BH EL Civics COAAP #10.7 – Community Places Identify, locate, and map important places in the community, the state, and the country, services available, and/or importance of each location Student Activity Packet Level: Beginning High Name: ______________________ © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 1 of 23 BH To the Student: EL Civics is a program that helps people who are new to the United States. You are going to study some EL Civics lessons. These lessons will help you connect learning English with your life, and the lessons will reflect your experiences as a community member, parent, and participant in the workforce. This student activity packet contains two tasks that you will learn about and practice: • • Task 1: Find Information on Important Places in the Community and Community Services Task 2: Select Appropriate Places/Agencies After you complete these lessons, you will take a test that will assess your understanding and application of the material. The test date is: ______________________________. Task 1: Find Information on Important Places in the Community and Community Services Assessment Task: Complete a chart listing 3 important places or service agencies that are in the community with level-appropriate information. Task 1 Handouts Provided Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: Introduction/Discussion: Important Places Vocabulary Activity/Practice 1: Finding Information Mini Lesson: What is N/A? Activity/Practice 2: Fill In Activity/Practice 3: Independent Practice Practice Evaluation: Community Places A special Thank You to Pixabay, Pixy.org and Pexels for many of the images here. © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 2 of 23 BH Task 1 – Handout 1 INTRODUCTION/DISCUSSION: Important Places What are the important places in your community? Where do you go for food, to mail packages, to get help? Ask and answer the questions with a partner or group. Then talk about them with your teacher and the class. 1. Where do you shop for food? 2. Where do you go to send letters or packages? 3. In your city, what are the places you go to every week? 4. What school do you go to? 5. What school do your children go to? 6. What phone number do you call for an emergency? 7. Where do you go to see a doctor? 8. Do you go to the library? 9. Is there a park close to your house? Do you go to the park? 10. Who do you talk to if you have a problem in your family? © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 3 of 23 BH Task 1 – Handout 2 VOCABULARY: Places in the Community Directions: Read and say each word. Copy it. Look at the picture. Words Copy the words Image Definition 1. school where you go to study and learn 2. clinic where you go to get medical help 3. library where you can read and borrow books for free 4. post office where you send letters and packages © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 4 of 23 BH Task 1 – Handout 2, cont. Words 5. police station Copy the words Image Definition where you get help when you are a victim of crime 6. park a green space where you can go to have fun, play, and relax 7. counseling services where you go to talk about problems: (family problems, mental health problems, substance abuse like drugs or alcohol) OR you can get help to go to college or get a job 8. immigration services where you go to get help with residency, visas, citizenship, and immigration problems © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 5 of 23 BH Task 1 – Handout 3 ACTIVITY/PRACTICE 1: Finding Information Directions: Look at the flyer with your teacher. Then fill in the table below with your class. Information Name Answer Phone number Address Services Hours Cost © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 6 of 23 BH Task 1 – Handout 4 MINI LESSON: What is N/A? Sometimes you are asked for information that is not available, or that you don’t have. For example, if a paper asks you for a middle name, and you don’t have one. When you don’t have the information, or it’s not true for you, you write N/A. This means Not Applicable or Not Available. Look at the example: Rosa Torres needs to fill out a form for the doctor. She doesn’t have a middle name. Here is what she writes: First name: Rosa Middle name: N/A Last name: Torres She doesn’t have a middle name, so she writes N/A. She understands the question, but it’s Not Applicable to her! Another example: Mohammed is reading the flyer for the Health Clinic: Question: What is the website? Answer: N/A (the information is not there; Not Available). © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 7 of 23 BH Task 1 – Handout 5 ACTIVITY/PRACTICE 2: Fill In Directions: Work with a partner. Read the flyer and fill in the information. Read carefully, and don’t forget N/A! Information Name Answer Phone number Address Services Hours Cost Website © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 8 of 23 BH Task 1 – Handout 6 ACTIVITY/PRACTICE 3: Independent Practice Directions: Read the flyer and fill in the table. Information Name Answer Phone number Address Services Hours Cost Website © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 9 of 23 BH Task 1 – Handout 7 PRACTICE EVALUATION: Community Places Directions: Read the flyers on this page and the next. Fill in the table on the next page. Remember N/A! Flyer #1 Flyer #2 © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 10 of 23 BH Task 1 – Handout 7, cont. Flyer #3 Information #1 Name #2 #3 Phone Address Services Hours Cost Website © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 11 of 23 BH Task 2: Select Appropriate Places/Agencies Given a list of important places/community agencies, including information about the agency, and 3 simple stories w/ visuals depicting a person with specific needs, you will identify the need(s) of each person and the name of 1 agency that might help the person. Sample information: 1. What does the person need? 2. Which agency will help the person? Task 2 Handouts Provided Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: Introduction: Getting Help Vocabulary: Needs & Services Services Guide Activity/Practice 1: Where Do We Go? Activity/Practice 2: What Do They Need? Activity/Practice 3: Independent Practice Practice Evaluation: Needs & Agencies © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 12 of 23 BH Task 2 – Handout 1 INTRODUCTION: Getting Help In the previous lesson, we looked at places in the community that can help people with many kinds of services. In this lesson, we will look at problems that people have, and where they can get help for problems, or the services they need. Talk about these examples with your class: What’s the problem? What help does she need? What’s the problem? What help does he need? What’s the problem? What help does he need? On the following pages, you will learn the vocabulary to describe needs and services. © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 13 of 23 BH Task 2 – Handout 2 VOCABULARY: Needs & Services Directions: