Related Resources

 EL Civics Online
EL/Civics Online is a unique professional development opportunity for English as a Second Language (ESL) instructors and volunteers who wish to incorporate EL/Civics content into their adult ESL classrooms. This free series of online courses will assist instructors in creating interesting, effective ESL lessons in these areas:

• U.S. History
• U.S. Government
• Civic Engagement
• The Naturalization Process

Civic Participation and Community Action Sourcebook
The Civic Participation and Community Action Sourcebook presents a range of tools that can help instructors and adult learners examine their own beliefs about community, citizenship, democracy; identify and analyze issues that concern them; and build skills and strategies to take informed action.

Section 1: Finding Connections to Communities and Issues
Section 2: Holding Decision-Makers Accountable
Section 3: Building Community by Helping Others
Section 4: Expressing Ourselves and Educating Others

The Change Agent
The Change Agent is a social justice newspaper in adult literacy that is published twice a year in March and September. It is free to those who cannot afford to pay (using a sliding scale fee from $0 to $20) to access the online or paper issues. Back issues related to public policy advocacy include: Democracy In Action, Immigration, Voting in 2004, and Civic Participation.

Through the Lens of Social Justice, Using The Change Agent in Adult Education
Through the Lens of Social Justice presents The Change Agent’s best and most timeless articles while guiding adult educators in how to use the paper in instruction. It helps them work with students’ interests, questions, and concerns about social issues, analyze the issues, build thematic curriculum units, deal with the challenges of bringing social issues into the classroom, and support student action. 192 pages; $18.00 (includes shipping).

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