Citizenship
Recent Newsletter Articles
Teaching Citizenship? We’ve Got Resources for You!
From our annual citizenship webinar, to support materials for the 100 questions and lessons on voting for after citizenship is achieved, Literacy Minnesota has lots of resources to help teachers and volunteers to support learners in reaching this life-changing goal. Read More
2022 Language & Literacy Institute: Registration Now Open!
Mark your calendars for the 2022 Language & Literacy Institute on January 27-28. If you teach any aspect of language & literacy—at any level—this event is for you! Read More
Citizenship Instructional Support Kit
The current administration is proposing to raise the cost of applying for U.S. citizenship from $640 to $1170, an increase of 61%. If this proposal passes, there may be a surge in citizenship applications as green card holders attempt to file their paperwork before the fee increase is implemented. Find out about tools you can use to support adult learners who are looking for citizenship classes and tutoring over the next few months. Read More
Stand Up and Be Counted
The 2020 Census will take place next spring. We can help our adult learners understand the importance of the census and the negative impact that non-participation will have on their communities. The National Coalition for Literacy has some great resources to help you start this conversation. Read More
Free Training Opportunity: Creating and Maintaining a Comprehensive Adult Citizenship Education Program
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Office of Citizenship is hosting a training opportunity on May 8, 2019, to provide adult educators and program administrators with ideas and best practices for creating a comprehensive adult citizenship education curriculum and program. Read More
Free Citizenship Resources for Teachers and Programs
The Minnesota Literacy Council website offers a number of free resources to programs that are interesting in starting to offer citizenship classes at their site, whether classes are led by professional teachers or volunteers, in a formal classroom setting or one-on-one tutoring, or anything else in between. Read More
I am a Citizen; Now, How Do I Vote? Free 2018 Election Curriculum
A free five-lesson curriculum educating new citizens on the voting process in Minnesota is available to download at the Minnesota Literacy Council website. The curriculum was created by Meredith Sommers, a long-time literacy volunteer at the Centro Guadalupano program in Minneapolis. Read More
How to Better Navigate Systems by Asking the Right Question
Do you ever get the feeling that your students might be able to get more useful answers if they were asking better questions? Check out the newest addition to the Navigating Systems section of the ACES Resource Library to discover where asking the right question can take you. Read More
Free Online Professional Development Courses
Access the Minnesota Literacy Council's FREE online courses for ABE teachers and staff! The courses are self-paced, allowing participants to go through them from beginning to end, or to pick and choose the modules in each course that are the most pertinent to their professional development needs. Read More
LearningExpress Library for ABE
LearningExpress Library contains nearly 1,000 online tutorials, practice tests, and e-books. It covers job search and workplace skills improvement; skill building in reading, writing, math, and basic science; and prep for career certification, licensure exams, college and grad school entrance tests, GED, and more. Read More