[NIFL-WOMENLIT:473] Materials

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FYI:
Seven materials related to women and literacy that I found while searching through NIFL's LINCS:

1. Title: Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Curriculum Guide
     Personal Name:  Sedor, Michele M.
     Personal Name:  Merson, Martha
     Electronic  Availability: 
   http://easternlincs.worlded.org/health/bce/indexhtm
     Publication Information:
         Publisher: World Education, Health Education and Adult Literacy (HEAL) Project
         Place:  Boston, MA
         Year: 1997
     Material Type:  Instructional Material
     Physical Media: Print
     Abstract/Summary: 
 Discusses approaches to and provides examples of incorporating environmentally-related health issues in the  adult literacy classroom.
     Funding Information: 
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for  Disease Control
     Distributor:
    Name:  World Education/HEAL Project
      Address: 
     44 Farnsworth St., Boston, MA 02210
      Telephone: 
        617-482-9485
2. Title:  Building on the Strengths of Social Networks
     Electronic Availability: 
                 http://archon.educ.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/0200-09.htm
     Publication Information:
         Publisher:  Ohio Literacy Resource Center
         Place:  Ohio
         Year: 1994
     Material Type: Article
     Physical Media: Print
     Physical Location of Material:
         Location:  Ohio Literacy Resource Center
         Address:  414 White Hall, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
         Telephone:  (330) 672-2007
3. Title:  Claiming Our Rights: A Manual for Women's Human Rights,  Education in Muslim Societies
     Personal Name:  Afkhami, Mahnaz
     Personal Name: Vaziri, Haleh
     Corporate Name:Sisterhood Is Global Institute (SIGI)
     Publication Information:
     Publisher:  Sisterhood Is Global Institute (SIGI)
         Place:   Bethesda, MD
         Year:  1996
     Material Type:  Book
     Physical Media:  CD-ROM
Abstract/Summary:
                      This manual was designed to promote human rights awareness among Muslim women at the grassroots level. Claiming Our Rights also provides concrete guidelines aimed at promoting
 dialogue among women about themes relevant to their daily  lives. The nine themes addressed in the manual reflect the concerns articulated during the United Nations' Fourth World Conference on Women convened in Beijing in September                 1995. Women's rights to: · responsibilities within the family · autonomy in family-planning decisions · bodily integrity ·subsistence · education and learning · privacy, religious  beliefs, and free expression · during times of conflict ·
Physical Location of Material:
         Location: National Institute for Literacy
         Address:  800 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006
         Telephone:  (202) 632-1500
     Distributor:
         Name:  Sisterhood Is Global Institute (SIGI)
         Address:  4343 Montgomery Ave., Suite 201, Bethesda, MD 20814
         Telephone: 
 (301) 657-4355, FAX: (301) 657-4381, e-mail:
                      sigi@igc.apc.org
4. Title:  Helping Women Break the Prison Cycle
     Personal Name:  Eisler, Netta S.
     Electronic Availability: 
  http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/VTMAG/v17n2/page21.html
     Publication Information:
         Publisher:  Virginia Tech Magazine
         Place:  Blacksburg, VA
         Year: 1995
     Material Type:  Article
     Physical Media:  Online Full Text
Abstract/Summary:
                      This article by by Netta S. Eisler originally appeared in Virginia Tech Magazine (Volume 17, Number 2 Winter 1995).                     Many repeat offenders have never learned how to be successful outside of prison. Beth Pessner, Virginia Tech Powhatan/Goochland Extension agent, decided to help women prisoners break the cycle of repeated arrests by teaching them                     skills to succeed in the community and giving them the knowledge to resist the bad habits that have caused them to get into trouble in the past and to build new lives. Her program is called "Taking Charge of Your Life."
     Notes: The article originally appeared in the print version of the Virginia Tech Magazine Volume 17, Number 2, Winter 1995
     System Requirements: 
                      Internet access and Web browser
     Local Identification: 
                      http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/VTMAG/v17n2/page21.html
5. Title:  Making connections: literacy and EAL curriculum from a Feminist perspective
     Personal Name:  Nonesuch, Kate
     Corporate Name: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women
     Publication Information:
         Publisher: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women
         Place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
         Year: 1996
     Material Type:  Book
     Physical Media: Print
Abstract/Summary: 
                        The book includes curriculum material addressing the issuesof women's lives. It includes thirteen chapters and a  bibliography compiled by women from literacy and  English-as-an-additional-language (EAL) programs across  Canada. Each chapter contains readings, activities, and                       handouts for 20-30 hours of work.
     Notes: The book is accompanied by an audiocassette tape of songs used in two chapters of the curriculum guide.
     Funding Information: Financial contributions to the publication of this material  were made by the National Literacy Secretariat.
     Standard Identifiers:
       ISBN:   0921283180
     Physical Location of Material:
         Location:  NIFL
         Address:  600 Connectict Avenue, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006-2712
         Telephone: 
  202-632-1500, 202-632-1512(fax)
     Distributor:
         Name: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women
         Address: 47 Main Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4E 2V6
         Telephone: 416-699-1909, 416-699-2145 (fax)
6.  Title: Lessons from our past: a multi-cultural approach to recent  American history
     Personal Name:Voss, Cameron
     Corporate Name:  Lutheran Settlement House
     Publication Information:
         Publisher:  Lutheran Settlement House
         Place:  Philadelphia, PA
         Year: 1992
     Material Type:  Book
     Physical Media:Print
Abstract/Summary: 
                      "Women, minorities and low-income people are among the primary participants in adult education programs, yet these  groups are consistently under-represented in the history and
social studies texts designed for adult learners. The Women's  Program decided to develop this book for two main reasons: to  increase students' knowledge of history and to help them                  realize the important contributions that all people, specifically women, minorities, and people with low incomes, have made to the history of the United States. The book was made with the  hope that history will be more interesting and meaningful for
adult students when they learn that history includes people like  them and their ancestors."
     Notes:  The goal of the Lutheran Settlement House Women's Program is to provide education, employment, counseling and childcare                   programs which offer low-income and minority women the tools for empowerment and self-sufficiency. One way people  become empowered is by learning about the past and               discovering that people like themselves have been participants in their country's history.
     Physical Location of Material:
         Location: National Institute for Literacy
         Address:800 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006
         Telephone: (202) 632-1500
     Distributor:
         Name: Lutheran Settlement House, Women's Program
         Address: 1340 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19125
7. Title:  Women's History Research Project
     Personal Name:  Ballard, Victoria
     Electronic Availability:                        http://www.lacnyc.org/technology/institute/victoria.htm
     Publication Information:
         Publisher: Literacy Assistance Center
         Place:  New York, NY
         Year: 1998
     Material Type:  Instructional Material
Abstract/Summary: 
                       A short, online lesson plan which is intended to familiarize  adult learners with well-known women writers,to improve   their Web navigation skills and to improvetheir reading and
 speaking skills.


Daphne Greenberg
Center for the Study of Adult Literacy
Georgia State University
University Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30303-3083
Fax: 404-651-1415
Ph: 404-651-0400
E-mail: alcdgg@langate.gsu.edu



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