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Accessibility Basics: Writing for Accessibility in Online Learning Environments

Erin Bahl, Stephen Bartlett, Mary Margaret Cornwell, Laura W. Howard, and Jason Rodenbeck

The accessibility of materials used in e-learning environments has been a subject of growing concern over the past decade, especially with the significant turn to online education during the COVID-19 pandemic. This resource is designed to guide those new to the topic of accessibility and accessible design. While the various topics contained within are searchable on the web, this text strives to pull together disparate design resources for ensuring accessibility of content intended for electronic dissemination. In short, this is a basic “How-To” guide for making your media and documents accessible in e-learning environments and across the larger world wide web.
Adoption of Lumen Waymaker for Introduction to General Psychology and Introduction to Sociology

Sherry L. Serdikoff, Stephanie Alexander, Katherine Stewart, and Nancy Linden

This adoption of Lumen Waymaker for Introduction to General Psychology and Introduction to Sociology includes the final grant report and syllabus for the transformed course. This adoption was supported by an Affordable Materials Grant.
Ahora en Contexto: Intermediate Spanish II

Yvonne Fuentes, Karen Dollinger, and Elizabeth Solis

This open textbook for Intermediate Spanish II was created under an Affordable Materials Grant.
American History I: Colonial Period to Civil War (Gordon State College)

J. Franklin Williamson and Thomas Aiello

This text from Dr. Franklin Williamson and Dr. Tom Aiello from Gordon State University contains all modular text content used in the LMS implementation of their American History I (HIST 2111) courses. American History 1 covers topics ranging from the colonial period to the Civil War.

The text was created under an Affordable Learning Georgia G2C Pilot Grant, taking place from Spring 2018 until Fall 2019. Topics include:
- The Colonial South / The Colonial North
- 18th Century Colonial Life
- American Revolution
- Jeffersonian Era
- Slavery and Southern Life
- Western Expansion
- Sectional Conflict
- American Civil War
Analytical Chemistry Lab Manual

Tashia Caughran, Jeremy Cooper, Jim Konzelman, and Dan Sexton

This lab manual for Analytical Chemistry was developed as part of a Round 16 Mini-Grant.
Anatomy and Physiology I: An Interactive Histology Atlas

Karen Wiles, Soma Mukhopadhyay, Christina Wilson, Juan Ramiro Diaz, and Georgios Kallifatidis

Authors' Description: This Anatomy and Physiology I Histology Atlas helps students better understand the complex discipline of tissue histology with the use of interactive H5P activities. Students can reveal or hide illustration overlays drawn to help students visualize cell- and tissue-level structures.
Anatomy and Physiology II Lab Manual

Heather Cathcart, Jenny Harper, Amber Howard, Gina Profetto, Kingsley Dunkley, and Tony Matthews

This lab manual for Anatomy and Physiology II was created under an Affordable Materials Grant.
Anatomy and Physiology II Lab Materials

Kimberly Subacz, Tom Harnden, Sharryse Henderson, Ejiroghene Ogaga, and Ashlyn Bates

This set of lab videos and lessons for Anatomy and Physiology II was created under an ALG Affordable Materials Grant. Lesson topics covered include blood, heart, vessels, digestive system, endocrine system, respiratory system, urinary system, reproductive system, and human development, and videos focus on histology for each topic.
Anatomy and Physiology II Open Textbook

Juan Ramiro Diaz, Georgios Kallifatidis, Karen Wiles, Christina Wilson, and Soma Mukhopadhyay

This Open Textbook for Anatomy and Physiology II was created under an Affordable Materials Grant. Topics covered include; The Microscope; Endocrine System; Cardiovascular System: Blood, Blood Vessels, and The Heart; Lymphatic System; Respiratory System; Digestive System: Organs of the Alimentary Canal and Accessory Organs of Digestion; Urinary System; Meiosis and Gametogenesis; Male Reproductive System; and the Female Reproductive System.
Anatomy and Physiology I Lab Manual

