EL/Civics Demonstration Grant Projects

In 2000, the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), U.S. Department of Education, funded 12 English Literacy/Civics Education demonstration grants. Seven of those projects produced curricula or professional development outcomes that are available for others in the field. See below for contact information for those projects.

 

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Adult Learning Resource Center
1855 Mt. Prospect Road, Des Plaines, Illinois  60018
Phone 847-803-3535, Fax  847-803-3231

Community Connections: Education for Involved Communities
http://www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/esl-pubs.html

 

Bronx Community College
City University of New York
Phone 748-289-5844

EL Civics “How-To” Manual
http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/ELCivics/EL_CIVICS_HOW_TO_MANUAL.pdf

 

California Literacy, Inc
Pasadena Office
133 N. Altadena Drive, Suite 410
Pasadena , CA 91107-2379
Ph: (626) 395-9989
Fax: (626) 395-9987

PEACE (Process of Peace and Civics Education) Curriculum
http://www.caliteracy.org/education/esl-civics/teachersguides.html

 

Coalition of Limited English Speaking Elderly (CLESE)

53 West Jackson, Suite 1301
Chicago, IL 60604
312-461-0812
312-461-1466 (fax)

Bright Ideas: ESL-Civics Curriculum
clese@juno.com
http://www.clese.org/ESL_Curriculum.htm

 

ESL/CivicsLink

Kentucky Educational Television
600 Cooper Drive
Lexington , KY 40502
859-258-7000

A Professional Development Tool for Adult Education ESL Teachers
http://civicslink.ket.org/about/main.xml

 

Project Shine, Temple University

Center for Intergenerational Learning 
Temple University
1601 N. Broad Street, Room 206, USB
Philadelphia, PA 19122
215-204-3212
FAX: 215-204-3195

First Amendment Plus
http://www.projectshine.org/FAP/index.htm

 

Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES)

65 Grasslands Road, Valhalla, NY 10595
914-761-3400 Ext. 367

English Literacy and Civics Education
http://www.swboces.org/elce/index.html