Citizenship Class 101: 10 Tips for a New Citizenship Teacher TDLS Session 243 Jennifer Gagliardi OTAN Trainer Milpitas Adult School jgagliar@musd.org www.uscitizenpod.com OTAN is of the three state leadership projects. 25 Year anniversary in 2014.

USCIS.gov https://www.uscis.gov/

Tip 1: ILRC N-400 Annotated Version & Other Languages  Annotated N-400  N-400 Korean Translation  N-400 Haitian Translation  N-400 Portuguese Translation  N-400 Spanish Translation  N-400 Vietnamese Translation  N-400 Chinese Translation  N-400 Arabic Translation  N-400 Khmer Translation https://www.ilrc.org/n-400-translations-spanish-other-languages

*uscitizenpod: Recursos de Ciudadanía en Español USCIS.gov/es https://www.uscis.gov/es https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learners/recursos-para-la-naturalizacion https://www.facebook.com/uscis.es https://twitter.com/USCIS_es https://www.instagram.com/uscis_es/ *uscitizenpod: Recursos de Ciudadanía en Español

Tip 2: Get to know USCIS.gov: Emma https://www.uscis.gov/

USCIS Citizenship Resource Center https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learners/study-test/study-materials-civics-test https://my.uscis.gov/prep/test/civics https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpNZsaiyFfG0mZUx6aS8Tn2pANNymRDaJ www.uscis.gov/citizenship

Tip 3: Civics, English, Lesson Plans, & Professional Development Adult Ed Curriculum (M-1166) The ProfDev Guide (M-1139) Adult Ed Content (M-1121) Adaptable Teaching Tools (link) N-400 Key Concepts (M-1118) Teaching Tips N-400 Vocab (link) https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/educators/lesson-plans-and-activities https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learners/study-test/study-materials-english-test

Targeted Civics Practice from USCIS Civics Playlist on YouTube Mobile App “The Torch” https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learners/study-test/study-materials-civics-test https://my.uscis.gov/prep/test/civics https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpNZsaiyFfG0mZUx6aS8Tn2pANNymRDaJ Self-Test In English and Spanish

Tip 4: Civics Question Translations by CLINIC and other CBOs Translations done by USCIS Arabic Chinese Korean Spanish Tagalog Vietnamese Albanian Amharic Bosnian Burmese Cm/Khmer Farsi French Gujarati Hindi Hmong Lao Oromo Pt/Brazilian Punjabi Russian Somali Telegu Thai Tigrigna Urdu https://cliniclegal.org/resources/translations-citizenship-test http://www.uscitizenpod.com/p/blog-page_17.html * uscitzenpod: Citizenship by Language for Citizenship Resources organized by language.

si.edu: Preparing for the Oath http://americanhistory.si.edu/citizenship/ http://americanhistory.si.edu/citizenship/pdf/School_101.pdf americanhistory.si.edu/citizenship

Tip 5: Create new exercises from Preparing the Oath transcripts http://americanhistory.si.edu/citizenship/

CASAS Assessments for Citizenship Prep CASAS Life/Work Reading Listening CASAS Citizenship Assessments CASAS EL Civics COAPPS CASAS Bibliography of Citizenship Materials https://www.casas.org/product-overviews/assessments/citizenship www.casas.org

Tip 6: Gov’t/History LISTENING TEST 965/966G Supersedes 963/964 (multiple choice reading test) Multiple choice listening test. Students listen to thirty recorded questions. Each question is repeated twice. Based on the new 2008 civics questions. https://www.casas.org/product-overviews/assessments/citizenship

Gov’t/History LISTENING TEST (965/966G) Practice 1 Red and black Red, white, and blue Black and white White, gold, and green Practice 2 Adams Jefferson Washington Hamilton Sample test w/ audio file available at https://goo.gl/RTzj53 Sample test w/ audio file available at https://goo.gl/RTzj53

Tip 7: CASAS CIT Speaking Test Are you ready to begin? Yes! CIT Faqs: bit.ly/1pkYrcV CIT training: https://www.casas.org/training-and-support/specialty-training/citizenship-interview-test-examiner-training #1 MYTH about the Citizenship Interview: it is an oral quiz based on the 100 questions. The Interview is based on the N-400 Application for Naturalization from which they will be asked 20-70 questions. An applicant can be asked every single question on the N-400 and vocabulary explanation if the USCIS examiner so desires in order to determine if the applicant is 1) eligible; 2) telling the truth.

