Welcome to my LVCA student! We will practice our English and learn about US citizenship with two scheduled 1-hour sessions over Zoom every week.
| Preparing for the Interview & Tests | Interview | Civics Test | Reading & Writing Test |
Unit 1: U.S. Government and Civics
| Lesson # | TOPIC | N-400 PART |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the N-400 & 100 Civics Questions | Parts 1&2 |
| 2 | Principles of American Democracy (1) | Part 3 |
| 3 | Principles of American Democracy (2) | Parts 4 & 5 |
| 4 | The Legislative Branch (1) | Part 6 |
| 5 | The Legislative Branch (2) | Part 7 |
| 6 | The Executive Branch (1) | Part 8 |
| 7 | The Executive Branch (2) | Part 9 |
| 8 | The Judicial Branch | Part 10 |
| 9 | Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens (1) | Part 11 |
| 10 | Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens (2) | Part 12, 1-5 |
| 11 | Review & Unit 1 Test |
Unit 2: U.S. History & Integrated Civics
| Lesson # | TOPIC | N-400 PART |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | U. S. Geography | Part 12, 6-9 |
| 13 | Colonial North America | Part 12, 10-15 |
| 14 | Declaring Independence & the American Revolution (1) | Part 12, 16-21 |
| 15 | Declaring Independence & the American Revolution (2) | Part 12, 22-29 |
| 16 | Writing the U.S. Constitution (1) | Part 12, 30 |
| 17 | Writing the U.S. Constitution (2) | Part 12, 31-36 |
| 18 | The 1800s: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War (1) | Part 12, 37-43 |
| 19 | The 1800s: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War (2) | Part12. 44-50 |
| 20 | The 1900s – Present (1) | Part 13 |
| 21 | The 1900s – Present (2) | Part 14 & 15 |
| 22 | American Symbols and Holidays | Part 16 & 17 |
| 23 | Review & Unit 2 Test | |
| 24 | Preparing for the Interview and Tests | |
| 25 | Taking the Oath of Allegiance | Part 18 |
| ***** | ******************** SPECIAL LESSONS ****************************** | |
| * | Thanksgiving– An American Feast | |
| * | Beginning and Intermediate English Conversation* *You must have the book for these lessons. | |
| * | English /Mandarin Study Sheets by Zheng Wang |
As a volunteer tutor with Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle, I am following a USCIS Sample Curriculum in preparing this index of Citizenship Classes that follows the order of the parts of the N-400 Naturalization Form, however our class schedule may not necessarily follow in this order.
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