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Workplace Essential Skills |
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| Employment Strategies | Communicating at Work |
| Unit 1: Planning to Work | Unit 9: The Language of Work |
| Unit 2: Matching Skills & Jobs | Unit 10: Communicating with Co-Workers and Supervisors |
| Unit 3: Applying for Jobs | Unit 11: Working Together |
| Unit 4: Résumes, Tests, and Choices | Unit 12: Communicating with Customers |
| Unit 5: Interviewing | Unit 13: A Process for Writing |
| Unit 6: Ready for Work | Unit 14: Supplying Information: Directions, Forms, and Charts |
| Unit 7: Workplace Safety | Unit 15: Writing Memos and Letters |
| Unit 8: Learning at Work | |
| Reading at Work | Math at Work |
| Unit 16: Reading for a Purpose | Unit 20: Number Sense |
| Unit 17: Finding What you Need: Forms and Charts | Unit 21: Solving Problems with Numbers |
| Unit 18: Following Directions | Unit 22: Fractions, Decimals, and Percents |
| Unit 19: Using Outlines | Unit 23: Measurements and Formulas |
| Unit 24: Trends and Predictions: Graphs and Data | |
Pre-GED Connection |
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| Writing | Reading |
| Getting Ideas on Paper: Journal writing | Nonfictions: Luis Rodriguez |
| The Writing Process: Process of writing | Fiction: Google.com |
| Organized Writing: Organization of your writing | Poetry: Favorite Poem |
| Effective Sentences: Sentence combining | Drama: Romeo and Juliet |
| Grammar and Usage: Pronoun agreement | |
| Spelling, Punctuation, and Capitalization: Sound-alike words | |
| Social Studies | Science |
| Themes in U.S. History: Ellis Island immigrant experience | Life Science: Interactive demonstrations and cell art gallery |
| Themes in World History: Hyperhistory website | Earth and Space Science: Plate tectonics |
| Economics: Economic decision-making | Chemistry: Carbon is 4 Ever |
| Civics and Government: U.S. citizenship test | Physics: physics |
| Geography: Mapquest site | |
| Math | |
| Number Sense: Multiplication tables | |
| Problem Solving: Practice your rounding and estimating skills | |
| Decimals: Decimal procedures and practice calculations. | |
| Fractions: Enter problems | |
| Percents: Percent instruction and practice problems | |
| Measurement: metric system | |
| Data Analysis: Graphs | |
GED Connection |
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| Language Arts: Writing | |
| Internet Activities | |
| Capitalization: | Commas: |
| Spelling: | Mechanics: |
| Conjunctions: | Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement: |
| Grammatically Correct Sentences: | Sentence and Paragraph Development: |
| Essay: | |
| Learning Modules | |
| Unit 1: News Writing | |
| Activity 1: News and You | Activity 2: Types of Newspapers and Magazines |
| Activity 3: Types of News | Activity 4: Purpose of News |
| Activity 5: Expository Paragraph | |
| Unit 2: Writing Straight News | |
| Activity 1: Straight News | Activity 2: Purpose of Straight News |
| Activity 3: Structure of Straight News Stories | Activity 4: Style of Straight News Stories |
| Activity 5: Straight News vs. Expository Writing | Activity 6: Writing a Lead |
| Unit 3: Writing Feature Stories | |
| Activity 1: Feature Writing | Activity 2: Purpose of Feature Stories |
| Activity 3: Structure of Feature Stories | Activity 4: Style of Feature Stories |
| Activity 5: Writing a Feature Story | |
| Unit 4: Preparing to Write a Review | |
| Activity 1: Considering Subjects that You Enjoy | Activity 2: Brainstorming for a Topic |
| Activity 3: Freewriting | Activity 4: Writing Detailed Descriptions |
| Activity 5: Writing an Outline | Activity 6: Researching Your Topic |
| Activity 7: Finding Articles to Inspire You | |
| Unit 5: Writing a Review | |
| Activity 1: Your Creative Environment | Activity 2: Writing a Rough Draft |
| Activity 3: Giving Your Review a Title | Activity 4: Making up Exam Questions |
