Existing ELA Curricula for Adult Learners
Curricula created by Massachusetts ABE practitioners
ELA Unit Plans, most with sample Lesson Plans (many of these follow the older templates)
- NEW: Innovations & Society (FOCUS: Second Industrial Revolution) (GLE 4-8)
- NEW: Various Variables: Using Scientific Thinking to Solve Real-Life Problems (GLE 4-8)
- NEW: 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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