COURSE MATERIALS

Fall 2015 Courses

American Presidents/Electoral College-Recommended: Any writings of your favorite presidents

American Dream 
Bridge: Basic Review
Chapter9-JacobyTransfers
StaymanChapter9Biddingin21stCentury

Bridge: Cementing Your 2/1 Conventions
2Over1HandoutsOnly
Bridge2-1 Practice Replies
Survey2Over1

Brilliantly Baroque! Music from Renaissance to 1750- Click here for class website Class Materials (3 ): Baroque Early Music 101 ; Baroque Early Music History in a Nutshell ; Baroque Who’s Who in Early Music

Bring Your Old Photos Into The Digital Realm
Click here for class website and outlines

Civic Identity: Saving Culture Through Historic Preservation
History CO State Historical Fund Fact Sheet
Major Federal Actions and Legal Mandates
Office of Archeology Brochure and Syllabus
Resources for Learning

Constantine’s Sword: Anti-Semitism-Required: James Carroll, Constantine’s Sword:  The Church and The Jews – A History (Mariner Books, 2002)

Constitution, Bill of Rights, Civil War Amendments-Recommended: David O. Stewart, The Summer of 1787; Akhil Reed Amar, The Bill of Rights; William Peters, A More Perfect Union

Contemporary American Short Stories- Required: The Best American Short Stories 2013

Cutting Edge Medical Research
Johnson slides 10-6-15
Dr. Potter- Alzheimers
Dr. Goff presentation

Dance: The Universal Language-Recommended: Martha Graham – A Dancer’s Life by Russell Freedman; George Balanchine, The Ballet Maker by Robert Gottlieb (2004); The Creative Habit – by Twyla Tharp

Don’t Miss What You Missed: ‘Grazing’ the Last Term
Week 1- 9/30
Week 2- 10/7
Week 3- 10/14
Great Decisions Book: Chapter 3
Week 4- 10/21
Week 5- 10/28
Town of Greece
Pray to Play
Frightening Decision on Bakers Religious Rights
Religious Tax Exemption Challenged
Colorado Christian Bakers
About Liberty Institute
Week 6- 11/4
Week 7- 11/11
Week 8- 11/18

Good Work! People Solving Problems- Required: Kristof, Nicholas D. & Sheryl WuDunn. A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity. Knopf, 2014. * The required book will be out  in  paperback  edition  September  1st. It will be $15.95 instead of the $27.95 cost for the hard  copy. This was at Barnes and Noble. The cost will likely be less on Amazon, Kindle and Nook.
New York Times article
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration Part 1
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration Part 2
Resilient Investor Program
Resilient Investor Flyer

Hidden Heroes of the Holocaust- Required: Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal

Mass Extinctions
Mass Extinctions Academy Syllabus
Week 1 Presentation Mass Extinctions
Week 2 Precambrian Life on Earth Part 1
Week 2 Precambrian Life on Earth Part 2
Week 2 Precambrian Life on Earth Part 3
Week 2 Precambrian Life on Earth Part 4
For other materials, please check in with Larry Matten.

Mind Matters-Mind Matters reading list- This list is not required reading. It is only recommended for those wanting more in-depth information.

Roman Empire: 900 Years That Changed the World
Rome#1
Rome#2
Rome#3
Rome#4
Emperors list
Emperor West

Russia 2015: In Search of a Usable Past- Required: The Birth of Democratic Culture in Late Imperial Russia – tranlated from a Russian work by Rolf Torstendahl and Natal’ia Selunskaia; these books are sold on Amazon for $20, but Professor Conroy will sell the books to attendees for $10 per book to assist the Russian author

Spanish Advanced Beginner with Linda Gordon- Required: (must purchase on own) Richmond, Dorothy — Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Verb Tenses, McGraw Hill, 2010, usually under $15.00

Spanish Intermediate with Sandy Stolar- Required: (must purchase on own) Richmond, Dorothy — Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Verb Tenses, McGraw Hill, 2010, usually under $15.00

Watercolor-WaterColorClassMaterialsList