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ESL Civics Curriculum
ESL-Civics Curriculum Designed for Very Beginning ESL Learners

The Bright Ideas curriculum was designed for elderly learners participating in community-based ESL programs. The curriculum focuses on developing oral English communication skills and providing opportunities for learners to use these skills inside the classroom and outside in the community. The units reflect the interests of the learners as they emerged from conversations with students, focus groups, and needs assessments. Each unit contains step-by-step instructions for the teacher, lessons for the students, and visual support materials to facilitate learning for students who have few literacy skills in English and in the native language. The units may be taught in any sequence.
All units are in MS Word format; you may modify them to meet your needs.

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Coalition of Limited English Speaking Elderly (CLESE)
53 West Jackson,
Suite 1301
Chicago, IL 60604
312-461-0812
312-461-1466 (fax)
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Unit 1: Introductions and Greetings (84 KB)

Unit 2: People and Places (97 KB)

Unit 3: Field Trips (79 KB)

Unit 4: Numbers (110 KB)

Unit 5: Fruits and Vegetables (433 KB)

Unit 6: Weather and Clothing (674 KB)

Unit 7: Homes (69 KB)

Unit 8: Coming to America (101 KB)

Unit 9: Colors, Feelings and Art (49 KB)

Unit 10: News (47 KB)

Unit 11: Healthy Life (89 KB)

Unit 12: Meet Students in Other Classrooms (59 KB)

Unit 13: Favorite Foods (346 KB) 

Unit 14: I've Got a Problem Video (385 KB)

Unit 15: (part 1) Civics and Community (645 KB)

Unit 15: (part 2) Buildings (262 KB)

Unit 16:  Preparing for the Citizenship Test (94 KB)

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Kansas - What Works in ESL Literacy v4  by Heide Spruck Wrigley
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We Honor these People as Community Treasures.  
The Community Treasures left their home countries to pursue the American Dream

The Community Treasures courageously faced the challenges of beginning their lives in America while volunteering to help others. Download:
Community Treasures 2006 | 2007 (As Adobe PDFs)

 

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