Citizenship Resources for Constitution and Citizenship Day (September 17)

uscitizenpod: The U.S. Constitution

A basic introduction to the Constitution for ESL/Citizenship students. This video is based upon a ppt that I made in 2005 and modified in 2008. 

• US Constitution and Citizenship Day Resources from US Citizenship Podcast
• Summary of the US Constitution MP3 http://goo.gl/V93Twm (2016)
• Summary of the US Constitution PDF http://goo.gl/CVxDwZ (2015)
• A Quick Review of the Bill of Rights and the N-400 Part 12 plus Civics Questions (2017)
• pdf: https://goo.gl/XPCNgd
• mp3: https://goo.gl/s3b4Jd
• Constitution Slide Show http://goo.gl/QPFLIq
• Lan Thi Nguyen (Vietnam): Constitution and Citizenship Week Interview Quiz 2015 pdf
• Hao Thi Vu (Vietnam): A Quick Interview for US Constitution and Citizenship Day 2014 based on the new N-400r http://goo.gl/xoDSyl (2014)
• Fu-Chiu Chen (Taiwan): Quick N-400 Interview plus 10Qs about the Constitution http://goo.gl/D6FaZ6 (2011)
• Maria Teresa Garcia (Mexico): Twenty-seven N-400 and twenty-seven USCIS 100Qs http://goo.gl/YtJ2VV (2011)
• Preamble Puzzle pdf http://goo.gl/3Yt6IR
• The U.S. Constitution video http://youtu.be/Olo3ey9RPJQ
• US Constitution Quick Quiz http://goo.gl/fAj2wt (picture vocabulary)
• What is US Constitution and Citizenship Day? pptx https://goo.gl/S1lxaW
• What is US Constitution and Citizenship Day? handout pdf http://goo.gl/Sk4FYX
• Bill of Rights Day
• Bill of Rights pptx via Google Slides
• Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz 01  pdf
• Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz 02  pdf
• Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz 03  pdf
• Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz 04  pdf
• Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz 05  pdf
• Bill of Rights Citizenship Quiz  pdf
• Bill of Rights Dictation pdf

ConstitutionDay.com: Celebrate the Birthday of Our United States of America Government

digitalmediasomerset: Constitution Day 2015

Elizabeth Claire's Easy English News: US Constitution in Simple English
A free digital download of the US Constitution with a side-by-side translation in Simple English

ELCivics.com: U.S. Constitution

Learning Chocolate (for ESL Literacy level students)

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  U.S.Constitution
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  U.S.Constitution: Articles
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  U.S.Constitution: Bill of Rights
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  U.S.Constitution: the First Amendment
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  U.S.Constitution: Voting Rights

• U.S.Constitution (new 09/13/2016)
• U.S.Constitution: Articles
• U.S.Constitution: Bill of Rights
• U.S.Constitution: The First Amendment
• U.S.Constitution: Voting Rights

ListenAndReadAlong is an AWESOME resource that produces videos that highlights words as they are heard from VOA news reports and features.

• American History - Part 015 - Birth of the Constitution
• American History - Part 016 - Birth of the Constitution - Part 2
• American History - Part 017 - Birth of the Constitution - Part 3 - Making of a Nation
• American History - Part 018 - Birth of the Constitution - Part 4 - Executive Branch
• American History - Part 019 - Birth of the Constitution - Part 5 - Big State vs Small State
• American History - Part 020 - Birth of the Constitution - Part 6 - Slaves
• American History - Part 021 - Birth of the Constitution - Part 7 - States Ratify
• American History - Part 022 - Bill of Rights

National Constitution Center: Constitution Day - Lesson Plans and Activities

si.edu: Preparing for The Oath

• Writing the Constitution: Videos
• Writing the Constitution: Teacher's Guide
• Writing the Constitution: Transcript (page 5)
• Writing the Constitution: Dictation (based on the Transcript) (I need to correct the typos)

USCIS: 

• USCIS Celebrates Constitution Day and Citizenship Day 2016 with Federal Partners and Welcomes More Than 38,000 New Citizens during Constitution Week
• Oath of Allegiance - Constitution Week 2013 (video): The Oath of Allegiance recited by #newUSCitizens at Oath Ceremonies across America. Very inspirational!

USScourts: U.S. Courts: Constitution Day and Citizenship Day Live Coverage (video)
Live coverage of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, and Ellis Island in New York, NY, begins at 10:45 a.m. ET on 9/16. Watch new American citizens take the oath of allegiance at naturalization ceremonies.  Hint: This video is 1 hour 40 minutes.  It is very inspirational, but a bit too long for class.  Check out the US Courts' 40 seconds preview here.

VOA Learning English: What's So Important about Sept. 17?

VOA Learning English: The U.S. Constitution
An outstanding collection of articles, videos, and audio files, including the standard and simplified version of the constitution and the amendments.  


