CS1 in C++ (Carman)

These activities by Preston Carman were adapted from Python activities by Lisa Olivieri and various activities by Clif Kussmaul.

The collection is available on GitHub at https://github.com/wwu-cs/cpp_pogil.

Contents

1. Introduction to C++
2. Arithmetic Operations and Assignment
3. Algorithmic Thinking
4. C++ Types and Typecasting
5. Boolean Expressions
6. If/Else Statements
7. While Loops
8. For Loops
9. Nested Loops
10. Vectors
11. Void Functions
12. Value Returning Functions
13. Parameter Passing
14. Variable Scope
15. Coding Style
16. Arrays
17. Reading from Files
18. Writing to Files
19. A Programming Language Tour
20. Introduction to Classes
21. Constructors and Overloading
22. Inheritance
23. UML and Class Design
24. Pointers
25. Version Control
26. Exception Handling
27. Recursion

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Field	Value
author	Preston Carman
title	Activities for CS1 in C++
url	https://github.com/…
month	January
year	2026