- Be Informed
- Get Involved
- Stay Open to Compromise
- Remain Civil
- Reject Violence
- Value Norms
- Promote the Common Good
- Respect Government Service
- Teach Civics
- Put Country First
US Citizenship Podcast
Prepare for the U.S. Citizenship Interview
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Not Just Voting. Habits of Good Citizens. Tips from Diplomat Richard Haass
Saturday, January 11, 2025
A Citizen's Guide to Preserving Democracy
Thirteen: A Citizen's Guide to Preserving Democracy | Full Documentary on PBS | Thirteen/On the Brink playlist
American democracy is under threat. Do you have what it takes to be a good citizen? Preserving Democracy digs into the 10 habits of good citizens in the series, A Citizen’s Guide to Preserving Democracy. Explore real-life examples of Americans who are striving to build a healthier democracy and who embody the spirit of a more informed and engaged citizenry… one person at a time. Based on Richard Haass’ best-selling book “The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens.”
Friday, January 10, 2025
The Life and Legacy of Jimmy Carter
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Rest in Power, Rest in Peace: President Jimmy Carter
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
2024-2025 MAE Citizenship Class 15
Classroom:
- Pearson ELT USA Team: UPDATED Naturalization Speaking Test from Voices of Freedom by Bill Bliss. pg 227-233
- Voices of Freedom: Ch 12: Citizens Rights and Responsibilities
- Preparing for the Oath: Responsibilities (homework)
- American History and Integrated Civics Questions (USCIS 100:58-100) for the Naturalization Test
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Know Your Rights Training and "I Speak" Resources
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An example of a "Know Your Rights" Red Card and "I Speak" Language Identification Card |
January 16, 2025
Two Sessions Available: Spanish and English
Are you an advocate wanting to train others on their rights when they encounter ICE? Are you a community member wanting to know what your rights are and how you can assert them in different settings? In this webinar we will first provide a Know Your Rights (KYR) overview, covering the rights that all individuals have, regardless of status, and what they can do to proactively prepare and protect themselves and their families. The second half of the webinar will outline how advocates can plan and conduct their own KYR training to help spread the word. This training does not offer MCLE credits.
- January 16, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am Pacific Standard Time Online via Zoom Language: Spanish
- January 16, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Pacific Standard Time Online via Zoom Language: English
- https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards
- https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/red_cards-how_to-culture_strike_illustrated_0.pdf
- https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights
- https://www.atask.org/resources/help-cards/
- https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Indigent%20Languages%20Sticker.pdf
- https://www.cliniclegal.org/resources/protecting-your-community/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-card
- https://www.fns.usda.gov/civil-rights/ispeak
- https://iamerica.org/know-your-rights/
- https://iibayarea.org/services/know-your-rights/
- https://www.justdigit.org/wallet-cards/
- https://www.lep.gov/translation
- https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Know-Your-Rights-No-Matter-Who-Is-President-2024.pdf
- https://www.nyic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Website-English-Comic-reduced-file.pdf
- https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Example-of-Know-Your-Rights-wallet-card_fig1_265179572
- https://refugees.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Know-Your-Rights_final.pdf
Monday, January 6, 2025
A Quick Update of New Resources for U.S. Citizenship Prep
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A quick update of new resources for U.S. Citizenship prep plus directions on how to print out USCIS One Nation, One People.
Dollar General Grant page
Looking for Adult Ed program funding? The Dollar General Grant is one of the easiest grants to get for small programs.
ESL Video: Study for the US Citizenship Civics Test page
ESL Video looking for teachers/classes to beta test their new USCIS Officer Chattybot. Contact Ryan Detwiler ryandetwiler@eslvideo.com more class codes. Mega congrats to ESL Video for their 12-part series based on the USCIS One Nation, One People textbook.
LINCS: Top 10 U.S. Citizenship Preparation Resources for 2025 post
List of citizenship resources for 2025.
USA Learns: Access America Unit 5: Settling In 5.2 Rights and Responsibilities website
USA Learns Access completed a course update Fall 2024, an awesome intro to EL Civics topics. They built out Unit 5.2 to include sections about becoming a Citizenship and immigration which includes activities for the videos below. Look for updates to USA Learn’s Citizenship course in 2025. To make suggestions or comments, contact help@usalearns.org.
USCIS Tech Talks: Supporting our Valued Stakeholders (Dec 10, 2024) video
During this engagement, on December 10, 2024, USCIS presented on the use of an Online Access Code by applicants and legal representatives, updating legal representatives, including filing a stand-alone form G-28, in online accounts.
USCIS Office of Citizenship ALL DAY Teach Training Sessions 2025 page
Coming soon to a city near you, the USCIS Office of Citizenship Training Team!
uscitizenpod: Winter Holidays Citizenship Quiz 2024 video | PDF | MP3
Include religious, secular, and civic holidays.
uscitizenpod: USCIS One Nation, One People PRINTING DIRECTIONS
Note: If you want the pdf already reformatted, click https://bit.ly/1n1px
Create main text
- Download pdf from https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/brochures/OOC_M-1175_CivicsTextbook_8.5x11_V7_RGB_English_508.pdf
- Open pdd in Adobe Acrobat
- File > Print. Printer: Adobe PDF
- Pages to Print > Pages: 3 to 44
- Page Scaling: Tile Large Pages
- Tile Scale: 100% Overlap: 0 in.
- Orientation: Portrait
- OK to create the PDF. (another pop-up will open--click the prompt--I saved the new file as "1n1p")
With this method, you do not have to manually reorder the pages.
Add Cover and Back
A. Open the Original PDF
- Tool > Organize Pages > check Extract as Separate File > Extract (save as Cover)
- Tool > Organize Pages >check Extract as Separate File > Extract (save as Back)
B. Open the Newly-created PDF
- Tools > Organize Pages > check Insert File > Select Cover > Click open
- Insert Pages Pop-up: Location > Before > First > Ok
- Tools > Organize Pages > check Insert File > Select Back > Click open
- Insert Pages Pop-up: Location > After > Last > Ok