Read and say each word. Copy it. Look at the images and definitions. Words Copy Images Definitions 1. special needs someone who needs help for physical disabilities or mental disabilities 2. anger a strong feeling of wanting to hurt or yell at someone 3. no documents you don’t have documents to use for services, a job, a bank account, etc. 4. food insecurity you don’t have money for healthy food 5. vaccines shots to protect you from sickness 6. unemployed a person who doesn’t have a job © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 14 of 23 BH Task 2 – Handout 2, cont. Words Copy Images Definitions 7. special needs services help for people who are disabled, physically or mentally 8. counseling talk to a professional to help you with depression, family problems, etc. 9. behavior management help someone act in appropriate ways (example: not be angry all the time) 10. immigration services help with documents, visas, work permits, residency 11. food bank gives food to people who need it (food distribution) 12. immunization services give vaccines to people who need them 13. employment services help people apply for jobs, train for jobs © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 15 of 23 BH Task 2 – Handout 3 SERVICES GUIDE: List of Community Services Agencies & Services Agencies & Services AJ Novick Group, INC. (949) 715-2694 Anaheim Independencia Family Resource Center 333 3rd Street, Laguna Beach, 92651 (714) 826-9070 *anger management and behavior management 10841 Garza Ave., Anaheim, 92804 California DMV Comfort Connection Family Resource Center (800) 777-0133 1330 E. First St., Santa Ana, 92701 *monthly free food bank and help with Cal-Fresh and Medi-Cal (714) 558-5400 *CA driver’s licenses, CA ID cards, vehicle registration & renewal 1525 N. Tustin Ave., Santa Ana, 92705 Community Legal Aid So Cal OC Family Health Clinic (800) 834-5001 (800) 914-4887 250 E. Center, Anaheim, 92805 1725 W. 17th St., Santa Ana, 92706 *help with immigration problems, domestic violence, and housing *vaccines (immunization) and health services for children, family planning Santa Ana Work Center Turning Point Center for Families (714) 565-2600 (714) 547-8111 801 W. Civic Center Dr., Santa Ana, 92701 3151 Airway Ave., Costa Mesa, 92626 *free help with resumes & job interview practice, employment workshops, preparation for high school equivalency exams *affordable counseling for individuals, youth, and families, in English and Spanish *help for mental disabilities (including a library, community events, and parent to parent support) © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 16 of 23 BH Task 2 – Handout 4 ACTIVITY/PRACTICE 1: Where Do We Go? Directions: Work with a partner. Look at the problems or needs below. Use the Services Guide on the previous page to write the name of the agency or service that can help this person. EXAMPLE: Minh’s son has a mental disability: Comfort Connection Family Resource Center 1. Mario doesn’t have money for the supermarket. 2. Ahmed has a problem with his immigration papers. 3. Kim’s children need vaccines for school. 4. Duong’s son has a mental disability. 5. Raisa needs a job, but she doesn’t know how to do a job interview. 6. Luisa’s daughter is fighting a lot at school and at home. © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 17 of 23 BH Task 2 – Handout 5 ACTIVITY/PRACTICE 2: What Do They Need? Directions: Look at the pictures. What help does the person need? Write the need under the picture. Choose from the following services: special needs services, behavior management, immigration services, employment services, food bank, immunization services. © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 18 of 23 BH Task 2 – Handout 6 ACTIVITY/PRACTICE 3: Independent Practice Directions: For each picture and story, write the person’s need and the agency that can help. Use the Services Guide on page 16. There are 2 pages. The first one is done for you. Image Story Minh wants to send her children to school, but they didn’t get the vaccines they need. What do they need? Agency? immunization services OC Family Health Clinic Lina’s daughter has a mental problem called depression. She is sad all the time. She doesn’t want to go to school or play with friends. Mohammed has a problem. His immigration status is in danger because he doesn’t have the correct documents. © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 19 of 23 BH Task 2 – Handout 6, cont. ACTIVITY/PRACTICE 3: Independent Practice Image Story Pedro is looking for work. He doesn’t know how to find a good job. What do they need? Agency that can help Lisa’s daughter is angry all the time. She is having problems in school and with her family. Raisa is worried. She doesn’t have the money to go to the market and her children are hungry. © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 20 of 23 BH This page intentionally left blank © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 21 of 23 BH Task 2 – Handout 7 PRACTICE EVALUATION: Needs & Agencies Directions: Use this Agencies & Services Guide. Write the name of an agency that can help the people on the next page. Agencies & Services Agencies & Services AJ Novick Group, INC. Anaheim Independencia Family Resource Center *anger management and behavior management *monthly free food bank and help with Cal-Fresh and Medi-Cal California DMV Comfort Connection Family Resource Center *CA driver’s licenses, CA ID cards, vehicle registration & renewal *help for mental disabilities (including a library, community events, and parent to parent support) Community Legal Aid So Cal OC Family Health Clinic *help with immigration problems, domestic violence, and housing *vaccines (immunization) and health services for children, family planning Santa Ana Work Center Turning Point Center for Families *free help with resumes & job interview practice, employment workshops, preparation for high school equivalency exams *affordable counseling for individuals, youth, and families, in English and Spanish © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 22 of 23 BH Task 2 – Handout 7, cont. PRACTICE EVALUATION: Needs & Agencies Directions: For each picture and story, write the need that the person has. Then write the name of an agency that can help. Use only the agency list on the previous page. No looking at the practices! Image Story Vanna lost her visa documents. She needs the documents for school and work. What do they need? Agency? Roberto’s son has a problem. He is bullying his sister and children at school. He is so angry, and his behavior is so bad. Trang was sick and had to buy medicine. Now he has no money. How can he get food for his family? Dania’s son has a mental disability. He can’t do his school work or play with other children. © Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education & Santiago Canyon College Continuing Education Division (ESL) EL Civics: COMMUNITY PLACES – Spring 2023 (10.7, BEGINNING HIGH) Student Activity Packet Page 23 of 23