| Activity 5: Checking the Flow of Ideas | Activity 6: Checking the Language |
| Activity 7: Making Your Final Revision | |
| Practice Tests | |
| Writing Test 1 | Writing Test 2 |
| Question 21-25: http://www.learn2.com/04/0464/0464.asp | Questions 1-7: http://www.learn2.com/04/0464/0464.asp Questions 8-12: http://www.careerlab.com/letters/007.htm Questions 13-19: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/eagles/introduction/3089/ Questions 20-25: http://www.pbs.org/opb/life360/locations/kitchen/page1.htm |
| Language Arts: Reading | |
| Internet Activities | |
| Nonfiction: | Fiction: |
| Poetry: | Drama: |
| Learning Modules | |
| Unit 1: "The Story of An Hour," Part I | |
| Activity 1: Kate Chopin and her Work | Activity 2: Pre-Reading |
| Activity 3: Questions | Activity 4: Reading |
| Activity 5: Retelling | |
| Unit 2: "The Story of An Hour," Part II | |
| Activity 1: Your Experience | Activity 2: Chopin’s Symbols |
| Activity 3: Chopin’s Language | Activity 4: The Theme |
| Activity 5: Chopin’s Attitude | |
| Unit 3: Their Eyes Were Watching, Part I | |
| Activity 1: Zora Neale Hurston and her Work | Activity 2: Pre-Reading |
| Activity 3: Questions | Activity 4: Reading |
| Activity 5: Retelling | |
| Unit 4: Their Eyes Were Watching, Part II | |
| Activity 1: Your Experience | Activity 2: Hurston’s Symbols |
| Activity 3: Hurston’s Language | Activity 4: The Theme |
| Activity 5: Hurston’s Attitude | |
| Unit 5: The Authors, their Lives and Times | |
| Activity 1: Further Exploration | Activity 2: Kate Chopin’s Life
Kate Chopin, A Re-Awakening Kate Chopin Enhancements History of St. Louis Gratiot Square League - the Beginning - "A Time Frame for this History" Haomes of LaClede and Chouteau Fur trade and the Chouteau brothers The Crossing Harriet J. Bauman’s "French Creoles in Louisiana: An American Tale" French Creole architecture Photo of the school Read about its history Overview of the struggle for Missouri A more detailed account Excerpts from the city’s newspapers Excerpt from John McElroy’s The Struggle for Missouri This stormy era and the White League Bus tour of Kate Chopin’s New Orleans Photo of their home The history of the house |
Activity 3: Chopin Live!
Magnolia Mound Plantation A photo of Oakland house Wikipedia entry on "Cajun" Listen to an interview with historian Shane Bernard, author of The Cajuns: Americanization of a People Cajun proverbs Cajun recipes Creole State Exhibit Online exhibit of Degas’ work Forward of Max Putzel’s book, The Man in the Mirror The story Learn about his life and listen to his music |
Activity 4: Chopin’s work |
Activity 5: Zora Neale Hurston’s Life
Brief profile Biography of Hurston Additional information on the publication of Their Eyes Were Watching God Brief description of the factors that gave rise to the Harlem Renaissance KET’s Harlem Renaissance Redhotjazz.com Rise of the big band site The Lindy Hop Tour Harlem Listen to Ruby Dee read Hurston’s description of her trip to Eatonville Hurston’s Folk Culture Collection at the Library of Congress Exerpt from the article, "Re-Viewing Their Eyes" Her article, "Negroes Without Self-Pity," Alive Walker |
Activity 6: Hurston Live! |
| Activity 7: Hurston’s Work | Activity 8: Compare Chopin and Hurston |
| Practice Tests | |
| Reading Test 1 | Reading Test 2 |
| Questions 8-12: http://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/Gift_of_the_Magi.html Questions 17-20: http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/kansas/crossingboundaries/feels.html |
Questions 13-17: ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext01/dlshs10.txt Questions 18-20: http://www.hr-dept.com/policies/SampleJuryDutyPolicy.htm |
| Social Studies | |
| Internet Activities | |
| Themes in U.S. History | Themes in World History |
| Economics | Civics and Government |
