Teach U.S. Holidays

There are three basic ways to integrate civics into English language instruction (IELCE). You can include materials and interactions for the workplace, community, or citizenship. This article will focus on incorporating U.S. Citizenship / Civics Education by teaching about U.S. Holidays.

“Name two national U.S. holidays.” is one of the questions on the 100-question U.S. Citizenship Test. A simple and practical way to integrate citizenship is by introducing various topics using U.S. national holidays. There are many resources for teaching about U.S. holidays. Holiday textbooks and citizenship textbooks have practical short articles about the history and customs for each holiday. Websites like ESL Civics and USCIS provide a wide assortment of materials, short stories, and fun activities. It may be necessary to adjust some of these resources to include the precise information and actual questions from the U.S. Citizenship Test. In addition, I place an asterisk mark before the U.S. Citizenship questions to denote this is what students may be asked during their interview.