Community Resources Worktext

Suter Joanne Suter

Description

Themes: Life Skills, Career, Achieve Independence, Skills, Community Resources, Taxes, Services, Emergency Assistance, Nonfiction, Worktext, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Content Includes: Your Taxes at Work, Emergency Assistance, Services for Workers and Citizens. 32 Compact two-page lessons are each tightly focused on a particular subtopic to guarantee comprehension and build a foundation for further practice and skill development. Back-of-the-book list of key words in each. Preview & Review exercises introduce & wrap up each unit. A topic-related "Everyday Math" application in every lesson.

Informations

• Publié par: Saddleback Educational Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 août 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781602918474
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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Your Taxes at Work Emergency Assistance Services for Workers Services for Citizens S K I L

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COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Joanne Suter

Moving Out on Your Own Everyday Household Tasks Health and Safety Managing Money Consumer Spending Job Search Getting Ahead at Work Community Resources Transportation and Travel Car and Driver

Copyright © 2003, 2011 by Saddleback Educational Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, scanning, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher.

ISBN-13: 978-1-61651-116-6 ISBN-10: 1-61651-116-8 eBook: 978-1-60291-847-4

Printed in the United States of America 15 14 13 12 11 1 2 3 4 5

CONTENTS

UNIT 1 Your Taxes at Work PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 LESSON 1: Public Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 LESSON 2: Library Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 LESSON 3: Post Office Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 LESSON 4: Parks and Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

UNIT 2 Emergency Assistance PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 LESSON 1: Emergency Medical Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 LESSON 2: Police and Fire Department Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 LESSON 3: Help in a Crisis: Hotlines and Shelters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 LESSON 4: Legal Aid and Public Defenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

UNIT 3 Services for Workers PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 LESSON 1: Getting a Social Security Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 LESSON 2: State Employment Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 LESSON 3: Federal Safeguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 LESSON 4: Filing for Worker’s Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

UNIT 4 Services for Citizens PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 LESSON 1: Vital Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 LESSON 2: The Right to Vote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 LESSON 3: Legal Immigration: The USCIS and Green Cards . . . . . . . . . 40 LESSON 4: Becoming a Citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

WORD LIST

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