Heather Cathcart, Jenny Harper, Amber Howard, Gina Profetto, Kingsley Dunkley, and Tony Matthews

This lab manual for Anatomy and Physiology I was created under an Affordable Materials Grant.
Anatomy and Physiology I Lab Materials

Ejiroghene Ogaga, Sharryse Henderson, Tom Harnden, Kimberly Subacz, and Ashlyn Bates

This set of lab videos and lessons for Anatomy and Physiology I was created under an ALG Affordable Materials Grant. Lesson topics covered include microscopy, cytology, histology, integumentary system, skeletal system, axial skeleton, appendicular skeleton, muscular system, nervous system, and human senses.
An Introduction to African and Afro-Diasporic Peoples and Influences in British Literature and Culture before the Industrial Revolution

Jonathan Elmore and Jenni Halpin

An Introduction to African and Afro-Diasporic Peoples and Influences in British Literature and Culture before the Industrial Revolution corrects, expands, and celebrates the presence of the African Diaspora in the study of British Literature, undoing some of the anti-Black history of British studies.
Armstrong Calculus

Michael Tiemeyer and Jared Schlieper

Authors' Description:

An open-source textbook for calculus.

The text is mostly an adaptation of two other excellent open- source calculus textbooks: Active Calculus by Dr. Matt Boelkins of Grand Valley State University and Drs. Gregory Hartman, Brian Heinold, Troy Siemers, Dimplekumar Chalishajar, and Jennifer Bowen of the Virginia Military Institute and Mount Saint Mary's University. Both of these texts can be found at http://aimath.org/textbooks/approved-textbooks/.

The authors of this text have combined sections, examples, and exercises from the above two texts along with some of their own content to generate this text. The impetus for the creation of this text was to adopt an open-source textbook for Calculus while maintaining the typical schedule and content of the calculus sequence at our home institution.

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Arts Integration in Elementary Curriculum: 2nd Edition

Molly Zhou and David Brown

This open textbook was revised in 2018 under a Round Eleven Mini-Grant for Revisions. Topics include:
- Arts Integration
- Music
- Visual Arts
- Literary Arts
- Performing Arts
- Physical Education and Movement
A set of lecture slides for the textbook are also included as an additional file.

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A Survey of American Literature in a Thematic Trinity

Erin Sledd, Lesley Gabel, and Tyler Tait

A Survey of American Literature in a Thematic Trinity takes an asynchronous approach to canonical and non-canonical American texts. Three major overarching themes are discussed in the introduction: E Pluribus Unum (From many, one); Terror and Transcendence; and Back to the Future: Competing Visions of the End. The material is further divided into thematic subcategories.

This Pressbooks-based open textbook was created under an Affordable Materials Grant.
Atlanta 1913: Justice for Mary Phagan and Leo Frank (Historical Game)

Janice Hume and Andrea Briscoe

This open historical game was created through an ALG Pilot Grant for Developing an Open Historical Game. In this type of historical game, students read from specially designed game books that place them in moments of heightened historical tension. The class becomes a public body, or private gathering; students, in role, become particular persons from the period and/or members of factional alliances. Their purpose is to advance an agenda and achieve victory objectives through formal speeches, informal debate, negotiations, vote taking, and conspiracy. After a few preparatory sessions, the game begins, and the students are in charge. The instructor serves as an adviser and arbiter. Outcomes sometimes vary from the history; a debriefing session sets the record straight.

Authors' Description: "For the next month, you will participate in a reacting (role playing) game. In doing so you will consider issues of gender, poverty, child labor, race, anti-Semitism, politics, law and journalism ethics. You will step into the shoes of a person who lived in 1913 and will speak and write in his or her voice, even if you vehemently disagree with everything that person says or does. You will try to make sense of this terrible crime, debating what justice might look like for Mary Phagan, Leo Frank and the larger Atlanta community."
Becoming America: An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution

Wendy Kurant

The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you Becoming America: An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution. Featuring sixty-nine authors and full texts of their works, the selections in this open anthology represent the diverse voices in early American literature. This completely-open anthology will connect students to the conversation of literature that is embedded in American history and has helped shaped its culture.

