NEW ESL Civics Hotlist

There's a new addition to the Student Hotlists: ESL Civics. Check it out by going into the list, choosing ESL Civics and clicking on it to enter the hotlist. As with all the hotlists, new additions will be added as I find them. Anyone who has sites to add can add a comment to this post, and I will review the site and add it if it is academically sound.

ESL: Civics

http://www.elcivics.com/

"Learn EL Civics with great pictures and easy words. Just click on a picture to start a lesson or activity. The following EL Civics units are now available: Statue of Liberty, Washington, D.C., American Bald Eagle, and Gateway Arch. English Language Civics provides an easy way to learn about American history, geography, and culture. New lessons, worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, and videos are added to elcivics.com almost every week."

Civics Website

http://alri.org/esquare/
This is an interesting site that would be excellent for ESL Civics. It uses a 'twon square' theme to offer a compendium of websites that relate to each of the 'storefronts'. This was done for Massachusetts but outside of the state specific information, there is a wealth of good websites that can be used for ESL civics classes. The focus is on 'plain english' sites.