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Voices of Adult Ed

Let's Make Everyone Count! The 2020 Census

3/10/2020

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Marcia Luptak, Elgin Community College

Census Resources (Click "Read More" below for Census facts and figures)
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Presentations: 
https://national-coalition-literacy.org/research/the-2020-census/ncl-census-presentations/

Information, fact sheets, talking points, teaching activities and resources, videos: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sis/2020census/2020-resources.html

Information and classroom resources (including lesson plans for math, leveled ESL, reading): 
https://nelrc.org/stand-up-and-be-counted/census2020/

If you would have asked me about the census a year ago, I would have said, “Yeah, I know it’s coming,” and I could have given you a few facts and figures in a disinterested way. However, several events occurred over the past year that have completely changed my attitude. The first event happened last March when I was talking to a colleague, John, about the possibility of doing a learning community between his college speech class (CMS101) and our college transitions ESL class. He and I had taught together in a learning community, so I was familiar with his style and thought it would be a great fit. I knew that John was big in service learning with his classes and had even formed a consulting group for students on campus, Spartan Consulting. During this initial conversation, I was hoping he would suggest integrating a service learning component. When he did, I jumped at the opportunity. The adventure began...(click "Read More" to continue)

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