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This is the introductory course in American Government, with the main focus on the national level but some attention to state and local levels as well. This OpenLab site contains course materials as well as links to news sites and a discussion board to exchange ideas. Please keep disagreements friendly, and please keep in mind that our main purpose is more to analyze than to react and fume. When the course is over, as long as you still have an OpenLab account at City Tech, you are invited to continue posting on this discussion board. To access course materials, click “Visit Course Site” at the right of this page.

This is the introductory course in American Government, with the main focus on the national level but some attention to state and local levels as well. This OpenLab site contains course materials as well as links to news sites and a discussion board to exchange ideas. Please keep disagreements friendly, and please keep in mind that our main purpose is more to analyze than to react and fume. When the course is over, as long as you still have an OpenLab account at City Tech, you are invited to continue posting on this discussion board. To access course materials, click “Visit Course Site” at the right of this page.

This course offers students an introductory understanding of how different views of the environment shape identity, with a focus on narrative concerns of sustainability. Students will analyze the appearance and effects of humans on the environment by reading and discussing American and British literature across multiple genres and centuries, situating the texts within their historical and literary contexts, and exploring the way that the built and natural environment are present in each work.

This course offers students an introductory understanding of how different views of the environment shape identity, with a focus on narrative concerns of sustainability. Students will analyze the appearance and effects of humans on the environment by reading and discussing American and British literature across multiple genres and centuries, situating the texts within their historical and literary contexts, and exploring the way that the built and natural environment are present in each work.