Community Resources
Competencies 2.1, 2.2
2.1     Use the telephone and telephone book
2.1.1  Use the telephone directory and related publications to locate information
         
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
         
"Using the Telephone"
         
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
          "The Yellow Pages"
         
Reading For Life
          click on "Recognizing Phone Numbers"
         
Reading for Life
          click on "Finding Community Services"
         
Tennessee Adult ESOL Curriculum Resource Book
          go to page 214 "The Telephone Book"

2.1.2  Identify emergency numbers and place emergency calls
         
Fall 2006 Civic Participation Manuals
          click on "Using Emergency Services"
         
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
          "Recognizing and Communicating an Emergency"
         
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
          "Disaster Preparedness"
         
REEP ESL Curriculum for Adults
          in Health Lesson Plans, click on "Emergency Phone Calls" (100, 150, 250)
         
Talking With the Police and Teacher's Guide for Talking With the Police
          click on "Lesson 4: Help!"
         
Tennessee Adult ESOL Curriculum Resource Book
          go to page 72 "Telephone Use - 911 Calls"
2.1.3  Interpret information about time zones
         
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
          "Using the Telephone"

2.1.7  Take and interpret telephone messages, leave messages on answering machines and interpret recorded messages
         
Lanternfish (bogglesworldesl.com)
          click on "Can I take a message?  Telephone English"
         
Tennessee Adult ESOL Curriculum Resource Book
          go to page 69 "Telephone Use - Second Session: Leaving a Message"

2.1.8  Use the telephone to make and receive routine personal and business calls
         
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
          "Using the Telephone"
         
Tennessee Adult ESOL Curriculum Resource Book
          go to page 64 "Telephone Use"

2.2     Understand how to locate and use different types of transportation and interpret related travel information

2.2.1  Ask for, give, follow, or clarify directions
         
CLESE - Bright Ideas Curriculum
          click on "Field Trips"
         
ESL/CBET & Citizenship Technology Guide
          go to page 152 - "How Do I Get There From Here?"
         
ESL Lesson Plan Resource Library
          go to page 20 "Following and Giving Directions"
         
Lesson Plans for Directions
          click on "Getting Simple Directions"
         
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
          "Directions"
         
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
          "Signs and Landmarks"
         
Winona ABE
          "Map Skills"

2.2.2  Recognize and use signs related to transportation
         
GCFLearnFree.org
          click on "Subway Map"
         
Teacher's Desk
          click on "Reading Signs"

2.2.3  Identify or use different types of transportation in the community, and interpret traffic information
         
GCFLearnFree.org
          click on "Map Navigation" or "Subway Map"
         
Family Literacy Lesson Plans
          click on Lesson 7 "Transportation"
         
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
          "Wings, Wheels and Rails"

2.2.5  Use maps relating to travel needs
         
GCFLearnFree.org
          click on "Map Navigation", or "Subway Map"
         
ESL/CBET & Citizenship Technology Guide
          go to page 152 - "How Do I Get There From Here?"
         
The Learning Center
          "A Trip to Congress"
         
Lesson Plans for Directions
          click on "Getting Simple Directions"
         
Multi-Cultural Educational Services
          click on "Reading a Map"
         
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
          "Maps"