Cesar Chavez Day

UFW: Cesar Chavez: Embrace the Legacy (5 min. UFW video)
Learn about the legacy of Cesar Chavez from Martin Sheen, Edward James Olmos, Edward James Olmos and others and get involved in keeping Cesar's dream alive!

Cesar Chavez started the United Farm Workers union, because farmworkers did not have

"the legal right to organize and to vote for collective bargaining.

They didn't have the right to have clean drinking water,

access to portable toilets, lunch breaks, or short rest breaks during workdays.

And they were not entitled to the minimum wage or unemployment insurance."

*new Cesar Chavez Day resources from California Department of Education


EL Civics Cesar Chavez Day

For more info, visit the United Farm Workers website.

Cesar Chavez and Civil Rights mp3

Lesson 6c - PRESENT PERFECT - English Grammar

JenniferESL: Lesson 6c - PRESENT PERFECT - English Grammar 

Topic: the present perfect and the present perfect progressive tenses. This is PART THREE of a lesson in four parts. In PART THREE we practice forming the negative and questions in the present perfect tense. Reasons for using the present perfect are reviewed. Level: high intermediate to advanced.

Drive for 'Green' Cars Leave Some Auto Workers Behind

VOALearning English Video: Drive for 'Green' Cars Leave Some Auto Workers Behind

Nicole Current has worked 15 years in the automobile industry, but she is losing her job.

NICOLE CURRENT: "I make truck axles, so as the auto industry tries to get away from the larger size vehicles, and tries to get to more fuel efficient, more economical vehicles, and gas prices being where they are with what product we make, it makes it extremely difficult when, the actual economy, people aren't buying trucks."

People are buying cars like the Toyota Prius. Its power comes from electricity and gasoline. (read more)

ESL Podcast 609 – Types of Car and Vehicles

ESL Podcast 609 – Types of Car and Vehicles

Aug 20, 2010 ... Robert: Hi, I'm Robert. What are you in the market for today?  Mary: I want to buy a new car, but I'm not sure what I want.Download Podcast

ESL Podcast 414 - Common Traffic Signs

ESL Podcast 414 - Common Traffic Signs

Driving can be dangerous if you don't understand the road signs in English. Learn more in this episode. Download Podcast

Lesson 6b - PRESENT PERFECT - English Grammar

JenniferESL: Lesson 6b - PRESENT PERFECT - English Grammar

Topic: the present perfect and the present perfect progressive tenses. This is PART TWO of a lesson in four parts. In PART TWO we continue to look at reasons why the present perfect is used. A contrast is made between the present perfect and the simple past. Level: high intermediate to advanced

Saint Patrick's Day

JenniferESL: Lesson 10 - Saint Patrick's Day - English Vocabulary

Topic: A lesson in honor of St. Patrick's Day, March 17. Three new expressions for the advanced English language learner. (more teaching ideas about St Patrick's Day)

VOANews: New York Suburb Claims to be More Irish Than Ireland
Residents of Little Ireland in Yonkers are excited about the upcoming celebration featuring dancing, parades, traditional Irish food (includes videos and recipes!

ESL Holiday Lessons: Saint Patrick's Day
DOWNLOADS: Word Doc PDF MP3 Listening Online Exercise