Summer 2023 Lesson 07

TV2Africa: Ethiopian Taxi Driver in Washington, D.C.

Gossa is a cab driver in Washington DC. He has a full-time job at VOANews and drives a taxi part-time. He talks about good customers (4:45-4:59) and bad customers (5:00-5:40). He talks about hard times (6:08-6:47) and the day a woman offered him a scholarship and a better job (6:48-7:52). Click CC to read the video's CLOSED CAPTIONS.

Also see: 

• USMint: "Making Money" Ep. 03: Circulating Coins
  
  

Civics:

• Pop Quiz: The Founders Quiz
• USCIS: Benjamin Franklin and the Constitution
• USCIS Establishing Independence
• Reading/Dictation: Cambridge Arcade: 100 Civics Questions 57-64
• HOMEWORK: Preparing the Oath: Establishing Independence and Writing the Constitution
• EXTRA: USA Learns Citizenship: 3.4 and 3.5
• uscitizenpod: A Handy Copy of the USCIS 100 Questions (updated) pdf

N-400

• Warmup: Cambridge Arcade: Level 3 Work 8 Lesson B
• Scripts plus videos
• Interview B2 | video
• EXTRA: USA Learns Citizenship: 2.4 Contact Info and 2.5 Address, Work, Travel

Holding the Bag by Ana Gianola
Negasi is a taxi driver from Ethiopia who has been in the U.S. for many years and has a family. He accidentally becomes involved in a robbery and faces a moral issue. (Buy here)

• Chapter 07 mp3 .

alive	imagine
committed	probably
crowd	relief
disappears	robbery
escalator	siren
farther	steering wheel
frightened	sweating
gas gauge	unzip
go through	the Metro
horrible

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  Vehicles 1
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  Vehicles 2

Summer 2023 Lesson 06

VOA News: What happens with damaged U.S. dollars? 

Also see: 

• Great Big Story: Where Dollars Die and Are Reborn 
• Great Big Story: Mutilated Money? This Place Will Give You a Fresh Stack
• CBS Sunday Morning: How the government handles your mutilated money
• USMint: "Making Money" Ep. 03: Circulating Coins
  

Civics:

• Pop Quiz: The Founders Quiz
• USCIS: Benjamin Franklin and the Constitution
• USCIS Establishing Independence
• Reading/Dictation: Cambridge Arcade: 100 Civics Questions 57-64
• HOMEWORK: Preparing the Oath: Establishing Independence and Writing the Constitution
• EXTRA: USA Learns Citizenship: 3.4 and 3.5
• uscitizenpod: A Handy Copy of the USCIS 100 Questions (updated) pdf

N-400

• Warmup: Cambridge Arcade: Level 2 Work 8 Lesson C
• Scripts plus videos
• Interview B1 | video
• EXTRA: USA Learns Citizenship: 2.4 Contact Info and 2.5 Address, Work, Travel

Holding the Bag by Ana Gianola
Negasi is a taxi driver from Ethiopia who has been in the U.S. for many years and has a family. He accidentally becomes involved in a robbery and faces a moral issue. (Buy here)

• Chapter 06 mp3 .

CHAPTER 6 VOCABULARY

avenue	nervous
baby	orders
bills	quickly
blocks	red light
breathing	running
dangerous	someone
gun	unlock
inside	watch
jacket	winter
maybe	Wisconsin Avenue

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  U.S. Currency 02: Coins
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Happy Father's Day!

uscitizenpod: Happy Father's Day from US Citizenship Podcast

In 1966, Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers, designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.

Six years later, the day was made a permanent national holiday when Richard Nixon signed it into law in 1972.

Who signs bills to become laws?

a) the President
a) the President Pro Tempore
b) the Speaker of the House
c) the Vice-President

Happy Father's Day!

#FamiliesBelongTogether

Summer 2023 Lesson 05

Beadledom911: TOUR of the US Fiat Currency PRINTING PRESS New $100 USD Bill Being Printed and Packed

Also see: 

• MoneyFactory.gov: $100 Note
• usmoneyfactory: $100 Note Unveiling Video
• usmoneyfactory: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Tour and Visitor Center in Washington, DC

• USCIS 100: 41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
• to print money 
• to declare war
• to create an army 
• to make treaties

• USCIS 100:68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin ($100) is famous for?
• U.S. diplomat 
• oldest member of the Constitutional Convention  
• first Postmaster General of the United States  
• writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”  
• started the first free libraries

Civics:

• Pop Quiz: The Founders Quiz
• USCIS: Benjamin Franklin and the Constitution
• USCIS Establishing Independence
• Reading/Dictation: Cambridge Arcade: 100 Civics Questions 57-64
• HOMEWORK: Preparing the Oath: Establishing Independence and Writing the Constitution
• EXTRA: USA Learns Citizenship: 3.4 and 3.5
• uscitizenpod: A Handy Copy of the USCIS 100 Questions (updated) pdf

N-400

• Warmup: Cambridge Arcade: Level 2 Work 8 Lesson C
• Scripts plus videos
• Interview A5 | Video A5
• EXTRA: USA Learns Citizenship: 2.4 Contact Info and 2.5 Address, Work, Travel

Holding the Bag by Ana Gianola
Negasi is a taxi driver from Ethiopia who has been in the U.S. for many years and has a family. He accidentally becomes involved in a robbery and faces a moral issue. (Buy here)

• Chapter 05 mp3 .

