This guide provides an overview of the naturalization process and what it means to Hispanic immigrants, describes techniques for integrating English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and civics/history content in multilevel classes, offers directions for filling out the naturalization forms and completing the legal steps to naturalization, and provides strategies for getting through the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) oral interview and literacy test. The manual consists of six articles by different authors, and appended materials. The articles include: "U.S. Citizenship--Who Needs It?" (Patricia Irvine); "Using Grids to Integrate ESL and Content" (Jamie Treat); "'Yes, I Can Write English': Preparing ESL Students for the Literacy Exam" (Pat Bonilla); "Visual Aids: Islands in a Sea of Print" (Judy Kaul); "Naturalization: The Application (Form N-400)" (Jane Kochman); and "Naturalization: The Interview" (Dan Weber). Appended materials include: an outline of steps in the naturalization process; INS Forms N-400 (application to file petition for naturalization), G-325 (biographic information), and N-430 (request that applicant appear for interview); a chart of the rights of U.S. citizens; 100 INS civics questions, with answers, in English and Spanish; and 20 INS statements, in English, for literacy practice. (MSE) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)
Authors
- Authorizing Institution
- ['New Mexico State Dept. of Education, Santa Fe. Div. of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education.', 'Catholic Social Services of Albuquerque, Inc., NM.']
- Location
- New Mexico
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- Guides - Classroom - Teacher
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- War 31
- 4y.kcA 34
- I do n jc 34
- IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHERS 77
- The American flag is red white and blue. 111
- 2. The United States has fifty 50 states. 111
- There are two 2 Senators from each state. 111
- 5. The Congress makes the laws in the United States. 111
- I want to be a citizen. 111
- The Congress meets in the capitol. 111
- 10. We are all equal in America. 111
- 12. You must be a United States citizen to vote. 111
- Washington D.C. is the capital of the Untid States. 111
- 16. The President lives in the White House. 111
- 17. The American flag has thirteen 13 stripes. 111
- 13. The ViCe President works in Washington D.C. 111
- 19. We have freedom of speech in the United States. 111
- 20. The Congress has two 2 houses. 111
