Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics

   Open Textbooks and Concordia Courses

   Description and Access

General

Western Civilization: A Concise History – Volume 1

This classics text has been positively-reviewed and has been successfully adopted by other faculty. It covers introductory concepts in western civilization, from Mesopotamia to the fall of Rome.

Includes: instructor resources, student resources, applications, summaries, exercises, solutions, and group activities

Western Civilization

This peer-reviewed, open lumen learning course covers introductory concepts in western civilization, from the Hittites to the Protestant Reformation.

Includes: instructor resources, student resources, applications, summaries, exercises, solutions, and group activities

Rome

Roman Gods

This peer-reviewed Roman text has been successfully adopted by other faculty. Drawing exclusively on the evidence from urban Rome up to the age of Constantine, the book analyzes the pagan, Jewish, and Christian concepts of “god” along the lines of space, time, personnel, function, iconography and ritual.

Includes: instructor resources, student resources, applications, summaries, exercises, solutions, and group activities

The Roman Empire

This roman empire text has been positively-reviewed and has been successfully adopted by other faculty. It covers introductory concepts in the roman empire.

Includes: instructor resources, student resources, applications, summaries, exercises, solutions, and group activities

Greece

Mythology Unbound: An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology

This mythology text has been positively-reviewed and has been successfully adopted by other faculty. It covers introductory concepts in classical mythology, from Apollo to Zeus.

Includes: instructor resources, student resources, applications, summaries, exercises, solutions, and group activities

Linguistics

Essentials of Linguistics

This peer-reviewed open textbook covers the core areas of theoretical linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics), supplemented with a discussion of psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic findings.

Includes: videos, interactive assessments

How Language Works (Gasser)

This LibreTexts looks at a range of introductory topics and themes related to linguistics, the science of language. It examines some of the biases we all have concerning language and uses this as a base for its exploration.

Includes: exercises, instructor and student resources

German

A Foundation Course in Reading German

A textbook published by University of Wisconsin-Madison and went through many versions over the years, it is designed to guide a learner who has no previous German experience to gain the ability to accurately understand formal written German prose, aided only by a comprehensive dictionary.

German Frame-semantic Online Lexicon

This open German-English vocabulary resource applies the linguistic theory of Frame Semantics to the language classroom to teach the meanings of vocabulary items and how to use them appropriately.

Includes: videos, activities

Spanish

Hola a Todos: Elementary Spanish I

A textbook for introductory Spanish, created by faculty at the University of North Georgia.

Includes: activities, exercises

Libro Libre: Beginning Spanish

A textbook for introductory Spanish that has been positively reviewed.

Includes: activities, exercises

Antología abierta de literatura hispana

A positively reviewed text with introductions and annotations co-created by students.

Includes: teaching and implementation guide to expand on open textbook with instructions and downloadable appendices (see Critical Edition Assignment Implementation Guide)

May suit: SPAN 311 Crisis and Introspection: Spanish Literature from the 18th to the 21st Centuries