Resources

This resource provides professional development guidance for civics instructors in regards to content knowledge, instruction design and lesson planning, instructional delivery, assessment, and learning environment.

This resource provides a framework for developing a civics education curriculum.

This resource provides guidance on implementing a new civics education program including program development, instructor recruitment, program marketing, and content development.

This resource provides supplemental materials for civics instruction.

This USCIS website provides guidance on naturalization and citizenship eligibility and pathways.

This sample curriculum for adult citizenship education presents a model for integrating civics education into the adult education classroom.

This resource provides guidance for integrating transition skills including academic, career, and employability skills that are needed to transition from adult education to postsecondary education into the adult education classroom.

USCIS is the official federal government site for immigration and citizenship information and ESL civics instructional resources.

This LINCS resource provides information and guidance for finding and using open educational resources for English language learning.

This report, published by the Department of Education, summarizes data in regards to English language learners between the ages of 14 and 21.

This webinar, presented by Standards In Action, presents strategies and examples for implementing standards based instruction with English language learners.

This brief highlights three instructional approaches—task-based learning, problem-based learning, and project based learning—and a classroom-based assessment.