources such as English, Rhetoric, and writing)
Women’s Autobiography (Dixon-Kolar, 2022) (CC BY except where otherwise noted) This book is divided into two sections. Section One is made up of eleven autobiographically-themed writing prompts. Section Two contains an anthology of six autobiographies written by remarkable women of the 19th and early 20th century.
Moon of the Crusted Snow: Reading Guide (2021, Rodrigues & Watson, CC BY-NC-SA) Moon of the Crusted Snow byWaubgeshig Rice is a fictional novel that looks at how an Anishinaabe First Nation, in northern Ontario, deals with an unknown event that leaves the community isolated, without power or phone service, and limited food sources as winter sets in.
enki California Digital Library: a geolocated, curated collection available to anyone physically located in the state of California! In response to COVID-19 and library closures, Califa, in partnership with Bibliolabs, has made a digital library available to every person in California - no library card required. This collection uses geolocation to provide access to anyone physically located in the state of California.
Say Her Name: Discovering Women’s Voices in History (Palmer, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA) In this text, students will be reading and thinking critically about work written by and about women over about a 1500 year period. From non-fiction to drama to poetry and short fiction, students will study many different kinds of literature from a variety of voices and perspectives.
The Conversation.com (CC BY- ND; “ND” indicates no modifications can be made) A collection of essays and articles on current issues, written by academics. The slogan is “Academic rigor, journalistic flair.”
Towards an Open Anthology of Poetry(Mount, 2017) (CC BY-NC) These poems were all read and discussed in a 100-level online poetry class at Clackamas Community College (near Portland, Oregon, USA) during the spring of 2017. The poems and themes were chosen almost entirely by students.
