[NLA] New Advocacy Curriculum

[Sally Waldron]

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 at worlded.org.  We hope to revise and refine the materials next
summer.

Thanks,

Sally Waldron
World Education
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