Teaching ABE Students About the U.S. Government, Tax System & Advocacy: Exploring the Your Government, Your Taxes, Your Choices Curriculum (SE)

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Overview

Adult learners' well-being is profoundly affected by the current tax system and by the policies of our executive and legislative leaders. Have you always wanted to incorporate this kind of civic participation content into your classroom? Or perhaps you already have designed and implemented lessons about the U.S. government, the role of taxes, and electoral politics into your curriculum and would like to learn about other approaches and materials that are available. Either way, join us for a 3 and a half-hour workshop, where we will explore the recently updated curriculum, Your Taxes, Your Government, Your Choices curriculum developed by the Massachusetts Coalition of Adult Educators (MCAE), and where we will be introduced to the work of the New England Voter Education, Registration and Action (VERA) campaign 2008 including a host of appropriate and useful voting materials for the classroom.

Details

By participating in this workshop, you'll find that regardless of students' status as citizens and voters, they can participate fully in all or any of the lessons and approaches shared. And by choosing to implement the curriculum and materials in your classroom, your students will find that they can advocate proactively on behalf of themselves and their communities more effectively.

When

May 5, 2008 from 01:00 pm to 04:30 pm

Where

• Bristol Community College
• 777 Elsbree Street L104
• Fall River, MA 02720

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Topics

ABE, ESOL, GED, Other Curriculum & Instruction

Multi-session attendance required

no

Contact info

Janet Dutra
janet.dutra@bristolcc.edu
508-678-2811 X2278

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Access Your Taxes, Your Government, Your Choices curriculum and websites with supporting materials.

2. Identify the curriculum sections most suited to their students and programs

3. Adapt a lesson or unit about taxes and/or voting to use with students.

4. Be familiarized with the VERA initiative and material.

Presenters

Nancy Sheridan, Curriculum & Assessment Coordinator, SABES SE
Kenny Tamarkin, MCAE

Presenters Bio

Along with Diana Satin, Nancy updated and edited Your Taxes, Your Government, Your Choices as well as assisted Diana with workshop design on using it. Kenny Tamarkin, the VERA project presenter is currently the Director of the Massachusetts Coalition of Adult Educators (MCAE).

Host RSC

Southeast Massachusetts Region

PDPs

no