US Citizenship Podcast
Prepare for the U.S. Citizenship Interview
Saturday, December 13, 2025
’So frightened’: Reporter describes immigrants being removed from line at citizenship oath ceremony
Friday, December 12, 2025
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Who Was Thomas Paine?
PBS Learning: Who Was Thomas Paine?
Introduce to your class the story of Thomas Paine, one of the most influential voices of the American Revolution, in this American Icons video from PBS LearningMedia. Learn how Paine’s groundbreaking pamphlet “Common Sense” inspired colonists to fight for independence from England and reject tyranny under King George III. Through his bold words and revolutionary ideas, Paine helped ignite the movement that led to the Revolutionary War and the founding of a new nation built on liberty and self-governance. More at PBS Learning Media
USCIS 128:77. Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.
• High taxes
• Taxation without representation
• British soldiers stayed in Americans’ houses (boarding, quartering)
• They did not have self-government
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party (Tea Act)
• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Townshend Acts
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
2025-2026 MAE Citizenship Class 14
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Share America: 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Learn more:- LINCS: Civic Resources for Human Rights Day (Dec 10) and Bill of Rights Day (Dec 15) links
- FDR Library: Everyone Has the Right: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Heather Cox Summary: Human Rights Day & a Warning for the Present — Video Summary Heather Cox Richardson (Dec. 10, 2025)
- TED-ed: What are the universal human rights? - Benedetta Berti
- TED-ed: The rights you might not realize you have - Shannon Odell
- uscitizenpod: Resources for Human Rights Day links
- uscitizenpod: A Citizenship Quiz in Honor of the UDHR and Human Rights Day mp3 and pdf
- uscitizenpod: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) Word Search Puzzle pdf
- uscitizenpod: Bill of Rights Day Conversations post
Monday, December 8, 2025
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

USCIS 100:10. What is freedom of religion?
- You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Bill of Rights Day Conversations
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| Source: GPO BookTalk |
Get ready for Bill of Rights Day on Dec 15! Use these dialogues to extend EL Civics instruction, learn about the Bill of Rights (and UDHR), and introduce KYR resources.
· Bill of Rights Conversation Practice for Family Literacy
· Bill of Rights Conversation Practice for ESL 1
· Bill of Rights Conversation Practice for ESL 2
· Bill of Rights Conversation Practice for ESL 3
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Dec 15 Bill of Rights Day resources:
- LINCS: Civic Resources for Bill of
Rights Day 2024 links
- GPO BookTalk: Bill of Rights post and cartoon
- uscitizenpod: A Quick Review of
the Bill of Rights and the N-400 (2024) Part 9 plus Civics
Questions 2024 video | pdf
| mp3
- Bill of Rights pptx via
Google Slides
- Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz
01 pdf
- Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz
02 pdf
- Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz
03 pdf
- Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz 04
pdf
- Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz 05
pdf
- Bill of Rights Citizenship Quiz pdf
Dec 10: Human Rights Day
· LINCS: Civic Resources for Human Rights Day 2024 links
· A Citizenship Quiz in Honor of the UDHR and Human Rights Day mp3 and pdf
· The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) Word Search Puzzle pdf
KYR Resources:
· Literacy-level KYR card png
· ILRC Red Cards (multiple languages) page
Prepare for an Immigration Consultation Appointment (includes KYR resources from adult schools) page

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