Week 6: Civics
and...
TEACHER RESOURCES
USCIS lessons and materials here: USCIS Citizenship
One from USCIS I haven't seen
before: Famous Americans Flashcards
Video from Voice of America
Learning English: Grammar and Presidential Elections
More video from VOA here: Interesting Facts About Presidential Debates
Ventures Arcade Citizenship can be a great warm up
WORD SEARCHES from Citizenship Teachers Robin Poley and Tom
Wool:
Below is a jpeg
preview,
download the PDFs
for 6 DIFFERENT WORD SEARCH ACTIVITIES on the
The other kind of Civics – Emergencies
Download the PDF or Word doc on the Civics Wiki:
TECHNOLOGY
TIP
Introduce
one of these quizzes in class and ask students to practice at home.
Students can work at their own pace and repeat as needed. Great outside of class practice.
CivicsQuiz.com
Our goal is
to be the nation’s leading practice test resource for the U.S. Citizenship
Exam and for students interested in learning more about U.S. civics or
practicing for an upcoming civics test. Anyone interested in civics trivia
will be a fan of CivicsQuiz.com.
During the
civics portion of your naturalization interview, given orally by a United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officer, you’ll be asked 10
questions about U.S civics (history and government). You must answer at least
6 of the 10 questions correctly.
This website offers 4 multiple choice versions: 10
Questions, 20, 50 or 100 questions.
Full Civic Literacy Exam (from our 2008 survey)
Are you more
knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508
Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%.
Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as
other nationally recognized exams.
Welcome to the US Civics Exam. People who apply to
become US citizens must pass this quiz to become naturalized. 97% pass but
nearly half of Americans, and most of our children, can’t answer six out of
ten of these questions correctly. It’s not their fault. The basic knowledge
of civics and history that we used to take for granted are often not covered
in school anymore. And we know that a lack of civic knowledge and skills
lowers the chances that children will grow up to achieve a lifetime of
citizenship. We think a primary purpose of schools is to prepare
students to be active and enthusiastic participants in our democracy. If you
agree join us!
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FROM YOUR COLLEAGUE - Election Day
Interpreters wanted: Chinese/Korean
Hi "guys,"
I heard that the Board of Elections is
looking for Chinese and Korean speakers as interpreters at poll sites on
Election Day. They are paid at the same rate as poll workers. Citizenship/
eligibility to vote NOT NECESSARY. I thought teachers of advanced levels
might want to let their students know. It's a great way for students to
"see it in action".
Here's a link to the application. The
Website can be translated into different languages at top right. Vote NYC
Regards,
Neal Smith (St. Agnes)
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CLASSROOM
PICTURES
Please share with us pictures from your
classroom. We'll start. Here are the Level 1/2 students at the Great Kills
library in Staten Island playing a game and learning Civics and Citizenship.
TEACHER
INTERVIEW
Are you
ready to answer 10 questions?
Have something else to share?
Please email us :)
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“Tech in Ten” Workshop
Save the date: Wednesday November 16, 2016, 6-8
PM
Online pre-registration opening soon!
Baruch College, CUNY
55 Lexington Avenue
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email
Advance Registration Required due to space limitations
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Professional
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445 5TH AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10016, Lower level
FRI, NOVEMBER 18, 10:00am-1:00pm
WORKSHOP:
Creative Student Stories for Different Levels and
Curriculum Requirements
Audience: ESOL
Instructors, ESOL Coordinators & Program Managers
Student portraits are
powerful learning and storytelling tools. This hands-on workshop explores ways
for students to tell each other's stories, improve their skills and build
community.
Creating portraits
can be customized to curriculum or class requirements, from grammar points and
literacy skills like tenses, question formation, and sequencing, to topics
centered on immigration, work, family, food or health. We will discuss
techniques for working with different levels of English proficiency and digital
literacy, and different project lengths and formats – from digital
presentations to gallery walks. Workshop participants will create short
profiles of each other and receive a handout with activities, techniques and
online examples.
This workshop is FREE.
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