Teaching Adults Through Projects

Web Sites for Educators

Connect for Kids: Guidance for Grownups. http://www.connectforkids.org/  
This award-winning multimedia project helps adults make their communities better places for families and children. The site offers a place for adults, parents, grandparents, educators, policymakers and others who want to become more active citizens, from volunteering to voting with kids in mind.

Consortium for Information Technology in Education GED Guide. http://cite.telecampus.com/GED/index.html   GED links to general information, math formulas, writing skills, punctuation guide, interpreting literature and the arts, and study skills.

Math Goodies. http://www.mathgoodies.com/ 
Educational Web site featuring interactive math lessons, homework help, worksheets, puzzles, message boards, and more! Over 400 pages of math activities and resources for teachers and learners.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.hhs.gov/
This site provides a health status "snapshot" of every U.S. County. Get the health data specific to your county,  causes of death, infectious diseases, teen mothers and more.

Voter Involvement Project: California Distance Learning Project. http://archive.cdlponline.org/vote.html  
Includes "How To Vote: An Election Tutorial" - created by adult reading students to help other students learn more about voting.

SpeakOut.com. http://www.speakout.com/index.html  
Includes a "Vote - Match Presidential Selector," where you can take a quiz and find out which candidate best matches your views.

The League of Women Voters. http://www.lwv.org/  
Some of the information is especially for new voters, such as step-by-step instructions on how to register and vote.

[The rest of the Web sites were selected by Lori Northrop, one of our authors this issue.]

Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students. http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/   
Lots of interactive quizzes for easy, medium and difficult levels, covering grammar, homonyms, vocabulary, and more. There is a special section on holidays, reading, writing, general knowledge, and Trivia.

English Tests and Quizzes. http://englishlearner.com/tests/test.html.
Web site with interactive quizzes on grammar, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and crossword puzzles. For Beginner, Low Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate, and Advanced levels.

Dave's ESL Cafe. http://www.eslcafe.com/  
Lots of interactive activities with grammar and reading. Phrasal verbs, quotes, slang, idioms, chats. All levels. Filled with ideas and discussions.

Guide to Grammar and Writing. http://Webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm.
Higher level grammar and writing. This Web site covers sentence fragments, run-on sentences, parallel structure, subject-verb agreement, paragraph development and lots more.

English as a Second Language. http://www.rong-chang.com/.
This is a good starting place for ESL learners who want to learn English through the Web. It has many categories such as, reading, listening, writing, grammar, class activities, magazines, pronunciation, quizzes, games, voice chat, proverbs, and daily lesson plans.

Fluency Through Fables. http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/NOVA_SCOTIA/comenius_fables.htm
This site contains short fables with a variety of exercises at the end for vocabulary, comprehension and application. For intermediate and advanced students.

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab. http://www.esl-lab.com/  
Web site with easy, medium and difficult levels of general and useful listening conversations, with Read Audio. Quizzes on all levels to go with long and short listening exercises.

English Word Games. http://www.nanana.com/wordgames.html 
Simply a fun Web site!!! Includes word games, word searches, ABC puzzles, sentence puzzles, Hangman, and word generators.

[Editor's note: Web sites were verified at time of publication but are not guaranteed as Web addresses may change without notice.]