Thanks for studying the U.S. Constitution--I know that you will be a great American citizen!

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Citizenship Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month 2019

New for 2018: Mix-and-Citizenship Interviews en Español!

NEW: Mezclar y Combinar Entrevistas y Exámencitos de Ciudadanía (2018)
Los maestros pueden crear una variedad de entrevistas de práctica para sus estudiantes al combinar una entrevista con un examen y luego hacer copias a doble cara. Cada nivel tiene 5 versiones de la entrevista. Cuarenta pruebas basadas en las preguntas de educación cívica del Examen de Naturalización de USCIS también se incluyen. Envíe sus comentarios a uscitizenpod@gmail.com. También vea los siguientes pdfs:

• Mix-and-Match U.S. Citizenship Interviews and Quizzes (2017)
• 7 Citizenship Interview Quizzes for Hispanic Heritage Month (2017)
• N-400 Section Practice Interviews Based on the USCIS Application for Naturalization (2016)
• UNA ENTREVISTA RÁPIDA BASADA EN USCIS FORMULARIO N-400 Y PREGUNTAS SOBRE LAS VOTACIONES Y LAS ELECCIONES (2018)
• A Quick Interview Based on the N-400r plus 10qs about Voting and Elections featuring Yesica Sanchez (Oaxaca, Mexico)

Citizenship Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month from US Citizenship Podcast

• Citizenship Interview Quizzes for Hispanic Heritage Month (pdfs)
  • Héctor Sánchez (Maracay, Venezuela)
  • Juana Sequeira (Jinotepe, Nicaragua)
  • América Griselda Ayes (Tegucigalpa, Honduras)
  • Maria Guerrero (Palmira, Colombia)
  • Norma Torres Mendoza (Escuintla, Guatemala)
  • Rafael Antonio de Jesús Pérez Lara (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
  • Ana Maria Romero Galdámez (San Salvador, El Salvador) (fixed)
• Alecia Sotelo (Asuncion, Paraguay) mp3 (video)
• Angelica Mendoza (Veracruz, Mexico) (pdf) (mp3) (video)
• Antonio Vazquez Gonzalez (Guadalajara, Mexico) (pdf) 
• Alejandro Guerrero Gutierrez (Aguascalientes, Mexico) (mp3) 
• Citizenship Quiz in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15 to Oct 15) (pdf) (mp3)
• Citizenship Quiz in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15 to Oct 15) Part 2 (pdf) (mp3)
• Citizenship Quiz in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15 to Oct 15) Part 3 (pdf) (mp3)
• Citizenship Quiz in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15 to Oct 15) Part 4
• pdf: http://traffic.libsyn.com/uscitizenpod/hispanic-heritage-month-quiz-4.pdf
• podcast: http://traffic.libsyn.com/uscitizenpod/hispanic-heritage-month-quiz-4.mp3
• video: https://youtu.be/sAlnzseqgTY
• Columbus Day and the Columbian Exchange Puzzle (pdf)
• Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, and the Columbian Exchange podcast / video
• Guadalupe Garcia (Sonora, Mexico) (mp3)
• Five for Cinco de Mayo (5 topics, 10 civics questions) pdf
• Juana Ortega (Las Margaritas, Jalisco, Mexico) (mp3)
• Lino's Citizenship Interview (Mexico) mp4 
• Lino habla de su entrevista de Ciudadanía (Mexico) mp4 
• Maria Isabel Covarrubias talks about her Citizenship Interview (video)
• Maria Isabel Covarrubas explains N-400 Part 12 Vocabulary (mp3)
• Martin Maldonado (Lima, Peru) mp3 mp4
• Military and Selective Service: An Interview from US Citizenship Bootcamp mp4
• Recursos de Ciudadania en Espanol (pdf)
• Summer School Practice Citizenship Interview #3 with Diana Arias (Columbia) mp4
• Summer School Practice Citizenship Interview #4 with Erika Marrufo (Mexico) mp4
• The Selective Service / el Servicio Selectivo in English and Español mp4
• U.S. Citizenship 3: Columbus (online activity)
• U.S. Citizenship 4: Columbian Exchange  (online activity)
• ¡Viva Boricua! A Citizenship Quiz In Honor of Puerto Rico pdf and mp3
• Yesica Sanchez (Oaxaca, Mexico): a Quick N400 quiz plus 10qs about Voting (pdf) (mp3)

More Resources

• American English at State: Hispanic Heritage Month
• DOLORES The Movie
• CHCI: Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
• Fisher-Hill: U.S. Citizenship for Spanish Speakers Series (textbooks)
• FTC.gov: Empowering Latinos to know their rights and avoid scams (English) (Spanish)
• HispanicHeritageMonth.gov
• LatinoUSA: Hispanic Heritage Month
• National Postal Museum: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage (also 2003 pdf)
• National Postal Museum: Mexico Via Airmail
• NPS.gov: American Latino Heritage Travel Itineraries
• PBS: Hispanic Heritage Month Specials
• Smithsonian: Hispanic Heritage Month Teaching Resources
• Teaching for Change: Latino/Hispanic Heritage Resource Packet
• VOA Learning English: Americans Mark Start of Hispanic Heritage Month (2016)
• WH.gov: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: "Immigrants Are the American Character" (2016)
• WH.gov: President Donald J. Trump Proclaims September 15 through October 15, 2017, as National Hispanic Heritage Month

