During this first unit, we will begin a semester-long discussion about how to read closely and apply that knowledge to other texts. For the primary text of the lens essay we will view an episode from ...

A recent assignment in an Iowa State University course on international studies is getting national attention.James Strohman assigned students to write a historical account of the 9/11 terrorist ...

Here is a sample essay, written by a first-year student in a humanities course I TA-ed for a number of years ago, that is somewhat similar in form to the essay you are being asked to write on Brave ...