Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h1RCkpP09160; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 07:46:51 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 07:46:51 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <000b01c2de5d$e3aa0350$35881a0a@jlee2000> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Jon Lee" <jlee@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1425] Clips and Cross Posts X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1840 Lines: 53 Hello out there! From: the NIFL EFF list [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. A new issue of Focus on Basics is available online at http://ncsall.gse.harvard.edu Scroll down and click on the "newest issue of Focus on Basics" box The topic? "Isms": classism, racism, gender bias, and bias in all the other categories that can differentiate people from the majority in society. Take care! Jon Lee Training Specialist NIFL-Family list moderator National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main St, Suite 300 Louisville, KY 40202-4237 Phone: 502.584.1133 x175 Fax: 502.584.0172 jlee@famlit.org http://www.famlit.org
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