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CensusGirl & Count Me In: Videos for #Census2020

ABE, Classes, ESOL, HSE, Pre-HSE, Social Studies,
CensusGirl & Count Us In (videos)
· Appropriate for: Use in class, For student independent work · Available: Lessons, Videos · Readiness: Resources can be used as they are · Engagement: 3 = very engaging

It is as important as ever that members of all communities in the United States stand up and be counted. This has been a particularly important message for communities that have historically been undercounted in the past.

CensusGirl and Count Me In provide just the tool you need to educate your adult literacy students about the critical need to be counted. Each of these wonderful short and engaging public service announcements provides essential information about the importance of filling out the census.

Quick tip: Find quick messages and resources to share with your students in Census Messages and Resources for Language and Literacy (doc). Copy/paste messages and links that can be shared through Twitter, Instagram, Google Classroom, Whatsapp, etc.
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Teaching the 2020 Census? Start with Messaging Basics

ABE, ESOL, HSE, Pre-HSE
2020 Census Messaging Basics: What Students Need to Know, Understand, and Share
· Appropriate for: Use in class · Available: Lessons, Texts/Readings, Problems, Videos · Readiness: Resources can be used as they are · Engagement: 3 = very engaging

Census forms are in the mail! It’s time to start talking to our students about the Census.

Census 2020 wants to make it clear that you “count” and you need “to be counted”. This is no small claim, and it is one of the central messages that is repeated in the resources and materials published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, and by many adult literacy educational, advocacy and social justice organizations. There have been many resources collected by the National Coalition for Literacy and the New England Literacy Resource Center (NELRC) .

Quick tip: Find quick messages and resources to share with your students in Census Messages and Resources for Language and Literacy (doc). Copy/paste messages and links that can be shared through Twitter, Instagram, Google Classroom, Whatsapp, etc.
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