The following Open Educational Resources (OER) were created by Macalester faculty–often in collaboration with instructors at other institutions and/or with Macalester students. Copyright is owned by the authors, except where noted. A Creative Commons license is applied to each in order to facilitate no-cost access, re-use, re-purposing, adaptation, and redistribution by others.
A preservation copy has been deposited here, but for resources with interactivity, please visit the link provided. For more information about OER support and resources for the Macalester community, visit the OER Toolkit.
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A Call for Change: Minnesota Environmental Justice Heroes in Action
Christie Manning, Alison Bautista, and Avram Anderson
Access Online: https://mlpp.pressbooks.pub/environmentaljustice
This book provides a brief introduction to the lives and work of Minnesota residents who advocate for Environmental Justice. Their stories were captured in interviews conducted by Macalester College students in Spring 2018, 2019 and 2020. The work featured in this volume covers a broad span, showcasing the depth and breadth of Environmental Justice. More importantly, this book celebrates the extraordinary everyday people who chose to take action in the face of injustice. While their approaches to Environmental Justice work are diverse, they are united in their persistence and their creativity.
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A Call for Change: Minnesota Environmental Justice Heroes in Action, Volume 2
Christie Manning, Minori Kishi, and Rachel Campbell
Access Online: https://mlpp.pressbooks.pub/environmentaljusticevol2/
This second volume of “A Call for Change: Minnesota Environmental Justice Heroes in Action” is a collection of the stories and efforts of environmental justice activists at the forefront of the Minnesota environmental justice movement. It is a compilation of interviews, conducted by students at Macalester College in 2023, to understand the layers of environmental injustice in Minnesota and bring attention to the resilience and determination of activists and communities. See volume one at https://mlpp.pressbooks.pub/environmentaljustice/
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Grenzenlos Deutsch
Britt Abel, Erika Berroth, Maureen Gallagher, Adi King, Isolde Mueller, Simone Pfleger, Elizabeth Schreiber-Byers, Faye Stewart, Tessa Wegener, and Amy Young
Access Online: https://grenzenlos-deutsch.com
Grenzenlos Deutsch, an open online curriculum for beginning German
This full-year curriculum is intended as a no-cost alternative to current, more traditional textbooks in the field. It mixes materials rooted in real-world, contemporary communication scenarios, multimedia content, and online learning activities.The Grenzenlos curriculum ensures that the topics of discussion in the language classroom are relevant to and reflect today’s world.
This project was made possible with grant funding and due to the dedication of former librarian, Ron Joslin. Many additional library staff members including Jacki Betsworth and Erin Porter along with many student employees contributed to this project either by managing images or producing/editing videos and text.
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Multimodal Musicianship
Victoria Malawey
Access Online: https://pressbooks.macalester.digital/multimodalmusicianship/
Multimodal Musicianship is an open educational resource for learning music theory and ear training. The content engages concepts related to tonal harmony, suitable for a two- or three-semester music theory and ear training curriculum in a liberal arts college or other higher education setting. This collection of materials offers multiple modes of engaging content—with text, musical examples, audio examples, video content, application activities, and links to supplemental content—designed for users to learn and reinforce their knowledge according to their learning styles and needs.
