[NIFL-4EFF:2298] New Advocacy Curriculum

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:32:26 -0500 (EST)
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Cross-posted from the nla list.

>Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:46:08 -0500
>From: Sally Waldron <sally_waldron@jsi.com>
>Subject: [NLA] New Advocacy Curriculum
>The Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education is pleased to announce a
>new advocacy resource for adult literacy programs:  Your Government,
>Your Taxes, Your Choices, a curriculum for ABE/ESOL/GED students that
>addresses services the state provides, taxes people pay and issues of
>fairness, and advocacy.  Developed by two ABE/ESOL teachers, Diana Satin
>and Nancy Sheridan, the curriculum is intended primarily for
>Massachusetts adult basic education learners but it also provides a
>model for other states.
>
>The language in the curriculum is geared for mid-beginning ESOL
>learners, and it also appropriate for students at higher language
>levels.  Each lesson also contains ideas for adapting the curriculum for
>students at beginning and more advanced levels.  Activities are varied.
>
>The Word version of the Choices curriculum will hopefully be available
>on the MCAE website by Wednesday, February 26.  An HTML version will be
>available in several weeks.  The MCAE URL is:
>
>http://www.mcae.net/curriculum/
>
>A feedback form will also be available.  If you use parts of the
>curriculum, please send your comments and feedback to
>swaldron@worlded.org.  We hope to revise and refine the materials next
>summer.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sally Waldron
>World Education
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Brenda Bell, Associate Director
Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee
Co-Director, EFF Assessment  Consortium

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