• USCIS.gov Espanol
• USCIS.gov Recursos
• USCIS Citizenship Resource Center Spanish Resources
• Facebook: uscis.es
• Instagram: @uscis_es
• Twitter: @USCIS_es

Also watch:

USCIS and US Courts: 

• León Rodríguez, director de USCIS, presenta nuevos recursos de USCIS en español 
• USCIS Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2016
• Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor Remarks on Constitution Day 2016

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California Admissions Day

uscitizenpod: Love and Citizenship from the Heart of California: An US Citizenship Interview with Rene Smith ESL/Citizenship Instructor Madera Adult School

Teacher Jennifer does a practice US Citizenship interview with Teacher Rene (Madera Adult School), then Rene about her own experience about becoming a US citizen and preparing students to become US Citizens.

Today is California Admissions Day!

I have created and uploaded a simple .docx about the State of California. I included info about our local government officials for the students of Milpitas Adult School.  Edit the docx for your own officials.

• USCIS 100:20. Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?*
• USCIS 100:23. Name your U.S. Representative.
• USCIS 100:43. Who is the Governor of your state now?
• USCIS 100:44. What is the capital of your state?*

Citizenship Resources for Labor Day

LISTEN to the FULL Podcast:  Citizenship? WE CAN DO IT! and take the quiz

Citizenship Resources for Labor Day

• American English at State: Labor Day
• DOL.gov US Department of Labor: The History of Labor Day
• EL Civics: Labor Day
• ESL Library: Labor Day
• National Museum of American History: Labor Unions
• Smithsonian.edu: Labor Day
• TED-ED: Why do Americans and Canadians celebrate Labor Day? -Kenneth C. Davis (video)
• USCIS: Labor Day (lesson plan)
• uscitizenpod: Citizenship? WE CAN DO IT! Labor Day Podcast mp3 and pdf
• uscitizenpod: Revised N-400 Section 8 Interview  
• uscitizenpod: US Citizenship Bootcamp 
• Episode 1 of 5: Introduction
• Episode 2 of 5: Vocabulary
• Episode 3 of 5: She Built Ships in World War II plus video
• Episode 4 of 5: Mini-Dialogues about Work
• Episode 5 of 5: The Interview
• VOA Learning English: Immigrants Learn Nursing Skills as They Learn English
• VOA Learning English: Immigrant Students Dream of Helping People
• VOA Learning English: Immigrants Find Their American Dream in the Kitchen
• VOA Learning English: Immigrants Cooking Up a Fusion of Cultures and Cuisines (video)
• VOANews: Journey to the Maid of the Mist': Immigrants and the Great American Road Trip (2017)
• VOANews: Exhibit Reveals How American Workers' Lives Have Changed (2017)

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NO CITIZENSHIP CLASS

Hello Citizenship Class students,

There will be NO Citizenship Class Tuesday, 8/20/19, and Thursday, 8/22/19,  Tuesday, 8/27/19, and Thursday, 8/29/19.

We will email you when the class will start as soon as we have the dates available.

Please do not hesitate to call me at 408-635-2692 ext# 4555 if you have any questions.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Please watch our interviews on YouTube or study civics at si: Preparing for the Oath.

SI.edu/USCIS: Preparing for the Oath: U.S. History and Civics for Citizenship

This web resource provides online videos and activities on the 100 civics questions from the naturalization test and highlights museum objects from the Smithsonian Institution. Visit the “Geography” and “Symbols and Holidays” themes.

2020 Census Resources for Adult Education

Find 2020 Census resources for Adult Education students from Census.gov, CASAS, US Citizenship Podcast, VOA and more at http://bit.ly/2020-AE. Frequently updated!

US Citizenship Ceremony 2019

Shackara Anderson: US Citizenship Ceremony 2019

To was my big day! Thanks to all my family members for taking the time off to witness this day!

Follow me on instagram @shackaraa

Few Employers Held Accountable in US Immigration Raids

VOANews: Few Employers Held Accountable in US Immigration Raids

Immigration raids in the U.S. led to the apprehension of more than 1,500 undocumented immigrants at job sites last year. They are among about 250,000 immigrants deported in 2018 by the Trump administration. On average about 15 employers per year face criminal charges for hiring undocumented workers. As VOA's Brian Padden reports, advocates and opponents of tighter immigration restrictions argue that raids do little to deter illegal immigration as long as employers are not held accountable.