This page is intended to help ABE practitioners embed ELA skill instruction in knowledge-building lessons and units related to social studies, science, careers, and other topics of interest to adult learners. The links below lead to websites that can be helpful for finding background information, curriculum ideas, instructional resources, and texts to use for instruction.

• For information on using leveled texts and creating text sets, go to Text Complexity and Text Selection.
• For ELA units that embed ELA instruction in knowledge-building contexts, go to Existing ELA Curriculum for Adult Learners.
• For a Google Doc of the information on this page, click below:
  • Texts for Building Knowledge

Museums

• American Museum of Natural History - Educator Resources
• National Women’s History Museum - Student and Educator Resources
• Exploratorium (Science) - Teaching Resources for Educators
• Smithsonian Learning Lab - Lessons and Activities with "pre-packaged collections containing lessons, activities, and recommended resources"
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Educational Resources

Other Nonprofit Organization Resources

• Financial Literacy Resource Bank and Financial Literacy Resource Guide (created in partnership between the Florida Literacy Coalition and World Education’s CrowdED Learning initiative)
• Annenberg Learner - Professional Development Resources
• Digital Public Library of America - Primary Source Sets
• National Geographic - Educational Resources
• NSTA (National Science Teachers Association):
  • NSTA Daily Do Sensemaking Activities
  • NSTA Free E-Book Library
  • NSTA Learning Together Resource
• PBS/WGBH: Learning Media - Teaching Resources For Students and Teachers
• Primary Source - Global Education Resources
• Population Education - Learning Resources
• Teaching for Change - Professional Development Resources

Government Websites

• Census Bureau (U.S.) - Data Resources
• Civics and Citizenship Toolkit (U.S.) - Outreach Tools
• Environment and Climate Change (Canada) - Climate Change Resources
• Library of Congress (U.S.) - Teachers Program Resource
• NASA (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration) - Learning Resources
• NIH Science Curriculum Supplemental Series - Teaching Resources (science units for middle and high school from the U.S. National Institutes of Health)
• NOAA (U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) - Educational Resources
• NOAA JetStream - Online School for Weather

Films, Trailers, Clips, etc. 

• Independent Television Service (ITVS) - Documentary Films Resource
• PBS: Independent Lens - Independent Documentary Films Resource
• PBS: Point of View - Independent Films Showcase
• TED Talks - Educational Presentations