1.4 How to Use the Website
Think of this site as a smorgasbord. You can jump from entre to entre, or you can go…
2.6 – Expressivism
2.6 – Expressivism In about 1964, with the beginning of the Vietnam War, writing instructors had grown tired…
2.4 -Writing and High Jumping
Writing and High Jumping The solutions to the changing student body in American colleges after the Civil War…
2.3 – The Teaching of Writing After the American Civil War
The Teaching of Writing After the American Civil War The American Civil War was fought between 1861 and…
2.2 Communications and the Industrial Revolution
Communications and the Industrial Revolution Aristotle’s method of teaching communications was slowly eroded – sometimes by time, sometimes…
Communications in Ancient Greece
Communications in Ancient Greece Something happened a long time ago that has affected how writing is taught today…
2.4 -Writing and High Jumping
The solutions to the changing student body in American colleges after the Civil War greatly affected how you…
2.5 – The Scissors Kick: The Harvard Method
The Harvard Method Harvard had a problem: It had way more applicants than it could take into the…
CHAPTER 1.1 – GWS: A Story of Success
1.1 GWS SUCCESSES In 1974, George Guthridge (“Dr. G.”) set out to take the mystery out of learning…
4.2 – What Is a Story?
There are many types of stories. For example, you can have a hero do one thing and another…