Students read an advanced paper at the beginning of a course and compile a list of terms they do not understand. As the course progresses, the instructor defines these terms. At the end of the course, students re-read the initial paper to gain an appreciation of how much they have learned.

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Each week in "Pathways through the Andes," students examine and discuss 10-15 objects from the collection of the Harvard Peabody Museum.... Read more about Analyzing Andean Artifacts

Fictional island nation Atlantinha needs a new constitution.... Read more about Atlantinha

Students learn about the importance of gestures in baroque opera through viewing and practicing them.

Goals:

• to teach students that baroque opera involved body movement as well as music, and that physical motion and musical material were intimately linked in the 17th and 18th centuries
• to demonstrate how stage gesture can affect one's interpretation of an opera scene.

Class: Music 97a: Music History and Repertory: Medieval to Baroque

Introduction/...

Overview: Created as a Title III Student Success initiative by Joan Alegi-Feeney (jAlegiFeeney@massbay.edu), Ruma Mishra (rMishra@massbay.edu),  Nancy Levine (nLevine@massbay.edu), Christine Turnheim (cTurnheim@massbay.edu), Fran Eth (feth@massbay.edu), this activity is a fun way to show how chemical and electrical impulses travel through the body.

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In this in-class simulation, students adopt the interests and goals of the Kayapó Indians, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Brazilian government, and Electrobras in order to resolve a conflict over the construction of the Belo Monte Dam.... Read more about Brazil and the Belo Monte Dam

Law students present a case study to their peers, simulating real-world cases young lawyers might face.

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