Features:
- Contextualizing introductions from Pre- and Early Colonial Literature to Early American Romanticism
- Over 70 historical images
- In-depth biographies of each author
- Instructional Design, including Reading and Review Questions
This textbook is an open Educational Resource. It can be reused, remixed, and reedited freely without seeking permission.

About the editor:

Wendy Kurant, Ph.D., teaches Early American Literature, American Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, and Southern Literature at the University of North Georgia (UNG). Her research interests center on new Historicism and depictions of the South and the Civil War in Literature. She has taught at UNG since 2005.
Brehe's Grammar Anatomy

Steven Brehe

Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy makes grammar accessible to general and specialist readers alike. This book provides an in-depth look at beginner grammar terms and concepts, providing clear examples with limited technical jargon. Whether for academic or personal use, Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy is the perfect addition to any resource library.

Features:
- Practice exercises at the end of each chapter, with answers in the back of the book, to help students test and correct their comprehension
- Full glossary and index with cross-references
- Easy-to-read language supports readers at every learning stage
British Literature II: Romantic Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond

Bonnie J. Robinson

The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you British Literature II: Romantic Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond.

Featuring 37 authors and full texts of their works, the selections in this open anthology represent the literature developed within and developing through their respective eras. This completely-open anthology will connect students to the conversation of literature that has captivated readers in the past and still holds us now.

Features:
- Contextualizing introductions to the Romantic era; the Victorian era; and the Twentieth Century and beyond
- Over 90 historical images
- In-depth biographies of each author
- Instructional Design features, including Reading and Review Questions
This textbook is an Open Educational Resource. It can be reused, remixed, and reedited freely without seeking permission.

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British Literature I: Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century and Neoclassicism

Bonnie J. Robinson and Laura Getty

The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you British Literature I: From the Middle Ages to Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century. Featuring over 50 authors and full texts of their works, this anthology follows the shift of monarchic to parliamentarian rule in Britain, and the heroic epic to the more egalitarian novel as genre.

Features:
- Original introductions to The Middle Ages; The Sixteenth Century: The Tudor Age; The Seventeenth Century: The Age of Revolution; and Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century
- Over 100 historical images
- Instructional Design, including Reading and Review Questions and Key Terms
- Forthcoming ancillary with open-enabled pedagogy, allowing readers to contribute to the project
This textbook is an Open Access Resource. It can be reused, remixed, and reedited freely without seeking permission.

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Calculus I Workbook

Julie La Corte

This workbook, designed for use with OpenStax Calculus Volume 1, was developed under a Round 17 Mini-Grant.
Circuits I Lab Manual and Ancillary Materials

Sandip Das, Craig Chin, and Sheila Hill

This Lab Manual and set of tutorial videos, pre-lab worksheets, and lab datasheets for Circuits I were created under a Round 19 Affordable Materials Grant.
College ESL Writers: Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success

Barbara Hall and Elizabeth Wallace

Authors' Description:

College ESL Writers: Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success is designed as a comprehensive grammar and writing etext for high intermediate and advanced level non-native speakers of English. We open the text with a discussion on the sentence and then break it down into its elemental components, before reconstructing them into effective sentences with paragraphs and larger academic assignments. Following that, we provide instruction in paragraph and essay writing with several opportunities to both review the fundamentals as well as to demonstrate mastery and move on to more challenging assignments.

We have structured the etext into three basic parts. Part I, Composing Strategies and Techniques, includes a sequenced discussion from composing effective sentences through paragraph and essay writing. This includes the prewriting and planning stages of writing as well as the revising and editing stage in the first five chapters. Part II, Language Use, Grammar, and Mechanics, is meant to be used as a grammar and mechanics handbook as well as the practice and review of idiomatic wording. Part III, All About Writing: Samples, Topics, and Rubrics, has chapters with additional writing topics for practice, sample student papers, and rubrics for evaluating writing.