CHAPTER 5 VOCABULARY

another	million
bureau	plastic
carry	printing
children	shred
engraving	something
fifteen	souvenir
flag down	together
go back	walk
hold up	Bureau of Engraving and Printing
interesting

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  U.S. Currency 01: Dollar Bills

Summer 2023 Lesson 04

ESL Civics Lessons: Washington DC Tour for ESL Citizenship
Washington D.C. tour with pictures and simple caption. Great for citizenship and ESL students.

Civics:

• Pop Quiz: Coin Quiz
• USCIS Washington | Jefferson | Establishing Independence
• Reading/Dictation: Cambridge Arcade: 100 Civics Questions 57-64
• HOMEWORK: Preparing the Oath: A Growing Nation
• EXTRA: USA Learns Citizenship: 3.3 Early America
• uscitizenpod: A Handy Copy of the USCIS 100 Questions (updated) pdf

N-400

• Warmup: Cambridge Arcade: Level 2 Work 8 Lesson B
• Scripts plus videos
• Interview A4 | Video A4
• EXTRA: USA Learns Citizenship: 2.4 Contact Info and 2.5 Address, Work, Travel

Holding the Bag by Ana Gianola
Negasi is a taxi driver from Ethiopia who has been in the U.S. for many years and has a family. He accidentally becomes involved in a robbery and faces a moral issue. (Buy here)

• Chapter 04 mp3 .
• All audio files
  

adult	improved
college	listening
created	mistakes
difficult	national
English	people
equal	remember
gallery	statue
honors	Thomas Jefferson

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  U.S. Citizenship 01
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  U.S. Citizenship 01a
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  U.S. Citizenship 02: Federal Holidays

Summer 2023 Lesson 03

 

 Jasmine Kurtz-Becker: Virtual Field Trip: The White House

Civics:

• Pop Quiz: Colonial Quiz
• USCIS Washington | Jefferson | Establishing Independence
• Reading/Dictation: Cambridge Arcade: 100 Civics Questions 57-64
• HOMEWORK: Preparing the Oath: A Growing Nation
• EXTRA: USA Learns Citizenship: 3.3 Early America
• uscitizenpod: A Handy Copy of the USCIS 100 Questions (updated) pdf

N-400

• Warmup: Cambridge Arcade: Level 1 Work 8 Lesson B
• Scripts plus videos
• Interview A3 | Video A3
• EXTRA: USA Learns Citizenship: 2.3 Information about You

Holding the Bag by Ana Gianola

Negasi is a taxi driver from Ethiopia who has been in the U.S. for many years and has a family. He accidentally becomes involved in a robbery and faces a moral issue. (Buy here)

• Chapter 03 mp3 .  FIXED!

angrily	nod
argue	pick up
couple	President
elderly	spacecraft
hand	talk about
honor	The White House
Japanese	tourists
memorial	visiting
monuments	Washington D.C.
museums	workplace
national

Extra Credit:  Tour the White House with Google Street View

Want to tour the White House? Google’s Street View tool includes the building’s interior. 

Users can navigate their way through the rooms of the White House on the web. To take the tour, go to the White House in Google Maps and drag the orange stick figure onto the building. Or just click here. 

Summer 2023 Lesson 02

 

  

A-3 Interview

Civics:

• Pop Quiz: USCIS 100:88-95 Geography Puzzle & Quiz 
• USCIS Early America  beginning 1, 2 | intermediate level
• Reading/Dictation: Cambridge Arcade: 100 Civics Questions 57-64
• HOMEWORK: Preparing the Oath: A Growing Nation
• EXTRA: USA Learns Citizenship: 3.3 Early America

N-400

• Warmup: Cambridge Arcade: Level 1 Work 8 Lesson B
• Beginning Interview Presentation
• Scripts plus videos
• Interview A2 | Video A2
• EXTRA: USA Learns Citizenship: 2.3 Information about You

Holding the Bag by Ana Gianola
Negasi is a taxi driver from Ethiopia who has been in the U.S. for many years and has a family. He accidentally becomes involved in a robbery and faces a moral issue. (Buy here)

• Chapter 02 mp3 .

Appendicitis	Hospital
Back seat	Hungry
Breakfast	Leaning
Change	Mirror
Concerned	Rearview
Corner	Serious
Discount	Stomach
Downtown	Suddenly
Forward	Wallet

Extra credit:

Find a USCIS Field Office: USCIS Office Locator | Lyft

Mark Kulek: In a Taxi | Part 1 | Easy English Conversation Practice | ESL 

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  Car
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  Car Basics
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  Car Interior