Hello Missy,

I am sorry to take so long to respond, but your e-mail got lost in the flood
I have been receiving.

I think you might find it interesting to check out some of the below:

Dan  Gonzalez

www.dangonzalezmusic.com

www.columbusdaygifts.org

American Indians in Children's Literature  (

 http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/)

Border Sense

Introduction

http://www.bordersenses.com/memorias/inicial.html

Materials for peace education downloadable free of charge at

http://www.peaceculture.net

 TALES FROM THE HOMELAND: Developing the Language Experience Approach

by Anita Molly Bell and Som Dy

VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROJECT at the
TACOMA COMMUNITY HOUSE
1311 South M Street
Box 5107
Tacoma, WA 98405

(206) 682-9112

series of books from Thompson Heinley Publishers, "Access Reading, Reading
in the Real World" by Tim Collins. They have levels 1 through 4. The
readings deal with everyday real life
activities.

Beginnings IX
2006 Ohio Writer's Conference

http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/Beginnings9/index.html

The Change Agent

Adult Education for  Social Justice: News,  Issues, and Ideas

Issue 23, September, 2006

Immigration: The Current Debate

http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent/toc.htm

Editorial

http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent/editorial.htm

LINMORE PUBLISHING, INC. P.O. BOX 1545 PALATINE, IL 60078
PERSONAL STORIES
A Book For Adults
Who Are Beginning to Read
Kamla Devi Koch
Linda Mrowicki
Arlene Ruttenberg

I hope this helps a little.

Have a very fruitful and fulfilling 2007.

All the best,

Sylvie

Sylvie Kashdan, M.A.
Instructor/Curriculum Coordinator
KAIZEN PROGRAM for New English Learners with Visual Limitations
810-A Hiawatha Place South
Seattle, WA  98144, U.S.A.
phone:  (206) 784-5619
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Missy Slaathaug" <mslaathaug at midco.net>
To: "'The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List'"
<englishlanguage at nifl.gov>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:00 PM
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 827] Re: FW: [FamilyLiteracy
436]ThreeDaysinNovember


This sounds interesting - could you post more titles of some of the
other books that you refer to?

Missy Slaathaug
Pierre, SD

-----Original Message-----
From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Kaizen Program
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 8:10 AM
To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 825] Re: FW: [FamilyLiteracy 436]
ThreeDaysinNovember

Janet, Sharon  and all,

I have found the book "Stories to Tell Our Children" Edited by Gail
Weinstein-Shr
HEINLE & HEINLE PUBLISHERS 1992 and other collections of adult students'
writings by Gail Weinstein-Shr,
 as well as some other books with collections of immigrant students'
writings put together by  others to be very helpful  for developing some
of
the positive and negative issues around Thanksgiving time.  Along with
discussions and readings about the experiences  of native peoples and
new
immigrants in the past, current experiences are important to my students
for
developing such conversations. My students and I also work out our own
questions to go with the stories, and many of the questions my students
contribute deal with the experience of being an immigrant in a culture
where
they are having both negative and positive experiences. They find
learning
about earlier encounters between new-comers and residents to be very
interesting and thought-provoking too. I have found that adult students
say
they are already having discussions about these issues outside of class
and
welcome the opportunity to share their anxieties and appreciations of
what
they have found here. I consider such discussions a valid and relevant
part
of learning and teaching English because most immigrants are motivated
to
learn the new language, at least in part, in order to be able to
communicate
with other adults in their new homeland about their experiences,
feelings
and ideas. Studying the history also helps them to feel less inhibited
about
expressing their current discomforts and what might be done to improve
the
situation. So, it is a good way to teach about the possibilities for
self-advocacy and civic involvement in the new country too.

Sylvie

Sylvie Kashdan, M.A.
Instructor/Curriculum Coordinator
KAIZEN PROGRAM for New English Learners with Visual Limitations
810-A Hiawatha Place South
Seattle, WA  98144, U.S.A.
phone:  (206) 784-5619
email:  kaizen at literacyworks.org
web:  http://www.nwlincs.org/kaizen/



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janet Isserlis" <Janet_Isserlis at brown.edu>
To: "The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List"
<englishlanguage at nifl.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 2:16 PM
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 823] Re: FW: [FamilyLiteracy 436] Three
DaysinNovember


Sharon and all

I also wonder, in terms of civics, if students talk about their
understandings of sharing, giving, taking and appropriating.
Just as Rethinking Columbus (see
http://www.rethinkingschools.com/publication/columbus/columbus.shtml)
problematizes the "discovery" of America, there might also be important
ways
to speak to the history of settling and settlement in this country that
needn't be partisan but that can also address what happens when new
immigrants show up, for better and for worse.  How are they received?
What
do they contribute?  If we look at the history of native peoples in this
country (and in others) and the history of interaction with colonists,
there
might be some useful parallels to be drawn to contemporary issues.

