Teacher Resources - Civics Education

EL/Civics Lesson Plans

• Civics Education - The Teaching Skills that Matter Issue brief that explains Civic Education and how to implement it into classroom instruction.
• EL/Civics Lesson Plan Collection

Civics Websites

• Ben's Guide to US Government
• EL/Civics.com - Instructional units on various topics.
• Enchanted Learning – curriculum material
• iCivics – interactive site for civic education
• Ohio Licensure Charts
• USCIS Citizenship Resource Center

Citizenship:

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Citizenship Test Preparation Resources

• USCIS Citizenship Resource Center
  • A Guide to Naturalization
  • The Citizen's Almanac
  • Civics Flash Cards
  • N-400 Application for Naturalization
  • Quick Civics Lessons
• US Citizenship Podcast
• Citizenship Preparation
• Citizenship Resources
• Citizenship Websites
• Naturalization Packet - Courtesy of the Northwest Justice Project
• A More Perfect Union: A National Citizenship Plan

California Projects:

• Finance Literacy
• Nutrition for New Readers

English Literacy Civics - Supplemental Program Resource by Maria Spencer

• Contents - Introduction
• Unit 1 - US Flag - Beginning Literacy
• Unit 2 - Basic Transactions - Beginning Low
• Unit 3 - US History - Beginning High
• Unit 4 - Job Interview - Intermediate Low
• Unit 5 - Local Government - Intermediate High