EL/Civics Lesson Plan Collection contains hundreds of Ohio Aspire teacher-created lesson plans aligned to EL/Civics Objectives and the 2006 Ohio Aspire ESOL Standards and Benchmarks.
ELCivics.com contains EL Civics lessons for ESL students on government and history, holidays, and workplace literacy. The site adds new lessons, worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, videos each week. New features include eBooks and Literacy for Work lessons.
TABE CLAS-E Teacher Resource Guide Volume 2 – This guide includes 80 classroom tasks, 20 lesson plans, teaching tips and checklists aligned to the objectives in the TABE CLAS-E test. Request a digital or hard copy version from the PDN.
Teaching the Skills that Matter – A national initiative that integrates the 9 skills that matter to adult students using 3 approaches that work across 5 critical topic areas.
TESOL Resource Center – Contains lesson plans, teaching tips, activities, assessment tools, and much more, with new resources posted frequently.
Designing a Lesson
ELLU: Principles of Second Language Teaching: Planning, Implementing, and Managing Instruction is an online course with a component on planning lessons that integrate communication skills with life skills, work-readiness, and civics content. Register in the PD System on the self-directed page under ESOL.;
Lesson Flow is a framework for lesson planning to help teachers create consistent lessons that are engaging for students. Included is a listing of instructional strategies to enhance the lesson and students’ learning experience.
Lesson Plan Template is the ESOL template that can be used for Ohio Aspire ESOL lesson plans.
Ohio Aspire PDN Library is the Professional Development Network’s lending library system with over 12,000 resources available. A How-to guide and library policies are included.