By the People: Election 2004 A Hypertext on American History from the Colonial Period until Modern Times Dictionary of Political Terms The political cartoons of the famous editorial cartoonist, Herblock Be A Voter Brown v. the Board of Education |
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| Geography | |
| Learning Modules | |
| Unit 1: The Lawrence Strike of 1912 | |
| Activity 1: Worker’s Rights | Activity 2: Lawrence Proclamation |
| Activity 3: The Proclamation vs. the Declaration of Independence | Activity 4: Role of Government |
| Activity 5: Newspaper Coverage | |
| Unit 2: The Department of Labor | |
| Activity 1: Government and the Workplace | Activity 2: Overview of the Department of Labor (DOL) |
| Activity 3: Department of Labor Services | Activity 4: A Different Lawrence? |
| Activity 5: Examining the Minimum Wage | Activity 6: Government Intervention |
| Unit 3: Unions: How do they Help Workers? | |
| Activity 1: Unions and You | Activity 2: Unions and Wages |
| Activity 3: Unions and Other Benefits | Activity4: Economics and Union Policy |
| Activity 5: Union Behavior | Activity 6: Debate Union Policy |
| Activity 7: Chicago Teachers Union | |
| Unit 4: Unions: Whom do They Help? | |
| Activity 1: Union Today | Activity 2: Who is Organized |
| Activity 3: Textile Industry | Activity 4: Textile Union History |
| Activity 5: Union Success | Activity 6: Voluntary Organizations |
| Activity 7: Leading an Organization | |
| Unit 5: Workers Today | |
| Activity 1: Workers Today | Activity 2: Least Unionized Occupations |
| Activity 3: Migrant Farmers | Activity 4: Farm Owners |
| Activity 5: Labor Laws | Activity 6: Your Solution |
| Activity 7: Preventing Lawrence | |
| Practice Tests | |
| Social Studies Test 1 | Social Studies Test 2 |
| Question 15: http://www.english.upenn.edu/Undergrad/Courses/Spring02/traffic/plaguestats.html | Question 1: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/planes Question 2: http://www.law.emory.edu/index.php?id=3080 Question 3: http://www.pbs.org/harriman/ Questions 6-7: http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Economic_Systems.htm Question 8: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/filmmore/index.html Question 9: http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/social/index.html Question 10: http://www.historycentral.com/elections/1996.html Question 11: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/election/october96/cartoonists_10-31.html Questions 13-14: http://www.pbs.org/hopes Question 15: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/jan-june98/trust_3-10.html Question 16: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/ Question 17: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/maps/map7.html Question 18: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/timeline/timeline_text.html Question 22: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans1.html Question 23: http://www.pbs.org/teachers/socialstudies/ Question 24: http://www.law.emory.edu/index.php?id=3080 Question 15: http://www.pbs.org/jazz/places |
| Science | |
| Internet Activities | |
| Life Science: | Earth and Space Science: |
| Chemistry: | Physics: |
| Learning Modules | |
| Unit 1: Water Basics | |
| Activity 1: Water and You | Activity 2: Water on Earth |
| Activity 3: Ground and Surface Water | Activity 4: Water Cycle |
| Activity 5: Your Watershed | |
| Unit2: Water Quality | |
| Activity 1: Poor Water Quality | Activity 2: Water Quality and Pollution Sources |
| Activity 3: Biological Measurements | Activity 4: Chemical and Physical Measurements
Dissolved Oxygen in Power Point Common Water Measurement - Temperature Temperature Power Point Common Water Measurements - Conductivity Conductivity Power Point "The Story of Conductivity" on the Horiba Common Water Measurements - pH pH Power Point Common Water Measurements - Tubidity Turbidity Power Point |
| Activity 5: Drinking Water Contaminants | Activity 6: Water Quality in Your State |
| Unit 3: E. coli Poisoning | |
