Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h4E2WaC10194; Tue, 13 May 2003 22:32:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 22:32:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3EC1A9B7.D974FA15@udel.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Ken Todd <kentodd@UDel.Edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8960] Re: English immersion X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) Status: O Content-Length: 1384 Lines: 38 The choice of "This Land is your Land" as a 'patriotic'song is a little funny. I believe the point of the song is it 'our' land and not 'their' land, with them being the banks, corporations, and the rich. Woody was also writing as columnist for the Communist Party's newspaper The Daily Worker, after all. Ken Esther Perez wrote: > > Dear Colleagues: > > I've just been hired to teach an English immersion class for college > students for 4 weeks. It will be starting immediately, so yes any > suggestions will be welcome. > > My plan is to focus on US cultural topics and teach pronunciation while > I'm doing it. Each week we'll be learning a new patriotic song. The > first week we'll be looking at US citizenship and what it takes to > become a citizen introduced by Woody Guthrie's "This land is your land." > > I remember some time ago someone passed a website that was useful in > teaching literacy as well as citizenship preparation. Does anyone still > have it? > > The 2nd week I thought we'd look at the American Revolution, Declaration > of Independence and sing "Yankee Doodle Dandy". > > The 3rd and 4th week are still unplanned, but I thought I'd finish up > with some discussion of immigration and Ellis Island. > > There are 14 students in the class, 4 basic and 10 intermediate> > > All suggestions are welcome. > > Thank you > > Esther Perez-Apple
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