Preface
From the Authors
A Guide to Genres
Chapter 1 Sociology
Introduction to the Discipline of Sociology
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Sociology
College Study Skills: Building Vocabulary with Index Cards
Readiness for College Success: The Successful College Student
Vocabulary Building: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Reading Selection 1: You Just Don’t Understand: Men and Women in Conversation, Deborah Tannen
Reading Selection 2 : To Teens, Tweens and the People Who Love Them: It’s Time to get “Social Smarts,” Joellyn “Joey” Sargent
An Interview with a Student in the Field of Sociology
Reading Selection 3:Is this the One? Choosing the Right Mate, Janice Allen
Reading Skill Focus: Vocabulary in Action
Strategy 1: Using Context Clues
Strategy 2: Using Your Knowledge of Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Landmark in the Field of Sociology: Chat Rooms
Reading Selection 4: Ten Keys to Successful Parenting
Reading Selection 5: Trouble with Raising Teenage Son, Larry Meeks
Panel Discussion on the Role of Video Games and Violent Behavior
Textbook Application: Sociology in the United States, Alex Thio
Internet Fact Search: Sociology
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 2 Biology
Introduction to the Discipline of Biology
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Biology
College Study Skills: Highlighting Key Terms and Concepts in a Text
Readiness for College Success: Meeting with an Advisor
Reading Selection An Ode to Dolly Re: Global Warming, Valerie Coskrey
Reading Selection 2: What’s the best Way to Burn Belly Fat? Kathleen Blanchard
An Interview with a Student in the Field of Biology
Reading Skill Focus: Recognizing Topic and Main Idea
Landmark in the Field of Biology: Organ Transplant
Reading Selection 3: Organ Donation: Don’t Let These Myths Confuse You, Mayo Clinic Staff
Reading Selection 4: Monkeys Live Longer on Low-Cal Dies; Would Humans?Brennan Lingsley
Writing Connection: Freewriting in a Reflection Journal
Reading Selection 5: A Field of Corn , Michael Pollan
Textbook Application: Human Biology, Science, and Society, Michael D. Johnson
Internet Fact Search: Biology
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 3 Personal Finance
Introduction to the Discipline of Personal Finance
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Personal Finance
College Study Skills: Making Annotations
Readiness for College: Communicating With Your Professor
Reading Selection 1: The Importance of Creating a Savings Account, Jeremy Vohwinkle
Reading Selection 2 : Credit Card Smarts: Take Charge of Your Cards
An Interview with a Student in the field of Personal Finance
Reading Skill Focus: Supporting Details
Landmark in the Field of Personal Finance: Online Banking
Reading Selection 3: Tenant Protections Facing Foreclosure
Reading Selection 4: How to Repay Your Student Loans, CBS News
Panel Discussion on the Plight of Homeowners Who Are at Risk of Losing Their Homes
Reading Selection 5: What is a College Degree Worth? Maggie Gallagher
Textbook Application: How You Benefit from an Understanding of Personal Finance, Jeff Madura
Internet Fact Search: Personal Finance
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 4 Economics
Introduction to the Discipline of Economics
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Economics
College Study Skills: Note-Taking
Readiness for College: Collaborative Learning
Reading Selection 1: Flu Shot Supply Surpasses Demand, Joel Roberts
Reading Selection 2: How Mobile Phone Companies Profit from Handset Loss, The Guardian
An Interview with a Student in the Field of Economics
Reading Skill Focus: Making Inferences
Landmark in the Field of Economics: The Social Security Act
Reading Selection 3: Capitalism Bites the Carpenters in Vegas, Charles Trentelman
Reading Selection 4: People Respond to Economic Incentives, Glenn Hubbard and Anthony Patrick O’Brien
Panel Discussion on China Becoming the World’s Second Largest Economy
Writing Connections: Paraphrasing
Reading Selection 5: Food Prices Rising, but No Shortage in U.S., Allison Linn
Textbook Application: Economics Defined, Robin Blade and Michael Parkin
Internet Fact Search: Economics
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 5 Literature
Introduction to the Discipline of Economics
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Literature
College Study Skills: Summarizing
Readiness for College: Avoiding Plagiarism
Reading Selections 1: Samuel, Grace Paley
Reading Selection 2: Immigrants, Pat Mora and Mother to Son, Langston Hughes
An Interview with a Student in the field of Literature
Reading Skill Focus: Determining and Author’s Tone and Purpose
Landmark in Landmark in the Field of Literature: Audio Books
Reading Selection 3: excerpt from Lucy , Jamaica Kinkaid
Reading Selection 4: excerpt from The Piano Lesson
Internet Fact Search: Literature
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 6 Mathematics
Introduction to the Discipline of Mathematics
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Mathematics
College Study Skills: Effective Ways of Reading and Solving Math World Problems
Readiness for College: Time Management Skills
Reading Selection 1: Why Math Always Counts: It Can Open Our Minds to Logic and Beauty, Arthur Michelson
Reading Selection 2: excerpt from Coincidences, Robert Blitzer
An Interview with a Student in the Field of Mathematics
Reading Skill Focus: Logical Relationships
Landmark in the Field of Mathematics: Scientific Calendar
Reading Selection 3: “Marriage Equations,” from Geek Logic, Garth Sundem
Reading Selection 4: A Key to Critical Thinking: Understanding All of the Options, Jeffrey Bennett and William Briggs
Panel Discussion: What Should We Cut?
