1. U.S. CITIZENSHIP PODCAST
Jennifer Gagliardi

2. US Citizenship Podcast
N-400 Practice Interviews
Three Levels: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
By N-400 section
USCIS 96 Questions (coming soon!)
English/English Set/Single (for shuffle)
English/Mandarin English/Cantonese
English Vietnamese English/Spanish
Blog: uscitizenpod.blogspot.com
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3. Task 1 Record Mock USCIS Interview Good stuff: Many volunteers
Audacity is easy to use.
Google audacity & download. It’s free.
Problem:
Good/bad microphones
Recording level set too low
Must rewrite the script
Creating pdf of scripts

4. Task 2 Put the Audio & pdf files on the Internet Problems
Create gmail account at mail.google.com
Create Blog at blogger.com
Create host site at libsyn.com
Create rss feed at Feedburner.com
Notify Itunes about the new podcast.
Problems
Which blog: blogger.com or libsyn.com?
Creating links between blogger & libsyn

5. PM-Citizenship Class Hours
Monday and Wednesday 6:15-9:30pm
6:00-6:30 Watch Citizenship Videos
Success at your INS Interview or Citizenship Today (100 ?s)
6:30-6:45 Vocabulary Review: Alphabet, Numbers, Dates, Addresses, New Citizenship Vocabulary words, etc.
6:45-7:30 Read and Discuss Citizenship Textbook:
Citizenship: Ready for the Interview by Lynn Weintraub
Citizenship Now by Aliza Becker
7:30-7:45 Break
7:45-8:15 Discussion about the Citizenship Textbook reading
8:15-8:30 Dictation and Quiz
8:30-9:00 Practice INS Interviews
9:00-9:15 Final Questions

6. AM-Citizenship Class Hours
Monday-Friday 8:00-8:30
7:45-8:00 Watch Citizenship Videos
Success at your INS Interview or Citizenship Today
8:00-8:10 Review Questions (US History & Politics)
What are the colors of our flag?
What do the stars on the flag mean?
8:00-8:20 Read and Discuss Citizenship Textbook:
Citizenship: Ready for the Interview by Lynn Weintraub
Citizenship Now by Aliza Becker
8:20-8:25 Practice N-400 Questions
8:25-8:30 Dictation or Oral Quiz

7. Class Requirements Attend class Take an ESL Placement Test
Participate in class activities.
Take an ESL Placement Test
ESL Placement test are given every 3 weeks. (Plan ahead!)
Call for test dates.
Take two CASAS ESL tests.
Current ESL students must take their CASAS test in their class.
Citizenship-only students will take their CASAS tests in the Citizenship class.
Take two U.S. History & Government CASAS Tests.
Pass one oral Interview (based on the N-400).

8. Citizenship & ESL Classes
The INS interview will test your ability to understand, speak, read, and write English.
Some students need extra help with English.
Ask the teacher about English classes
AM ESL Classes M-F 8:45am-12 noon
PM ESL Classes M/W or T/Th 6:15-9:30
Extra hours for ESL Computer hours and borrowing CBET videotapes & books.

9. Citizenship Resources
Books
Citizenship Now by Aliza Becker X
Citizenship: Ready for the Interview by Lynne Weintraub
Citizenship: Passing the Test by Lynne Weintraub X
Entry into Citizenship by Aliza Becker
Voices of Freedom by Bill Bliss
Videos
Citizenship: Success at your INS Interview (with Ann McDowell)
Citizenship Today (with Kelly Raphael)
American History for Children Video Series (Schlessinger Media)
United States History Video Series (Schlessinger Media)

10. Handouts
Students will receive many, many handouts. Please keep these handouts in a binder and bring the binder to every class.
Handouts include:
N-400
USCIS 96 Questions (different languages)
History and political articles
Puzzles
Quizzes and dictations
Save paper--take only one copy of a handout.
Sometimes we run out of handouts or the copy machine is broken. Please be patient—the teacher will make more for the next class as needed.

11. 96 Questions
Flash Cards
English Self Test
English
English (with some audio files)
Hmong
Spanish (last 10 pages of the guide)
Tagalog (last 10 pages of the guide)
Chinese (last 10 pages of the guide)
Vietnamese (last 10 pages of the guide)

12. HOW TO STUDY FOR YOUR U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST
When you are not in class!
Jennifer Gagliardi

13. A Anthem
Sing our anthem, The Star Spangled Banner. The more you sing, the better you will become.
See americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/6_thestory/6b_osay/fs6b.html

14. B Biography Read biographies of US Presidents and Politicians.
Watch A & E’s Biography on television or check out the videos from the library.
See Biography.com.