Janet Isserlis



From: Sharon McKay <smckay at cal.org>
Reply-To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
<englishlanguage at nifl.gov>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 17:07:11 -0500
To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
<englishlanguage at nifl.gov>
Conversation: [EnglishLanguage 821] Re: FW: [FamilyLiteracy 436] Three
DaysinNovember
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 822] Re: FW: [FamilyLiteracy 436] Three
DaysinNovember

Thanks for you words of caution, Barbara.  I know that we have adult
English
language learner in many different situations throughout the country.  I
have certainly had a wide variety of legal and civil statuses
represented in
my classes in Northern Virginia over the years.

And thank you Tom for an excellent reminder of November's gifts,
especially
for adult education.  I would just like to add Thanksgiving to the
November
list.  I have found that students are very interested in this holiday
because they don't have it in their countries.  But many cultures have a
tradition of giving thanks in their cultures.  It can be valuable to
examine
these practices.

 Over the years, I have done everything from hand turkeys that post what
beginning students are thankful for to jigsaw cooperative readings that
observe historic Thanksgiving from four perspectives:  the Mayflower
voyage,
the new government, the native Americans and the feast itself.   There
is
certainly an opportunity to examine cross-cultural heritage and customs.
I
have also had students imagine how that banquet would work today if we
had
it.

I would like to hear from other teachers about their ideas for EL Civics
instruction for the month of November.




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>  From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov

> [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Barbara  Tondre

> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 6:04 PM

> To: 'The  Adult English Language Learners Discussion List'

> Subject:  [EnglishLanguage 821] Re: FW: [FamilyLiteracy 436] Three

> DaysinNovember

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> Oops!  The  general assumption that ³most adult English language

learners

> probably aren¹t  citizens and can¹t vote² is dangerous and inaccurate,

> especially in these  troubled timesS let¹s be carefulS

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> From:  englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov

> [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov]  On Behalf Of Lynda  Terrill

> Sent: Monday,  November 06, 2006 4:18 PM

> To:  The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List

> Subject: [EnglishLanguage 819] FW:  [FamilyLiteracy 436] Three Days

inNovember

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> Although most adult  English language learners probably aren't

citizens
and

> can't vote, the  information below is interesting and may spark some

> discussion in the ESL  classes, I think. At the very least, it's good

> information for all teachers of  adult learners.

>

> Best,

>

> Miriam  Burt

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> (moderating the list  while Lynda Terrill is out)

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> From:  familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov

> [mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov]  On Behalf Of Gail  Price

> Sent: Friday, November  03, 2006 7:34 AM

> To: Family  Literacy Discussion List

> Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 436] Three Days  in November

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> The following message is posted on behalf of Tom  Sticht.

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> Three Days In  November

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> This last Saturday (October 28, 2006) I had the  pleasure of speaking

to
the

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> assembled adult learners from San Diego county who  were attending the

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> annual adult learners conference sponsored by READ/San  Diego and

other

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> literacy groups in the county. I spoke about three  days in November

which
I

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> think it is important for all of us who work in adult  literacy

education
to

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> be aware of and to take action  on.

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> First, on November 3 we celebrate 40 years of service  to adult

learners
in

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> the Adult Education  and

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> Literacy System (AELS) of the United States of  America which  became

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> formalized when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the  Adult

Education
Act

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> of 1966. Adult literacy educators and adult learners  alike should

find a

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> way to celebrate this third branch of education in the  U.S. and the

more

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> than 100 million enrollments it has witnessed in the  40 years of its

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> existence.

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> Next, on November 7, Election Day, it is imperative  that adult

literacy

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> educators and adult learners go to the polls and vote.  I pointed out

in
my

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> presentation that hundreds of thousands of adult  learners have fought

in

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> the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War I,  World War II and

the

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> Vietnam war for the freedom that we all enjoy.  Further, adult

learners of

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> African-American descent by the hundreds of thousands  learned to

write

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> their names and to vote during the years leading up to  and

encompassing
the

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>

> Civil Rights movement in the second half of the 20th  century in the

U. S.
We

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>

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> owe it to those who have fought on the battle grounds  and struggled

for
the

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>

>

> vote under the duress of Jim Crow laws to get out and  vote on

November
7th.

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> Finally, on November 11, Veteran¹s Day, on the 11th  hour of the 11th

day
of

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> the 11th month we need to pause for a minute and  remember the adult

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> literacy teachers and adult learners, as well as the  other hundreds

of

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> thousands of our fellow citizens who fought in wars  and gave their

lives

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> gaining and protecting the freedoms we all enjoy  today.

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> These are three very important days in November for  adult literacy

educators

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> and adult learners.

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> Tom Sticht

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> Gail J.  Price

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> Multimedia  Specialist

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> National Center for Family  Literacy

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> 325 West Main Street, Suite  300

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> Louisville, KY  40205

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> Phone: 502  584-1133, ext. 112

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> Fax: 502  584-0172

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>





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