Reading Selection 5: How to Calculate Your Real Hourly Wage,
Writing Connection: Organizing Excel Charts from a Set of Statistical Information
Reading Selection 6: Graphic Analysis,
Textbook Application: Misconceptions about Math, Jeffrey Bennett and Briggs
Internet Fact Search: Mathematics
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 7 Architecture
Introduction to the Discipline of Architecture
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Architecture
College Study Skills: Answering multiple-Choice Questions
Readiness for College Success: Building Computer Literacy
Reading Selection 1: Frank Lloyd Wright: Prairie Style
Reading Selection 2: Scandinavian Architecture: From the Country to the City, Indra Fortney
An Interview with a Student in the Field of Architecture
Reading Selection 3: Japan Quake Aftermath: How to Earthquake-Proof Your House, William Browning
Reading Skill Focus: Facts and Opinions
Landmark in the Field of Architecture: The Golden Gate bridge of San Francisco
Reading Selection 4: Urban vs. Suburban, Jeremiah Russell
Panel Discussion on Building a Shopping Mall in the Small Town of Tranquility
Writing Connections: Building Your Dream Home
Reading Selection 5: OU Design Students Hope to Play a role in Revitalizing North Tulsa, Kevin Canfield
Textbook Application: Approaches to Design History, Buie Harwood, Bridget May, and Curt Sherman
Internet Fact Search
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 8 Occupational Therapy
Introduction to the Discipline of Occupational Therapy
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Occupational Therapy
College Skills: Reading for Meaning
Readiness for College Success: Think Critically
Reading Selection 1: Portraits in Post-Humanity, Aimee Mullins
Reading Selection 2: What Does Autism Mean?
An Interview with a Student in the Field of Occupational Therapy
Reading Selection 3: Carpal Tunnel---One Patient’s Story
Reading Skill Focus: Patterns of Organization
Landmark in the Field of Occupational Therapy: Individuals with Disability Education Act (1973-1974)
Reading Selection 4: Shields Valley Ranch Helps Rehabilitate Soldiers, AP
Panel Discussion: Teaching Students with Special Needs
Writing Connections: Keeping a Weekly Reading guide
Reading Selection 5: Democratic Party Ignores Handicapped Woman’s Plea for Access to Downtown South Bend Headquarters, Jason Aubrey
Textbook Application: Understanding the Domain and Process of Occupational Therapy, Janet V.
DeLany and Margaret J. Pendzick
Internet Fact Search: Occupational Therapy
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 9 U. S. History
Introduction to U. S History
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of U. S. History
College Study Skills: Active reading: Asking Pertinent Questions of Text
Readiness for College: Understanding Your Class Assignments
Reading Selection 1: Rethinking Columbus and His Day, Sharon Short
Reading Selection 2: The Journey of Tom and Sally Peters, Jones, Wood, Borstelmann, Tyler May, and Ruiz
An Interview with Student in the field of History
Reading Selection 3: John C. Calhoun’s 1848 Speech Warning Against Incorporating Mexico into the United States, John C. Calhoun
Reading Skill Focus: Author’s Bias
Landmark in the Field of US History: The Digitization of Books
Reading Selection 4: Luxury Domestic Products Become “Necessities”: Late Nineteenth Century Technologies
Reading Selection 5: The Women’s Century: Short Biographies of Influential Women of the 20th Century
Panel Discussion on the Future: What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2100?
Writing Connection: Imagining the Future --- A Short Essay
Reading Selection 6: Zelda Anderson, one of the First Black Women to Enter the U.S. Army Auxiliary Corps. (1942), Shares Her Story
Textbook Application: Interviews with historians Peter H. Wood and Elaine Tyler May
Internet Fact Search: U. S. History
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 10 Travel and Tourism
Introduction to the Discipline of Travel and Tourism
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Travel and Tourism
College Study Skills: Sharpening your Memory
Readiness for College Success: Choosing your Classes for Next Semester
Reading Selections 1: Dispatch, Alaska: Tour Leaders’ Enthusiasm Shines Through, Johanna Jainchill
Reading Selection 2: How Ecotourism is Destroying America, Andy Stone
An Interview with a Student in the field of Travel and Tourism
Reading Selection 3: Tourism Marketing Strategies, Laura Acevedo
Reading Skill Focus: Combined Skills
Landmark in the Field of Travel and Tourism: Online Travel Agencies (OTAs)
Reading Selection 4: Mexico Launches Tourism Plan for Mayan Sites, Brianandrews.com
Reading Selection 5: Focus on Attractions and Entertainment, John Walker and Josielyn Walker
Panel Discussion on Tourism Planning to Attract Tourists to the Forgotten Town of Solitude
Writing Connections: Budget Allocation
Textbook Application: Definition of Tourism, John Walker and Josielyn Walker
Internet Fact Search: Travel and tourism
Formal Presentation Projects
Appendix I The Academic Word List
Appendix II Discipline Guide
Appendix III Guide to Genre