Week 1

Greetings,  I chose Lesson 1a -- World Book School Edition, World Book Discover
A little background information about the students that I work with.  The majority of my students are non-english speaking students.  They are English Language Learners (ELL).  They come from a variety of refugee camps from many parts of the world.  I have had students from several countries in Africa, Nepal and Myanmar.  Most are Karen from Myanmar who have spent a large portion of their lives in refugee camps in Thailand.

All of these students are working towards a high school diploma.  They must take the same courses as all students working on a diploma in high school in SD are.  One of these courses is US Government.  That is where this week's assignment comes in.

I follwed the the browse function on History and Governments.  Using the Search option on the World Book page in the upper right hand corner is the best option.  If you follow a related ling that is not part of World Book the read-aloud option does not work and sometimes it was difficult to get back to World Book.

The most helpful thing for my students will be the read-aloud option.  They are all working very hard and making good progress on learning our language.  I first went to The Executive Branch and then followed the other two branches.  I explored articles such as The Electoral College, Declaration of Independence, Viet Nam War, Immigration, the CIA, The Democratic Party and Republican Party.  For my own benefit I explored Myanmar and Burma.  All articles had the read-aloud options and several had videos that will also be most helpful.  Mike