This open textbook was created through a Round Six ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

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Compact Anthology of World Literature

Laura Getty and Kyounghye Kwon

Revision Two: 10/12/2016

Editors' Description:

The introductions in this anthology are meant to be just that: a basic overview of what students need to know before they begin reading, with topics that students can research further. An open access literature textbook cannot be a history book at the same time, but history is the great companion of literature: The more history students know, the easier it is for them to interpret literature.

In an electronic age, with this text available to anyone with computer access around the world, it has never been more necessary to recognize and understand differences among nationalities and cultures. The literature in this anthology is foundational, in the sense that these works influenced the authors who followed them.

A word to the instructor: The texts have been chosen with the idea that they can be compared and contrasted, using common themes. Rather than numerous (and therefore often random) choices of texts from various periods, these selected works are meant to make both teaching and learning easier. While cultural expectations are not universal, many of the themes found in these works are.
Compact Anthology of World Literature II: Volumes 4, 5, and 6

Anita Turlington, Matthew Horton, Karen Dodson, Laura Getty, Kyounghye Kwon, and Laura Ng

6/3/2022: The UNG Press and the editors of this anthology are looking into issues with links in Volumes 5 and 6. In the interim, Affordable Learning Georgia is providing a revision of this anthology with links to Open Library copies of materials, if possible and the WorldCat entry for each.

The Compact Anthology of World Literature, Parts 4, 5, and 6 is designed as an e-book to be accessible on a variety of devices: smart phone, tablet, e-reader, laptop, or desktop computer. Students have reported ease of accessibility and readability on all these devices.
- To access the ePub text on a laptop, desktop, or tablet, you will need to download a program through which you can read the text. We recommend Readium, an application available through Google.
- If you plan to read the text on an Android device, you will need to download an application called Lithium from the App Store.
- On an iPhone, the text will open in iBooks.
- Affordable Learning Georgia has also converted the .epub files to PDF. Because .epub does not easily convert to other formats, the left margin of the .pdf is very narrow. ALG recommends using the .epub version.
Although the text is designed to look like an actual book, the Table of Contents is composed of hyperlinks that will take you to each introductory section and then to each text. The three parts of the text are organized into the following units:

Part 4—The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Unit I: The Age of Reason

Unit II: The Near East and Asia

Part 5—The Long Nineteenth Century

Unit I Romanticism

Unit II Realism

Part 6—The Twentieth Century and Contemporary Literature

Unit I Modernism

Unit II Postcolonial Literature

Unit III Contemporary Literature

Texts from a variety of genres and cultures are included in each unit. Additionally, each selection or collection includes a brief introduction about the author and text(s), and each includes 3 – 5 discussion questions. Texts in the public domain--those published or translated before 1923--are replicated here. Texts published or translated after 1923 are not yet available in the public domain. In those cases, we have provided a link to a stable site that includes the text. Thus, in Part 6, most of the texts are accessible in the form of links to outside sites. In every case, we have attempted to connect to the most stable links available.

The following texts have been prepared with the assistance of the University of North Georgia Press in its role as Affordable Learning Georgia's Partner Press.

Affordable Learning Georgia partners with the University of North Georgia Press to assist grantees with copyright clearance, peer review, production and design, and other tasks required to produce quality Open Educational Resources (OER). The University Press is a peer-reviewed, academic press. Its mission is to produce scholarly work that contributes to the fields of innovative teaching, textbooks, and Open Educational Resources. Affordable Learning Georgia Textbook Transformation Grant funds may be used for services provided by the Press.

To determine how the University Press can assist ALG grantees or anyone interested in developing OER with ALG, the University Press will provide advance free consultations. Please contact the Press at 706-864-1556 or ungpress@ung.edu.

“Textbook Transformation Grants” from Affordable Learning Georgia