Instructor Resources

This page is primarily for the ETSU 1000 instructors. You'll find ideas for class activities, links to useful websites and prompts for discussion, organized by the "basics" we cover in class. If a link is bad or if you have information you'd like to share, please contact the webmaster.

Ice breakers and other opening activities

Course information and expectations

Breaking down a syllabus

ETSU Pride and Engagement

ETSU values (in business card format)
ETSU History and trivia
ETSU 1000 trivia bowl (thank you Carol Fox and Adam Knobloch)
Johnson's Depot and the Normal School
Student activities and involvement: Joy Fulkerson
Arts on campus: Anita DeAngelis
Study abroad and International programs: Kelly Hill

E-Wisdom (thank you Dr. Alison Barton for the term!)

E-Wisdom (Portal, D2L, Goldmail, etc).
Social networking lesson plan
Social networking article #1
Social networking article #2
Social networking sites
Plagiarism lesson plan
Your friends are not your audience (from NPR website- also works for sexual harassment and civility topics)

Professors and other important people

Professors are people, too
Dr. Gene Bailey - does a GREAT interactive session
Dr. Susan Epps (not as great as Dr. Bailey, but not too shabby!)

Academic Success

Study Strategies

Study strategies lesson plan
Study strategies activity
Top 10 study strategies
Study strategies (more than you ever knew existed!)

Test Taking

Advising and General Education

Advising lesson plan
Advising & registration discussion prompts
General Education core checksheet
ETSU Advisors from the ARC: Stacy Onks, Stefanie Murphy, Caroline Jackson
How your GPA opens (or closes) doors

Learning Styles and strategies

Successful students

Successful students review

Using Campus Resources

Campus resources- Jeopardy!

Priorities, Commitment, & Discipline

Responsibility

Time Management

Goal Setting

Goals lesson plan
Goals discussion
Goal setting Prezi - by Richard Swearingen (includes video clips from Rudy and Secretariat)
How are you doing so far? Discussion prompts

Money Management

Money management (site recommended by Kathy Feagins in the Scholarship office)
Money and life skills (recommended by Murry Andrews in Financial Aid) On the right side under supporting materials click on Life Skills brochure and scroll down to see the topics.
John McFadden ('75), Tennessee Credit Union, 423-915-0222

Major/Career Exploration

Diversity & Civility

Diversity lesson plan
Diversity discussion prompts
Diversity definitions
Diversity terms
Iceberg activity
A prom divided (from NY Times)
Things I don't have to think about today (great for discussion on privilege)
Cultural Pursuit game
- Card
- Answers
Watch the clips from Crash (link is in the video clips section) then use these discussion prompts
The Scholarship activity

Health and Wellness

Stress management lesson plan
Stress management Powerpoint
Stress research article
Stress and Stressors article
Stress Calendar
Sexual health lesson plan
Sexual harassment training
Effective coping article
Drugs & alcohol Powerpoint
Ana Wilkinson (President of the ETSU Chapter of Bucs Against Drunk Driving - BADD) - wilkinsona@goldmail.etsu.edu
College readjustment rating scale
Avoiding the "Freshman 15"

Wrapping up

Other great sources:

Our own awesome ETSU 1000 Advisory Team member, Dr. Alison Barton (HDAL), has created a website with all sorts of good info and ideas on teaching: Faculty Support for Instruction
On Course website
First Year Experience website (at the University of South Carolina)