Intro to the CIT Speaking Test Competencies Assessed: Small Talk, Personal Info, Soft Skills, Clarification Multiple grammar structures and verb tenses N-400 Application for Naturalization Vocabulary Training is required to administer this test. Test Administration: One-on-one interview format (approx. 15 to 20 minutes) Simulates USCIS interview Follows basic interview pattern (Into, Middle, Closing) CIT Faqs: bit.ly/1pkYrcV CIT training: https://www.casas.org/training-and-support/specialty-training/citizenship-interview-test-examiner-training #1 MYTH about the Citizenship Interview: it is an oral quiz based on the 100 questions. The Interview is based on the N-400 Application for Naturalization from which they will be asked 20-70 questions. An applicant can be asked every single question on the N-400 and vocabulary explanation if the USCIS examiner so desires in order to determine if the applicant is 1) eligible; 2) telling the truth.

Two Examples of CIT anchors What is your home address? 1331 E. Main St., Milpitas, CA, 95035 2 1331 E. Main St., Milpitas 1 I live in a house. 0 Have you ever sold or smuggled Illegal drugs? Y/N What are illegal drugs? Drugs against the law like heroin/cocaine 2 Drugs against the law. 1 Alcohol 0 CIT Faqs: bit.ly/1pkYrcV CIT training: https://www.casas.org/training-and-support/specialty-training/citizenship-interview-test-examiner-training #1 MYTH about the Citizenship Interview: it is an oral quiz based on the 100 questions. The Interview is based on the N-400 Application for Naturalization from which they will be asked 20-70 questions. An applicant can be asked every single question on the N-400 and vocabulary explanation if the USCIS examiner so desires in order to determine if the applicant is 1) eligible; 2) telling the truth.

CIT Benefits! Does not measure knowledge of the US Civics. REFOCUSES student prep on the N-400 application! Vocabulary based on 10 page pre-2014 N-400 Students must explain N-400 Part 12 terms! Detours from the N-400 question sequence. Students learn how to navigate interruptions & request for further info in a safe environment. Uses Colloquial English Work/life connection: job interviews, medical exams, parent/teacher conferences, etc. https://www.uscis.gov/

Citizenship: Ready for the Interview (excellent activity book) Textbooks Citizenship: Ready for the Interview New Readers Press Voices of Freedom Pearson-Longman (excellent activity book) Future US Citizens (good for DL https://www.uscis.gov/

Tip 8: More Textbooks Fisher-Hill: U.S. Citizenship for Spanish Speakers US Citizenship Bootcamp Fisher-Hill: U.S. Citizenship for Spanish Speakers https://www.fisher-hill.com/product-category/u-s-citizenship-for-the-spanish-speaker-series/ ESL Publishing http://www.eslpublishing.com/

US Citizenship Podcast https://www.uscis.gov/ www.uscitizenpod.com

Tip 9: uscitizenpod’s Mix & Match Citizenship Interviews and Quizzes Includes 20 interviews and 40 Civics quizzes Mix-and-Match U.S. Citizenship Interviews and Quizzes http://eepurl.com/c30oVz Sign up for our newsletter and download our free pdf Mix-and-Match U.S. Citizenship Interviews and Quizzes. Teachers can create a variety of practice interviews for their students by pairing an interview with a quiz, then making double-sided copies.  Each level has 5 versions of the interview. 

Tip 10: uscitizenpod on YouTube US Citizenship Podcast Episodes US Citizenship Podcast Audiograms https://www.uscis.gov/

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