Welcome to Week 07!
Time flies.
CIVICS
This week we have a few links and material about presidential candidates:Presidential Candidates Word Doc and PDF (jpg preview below)-
Elke's 1-page photo collage of all candidates (without names, so students can guess and discuss), plus a 2-page short summary for all.
This might work well when you cut the printouts so students can match photos and bios, or groups of students first work with only one bio.
You can download the word and PDF doc on the civics wiki
(click page on the left: Presidential Primaries)
Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush campaign videos are also posted there:
Or check some online resources with your students in class:
theatlantic.com has a Q&A style summary for each candiate
(Excerpt below - you can read it online in class, or copy/paste segments to a word doc)
Bernie Sanders
Who is he? A
self-professed socialist, Sanders represented Vermont in the U.S. House from
1991 to 2007, when he won a seat in the Senate.
Is he running? Yes.
He announced April 30.
Who wants him to run? Far-left
Democrats; Brooklyn-accent aficionados; progressives who worry that a second
Clinton administration would be far too friendly to the wealthy.
Can he win the nomination? When
Sanders launched his campaign, this question seemed more or less beside the
point. That’s no longer true: Sanders is running neck and neck or even ahead of
Clinton in key early primary states and regularly drawing larger crowds than
her. It remains extremely difficult to see him winning the nomination—as Dems
from Howard Dean to George McGovern can remind you, primary voters tend to
gravitate to “electable” general-election candidates alone.
Does his website have a good 404 page? Yes, and it is
quintessentially Sanders.
Politics1 has a Campaign Site, Facebook and Twitter link for each candidate:
 | Dr. Ben Carson (Florida)Campaign Site: BenCarson.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/DrBenjaminCarson Twitter: www.twitter.com/RealBenCarson |
Student News Daily has good questions:
1. List 3 issues you believe are important to consider
in this election.
2. Visit the campaign websites and YouTube pages for Democratic and Republican candidates for president to learn where they stand on the issues. (Click on the candidate’s name above or, do an internet search for: “name of candidate official website” “name of candidate youtube page” or “name of candidate Instagram”)
What does each candidate say they would do to address each issue? (What solutions does each candidate propose?)
3. What actions have each taken (if a member of Congress or governor) to support or undermine his/her position on each issue? (Visit govtrack.us to learn how current and former members of Congress have voted on any proposed legislation.)
2. Visit the campaign websites and YouTube pages for Democratic and Republican candidates for president to learn where they stand on the issues. (Click on the candidate’s name above or, do an internet search for: “name of candidate official website” “name of candidate youtube page” or “name of candidate Instagram”)
What does each candidate say they would do to address each issue? (What solutions does each candidate propose?)
3. What actions have each taken (if a member of Congress or governor) to support or undermine his/her position on each issue? (Visit govtrack.us to learn how current and former members of Congress have voted on any proposed legislation.)
Last not least - 4 cartoons on one page:
Suggested activities/warmup: What do students know about candidates?
Give one cartoon only to different groups of students, figure out meaning, walk around, share your cartoon with other groups.
Download the word doc or PDF on the civics wiki
(click page on the left: Presidential Primaries)
Suggestions: Check the candidate's Facebook page, official website, do a google search, check newspaper articles
Some of you have done this - "If you were a candidate, what would you do?"
Would you like to share any civics related activities that worked well in YOUR class?
What would you like to add to the wiki pages?
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How to Access Thousands of Free eBooks
From the blog "Free Technology for Teachers:"Zing is a service offering thousands of free fiction and non-fiction ebooks to teachers and students. On Zing you can browse for books by topic, language, or reading level. You can read the books in your web browser on a laptop or tablet. Zing is more than just a repository of free ebooks. In the Zing reader students will find a built-in dictionary and tools for taking notes while they read. In the video embedded below I demonstrate some of the features of Zing.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Elke is on vacation and will share highlights from the TESOL MEXICO conference soon:
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The LAC/New School Conference on October 24 was great.
English Language Teaching: Meeting Challenges, Exploring Solutions in the Adult ESOL Classroom
In the Plenary Address Betsy Parrish (author of "Teaching Adult ESL") talked about adding rigor to ESOL classes and shows how critical thinking skills can be embedded in regular classroom activities for any level. Some of her recommended strategies and techniques also work for literacy classes. If you're interested, please check out the video below:(Note: The video is 40 minutes long, if you don't have much time, start at minute 14:00...)
If you would like to get the Powerpoint of Betsy's presentation, please let us know.
AND FINALLY-
We had such good feedback about Tom's interview... (if you missed it, check our Archive - at the end of the October 26 blog).
Who's next?!?
Have a great week!
Elizabeth & Elke
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