Curricula created by Massachusetts ABE practitioners with the SABES ELA PD team

ELA Unit Plans, most with sample Lesson Plans (note that some follow the older curriculum templates)

• Innovations & Society (FOCUS: Second Industrial Revolution) (GLE 4-8)
• Various Variables: Using Scientific Thinking to Solve Real-Life Problems (GLE 4-8)
• Find it! Prove it! Introducing the Scientific Method (GLE 4-8)
• Take Action! Civic Engagement (GLE 8-12)
• Setting Directions (GLE 0-3.9)
• The Science and Culture of Water (GLE 2-3.9)
• Community Food Security (GLE 5-6)
• Our Planet, Our Choices (GLE 6-8)
• College and Career Exploration (GLE 6-8)
• America's Civil Rights Movement (GLE 6-8.9)
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: An Introduction to Jim Crow and the Great Migrations (GLE 6-8.9)
• Where Did You Hear That? Becoming Critical Consumers of News Media (GLE 4-12)
• WWII and the Holocaust (GLE 4-12)

Scope & Sequences (these follow the older S&S template)

• Scope and Sequence: Cape Cod Community College (GLE 4-5)
• Scope and Sequence: New Bedford (GLE 4-5)
• Scope and Sequence: Cambridge Community Learning Center (GLE 6-8)
• Scope and Sequence: Brockton (GLE 9-12)

See also:

• Text Sets
• Culturally and Historically Responsive Education (CHRE) Curriculum Units that incorporate CHRE principles.
• Be Your Own Boss Unit
  • This is a math unit that includes tips for addressing ELA standards

Other ABE Curricula (or adaptable for ABE)

• High School Equivalency Curriculum Framework from the City University of New York
• Kentucky Educational Television Resource Library for Adult Education
• OER Commons digital library of lessons
• Odell Education “Developing Core Proficiencies Curriculum”
• Pennsylvania Adult Education Lesson Bank
• ReadWriteThink, from the National Council of Teachers of English (K-12, adaptable for adult education)

See also the curricula and informational sources listed on our ELA Connections page.

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