| Activity 1: Microbes and Disease | Activity 2: E.coli Poisoning |
| Activity 3: The Path of E.coli | Activity 4: Bacteria and E.coli |
| Activity 5: How E.coli Attacks | Activity 6: Prevention of E.coli Outbreaks |
| Unit 4: Mercury | |
| Activity 1: Mercury | Activity 2: Mercury Poisoning |
| Activity 3: The Path of Mercury | Activity 4: Organic and Inorganic Mercury |
| Activity 5: Mercury in a Food Chain | Activity 6: Prevention of Mercury Poisoning |
| Unit 5: Researching Your Watershed | |
| Activity 1: Problems in Your Watershed | Activity 2: Water Quality |
| Activity 3: Chemical Pollutants in Your Water | Activity 4: Sources of Pollution in Your Watershed |
| Activity 5: How You Can Save Your Watershed | Activity 6: Describe Your Watershed |
| Practice Tests | |
| Science Test 1 | Science Test 2 |
| Questions 4-5: http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/hand_background.php Question 6: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/index.html Question 12: http://www.sportsknee.com/patient.htm |
Question 1: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/stories/ Question 2: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino/reach/treemade.html, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino/reach/tree.html Question 3: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/link/hist_nf.html Question 4: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wtc/metl_bend.html Question 5: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/cancer/grow_nf10.html Question 6: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eden/giants.html Question 7: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/trex/dig/ Question 8: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vesuvius/deadliest2.html Question 9: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/time/think02.html Question 10: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/photosynthesis.html Question 11: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/diamond/insidestable.html, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/diamond/insideparticles.html Question 12: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/2405_sle1obel_01.html Question 13: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/leopards/seeingsans.html Question 25: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/first/radiocarbonce.html |
| Math | |
| Internet Activities | |
| Passing the GED Math Test: | Number Sense & Problem Solving: |
| Decimals & Fractions: | Ratio, Proportion & Percent: |
| Measurement & Geometry: | Data Analysis & Statistics: |
| Forum las, Algebra & Special Topics: | |
| Learning Modules | |
| Unit 1: Budgeting and Financial Planning | |
| Activity 1: Budgeting | Activity 2: Financial Goals |
| Activity 3: Estimating Expenses | Activity 4: Measuring Expenses |
| Activity 5: Essential and Discretionary Expenses | |
| Unit 2: Saving Money on your Telephone Bill | |
| Activity 1: Phone Bill | Activity 2: Calling Plans |
| Activity 3: Weekend Rates | Activity 4: Evening Rates |
| Activity 5: Phone Bill Savings | |
| Unit 3: Saving Money on your Water Bill | |
| Activity 1: Water Bill | Activity 2: Leaky Faucet |
| Activity 3: Turning Off the Tap | Activity 4: Water Flow Equation |
| Activity 5: Calculating Water Flow | Activity 6: Water Bill Savings |
| Unit 4: Saving Money on your Energy Bills | |
| Activity 1: Electric Bill | Activity 2: Lighting |
| Activity 3: Heat Loss and Resistance | Activity 4: Calculating the R-Value |
| Activity 5: Annual Degree Days | Activity 6: Calculating Area |
| Activity 7: Annual Heat Loss | Activity 8: Energy Bill Savings |
| Unit 5: Meeting your Financial Goals | |
| Activity 1: Investing to Meet Financial Goals | Activity 2: Investing and Saving |
| Activity 3: Short Term Goals | Activity 4: Long Term Goals |
| Activity 5: Saving Money Strategies | Activity 6: Achieving your Goals |
| Practice Tests | |
| Math Test 1 | Math Test 2 |