15. C Children
Read books about US History and Politics with your children. For booklists, see Abookintime.com/america1700s.html (separate links for each period).

16. D Dollars
Think of all the INS 100 questions that you can ask and answer using the dollar bills (and coins) in your wallet.
See Moneyfactory.com/section.cfm/4

17. E ESL
Improve your English—checkout ESL books, tapes, and videos from the library.
Go to ESL classes at MUSD.org or KQED.org/w/alrg/county/santaclara.html

18. F Flag Display the US Flag.
See pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/misc/ourflag/titlepage.htm

19. G Golden State
Gum Shan. 49ers. Learn why California is called the “Golden State.”
See CA.gov and go to “History and Culture of California” link.

20. H History Channel Watch the History Channel with your family.
See Historychannel.com.

21. I Internet
Firstgov.gov is the U.S. government’s official info website.
For Interview practice, see Aenet.esuhsd.org/Citizenship_lessons/cit_menu.html

22. J Jobs
Search for federal jobs and build your portfolio before you become a US citizen.
Update with your new Citizenship status and apply for your dream job as soon as you come home from your Oath ceremony.
See USAjobs.gov.

23. K Ken Burns
Ken Burns has created the finest documentaries about America.
Watch them on television Ch 9 KQED or check them out of the library.
See Pbs.org/kenburns.

24. L Lewis and Clark Bicentennial (2004-2006)
When Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase, he doubled the size the US.
Learn about the expedition at Lewisandclark200.org.
Collect the 2004 L & C silver dollar, the Sacagawea golden dollar, and the Westward Journey Nickels.

25. M Missions Visit the California Missions. See Missionscalifornia.com
or CA-missions.org.

26. N Newspaper
Read the headlines of the front page and local section of an English-language newspaper everyday.
Note new words or idioms.
See Mercurynews.com.

27. O Oakland Museum of California
Visit the museum devoted to CA art, history, & natural sciences.
See Museumca.org.

28. Podcast Listen to US Citizenship Podcast Uscitizenpod.blogspot.com
N-400 Practice Interviews
Three Levels: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
By N-400 section
USCIS 96 Questions
English/English
English/Mandarin
English/Cantonese
English Vietnamese
English/Spanish

29. Q Quarters Collect the new State Quarters.
Learn more about the state symbols at
Usmint.gov/mint_programs/index.cfm?action=50_state_quarters_program
For fun with kids, see Hip Pocket Change
Usmint.gov/kids/flashIndex.cfm

30. R Recycle Recycle—it is good for everyone!
See Gomilpitas.com/recycle.htm

31. S The Smithsonian
Visit the Smithsonian Museums and traveling exhibits.
Read its books & monthly magazine.
Listen to its CD collections of traditional American music.
See Si.edu & Smithsonianeducation.org

32. T Taxes Pay your taxes! Learn about taxes at
IRS.gov or Taxes.ca.gov/yourtaxes.html

33. U USCIS Formerly known as the INS,
the US Immigration and Naturalization Services can be contacted at
Forms can be downloaded from USCIS.gov.

34. V Volunteer Be a good citizen—volunteer!
See Gomilpitas.com/volunteer.htm

35. W The White Pages
The White Pages (or Blue Pages) of the phone book contains the names and contact info of local government offices and officials.

36. eXercise and sports Exercise every day.
Locate sports teams’ cities on a US map.
Learn the history of the teams’ names (ex: SF 49ers or NY Yankees).
Start at SI.com & follow the links to the team sites.

37. Y “Yes!”
Say “Yes!” to every opportunity to learn about American culture.
Go to festivals, make new friends, sing, dance, eat, work, play, participate in your children’s education and activities.
Each “Yes!” will bring you closer to your goal of US Citizenship.

38. Z National Geographic’s Zip USA
Every month, National Geographic magazine’s “Zip USA” features the local customs of a unique, yet normal US town.
For the online version, see magma.Nationalgeographic.com/ngm/archives.html

39. Thank you for studying US Citizenship!