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Teaching Resources

http://www.otan.us/ Outreach and Technical Assistance Network for adult educators – easy access to lesson plans, classroom activities, teacher tools and resources, Ed technology and media, graphics, ESL/Citizenship/EL Civics and more.

http://www.ccaestate.org/ California Council for Adult Educators – the professional organization for adult education including professional development.

http://www.catesol.org/ California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages – promotes excellence in ESL education at all levels through professional development, research and advocacy.

http://www.californiastreaming.org Engaging Students & Linking California Classrooms – provides a non-commercial environment and brings the highest quality, standards-correlated learning objects to California classrooms. Comprehensive library of videos, photographs, primary sources, audio files, documents, and podcasts provides solid connections to core concepts.

http://www.intelecom.org/ INTELECOM Learning Resources Network – online support materials for instructors (higher education, ABE resources).

http://www.intelecom.org/ The Department of Educational Studies (EDST) – a community of education scholars committed to generating possibilities for more sustainable, socially just and democratic societies. We are philosophers, historians, sociologists, anthropologists and cultural studies and media scholars complemented by specialists in higher education, adult education, Indigenous education, and educational administration and leadership.

http://www.cdlponline.org California Distance Learning Project – news stories with interactive vocabulary exercises for Beg. High to Int. High students. The life skills topics include working, law and government, family, school, health and safety, housing, money, science and technology, services, going places and nature. For each topic, there are 10 to 20 news stories with audio files, and sometimes an accompanying video news story. 

http://healthycity.org – pertinent information about all geographic areas in LA County. Once you have designated the geographic area you are interested in, Healthy City will generate a map of your area populated with all of the health and human services. 

Curriculum/Lesson Planning Help

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/ll/ap/litsearch.asp California recommended literature list for K-12

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/category/scie.html Free clip art for educators

http://edsitement.neh.gov/ Websites and lesson plans from the National Endowment for the Humanities

http://bogglesworldesl.com Jobs, worksheets, and flashcards for ESL

http://www.elcivics.com This EL Civics site is very user-friendly. It has great pictures and easy access to the words. Just click on a picture to start a lesson or activity. English Language Civics provides an easy way to learn about American history, geography, and culture. New lessons, worksheets, Power Point presentations and videos are added to almost every week. 

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com As the news breaks, teach it. FREE ESL lessons including full Teacher’s Notes, handouts and texts, warm ups & cool downs, reading practice and more. A complete current events lessons resource. 

Miscellaneous

http://www.ca.gov State of California website

http://www.acswasc.org Western Association of Schools and Colleges

http://www.uscis.gov U.S. Citizenship & Immigration site. This site has important citizenship information and civics flash cards listing the citizenship 100 questions. There is also a wide range of government information related to forms, services, field offices, laws/regulations, public affairs and more.