EL Civics
Citizenship Preparation
Citizenship Day Celebration
at the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Hall
September 16, 2005,Chinatown North Beach Campus, CCSF
CITIZENSHIP CLASSES
In Fall 2005 and Spring 2006 City College of San Francisco is offering 24 sections of citizenship classes at four campuses – Chinatown North Beach (19), Downtown (1), Mission (3), and Southeast (1). In the Academic year, 2004-05, more than 300 students passed the naturalization exam.
CITIZENSHIP PROJECTS
To assist students in learning English, US government and history preparing them for the naturalization exam, teachers and citizenship aides have developed numerous teaching resources:
1. Citizenship Teacher’s Resource Packets
10 mock interviews and transcripts in the following formats: audio cassette
audio CD
Video - VHS
Video - VCD
Evaluation sheets for mock interviews
Laminated pictures of 20 important government officials and places
2. Bilingual audio-cassettes
Recording of "Citizenship for Beginning Levels" textbook
CD: Mandarin / English
Cassette: Mandarin / English
CD: Cantonese / English
Cassette: Cantonese / English
3. "Strategies for a Successful Naturalization Interview" (Video – 60 minutes)
Short vignettes of correct and incorrect responses at the naturalization interview
DVD – continuous play
DVD – stops after every clip
DVD – stops after each scene
VHS
4. "Interview with a Pilgrim and the First Thanksgiving" (video – 5 minutes)
Video of an interactive activity: students asking a Pilgrim (played by Daniel K. Lai) about Thanksgiving and personal questions.
VHS
DVD
Video CD
5. Image Bank (CD)
Archived images used in power point presentations for US Government and History
6. Citizenship Resources Room (rm.203 closet)
Resource books, class set, flash cards, video tapes, realia.
If you would like more information, please contact Marcia Chan, mchan@ccsf.edu