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Saturday, March 8, 2025

Incorporating Digital Literacy in an Adult Citizenship Curriculum

 

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Thursday, March 6, 2025

Coverture and the Colonial Era

 

Center for Civic Education: Coverture and the Colonial Era 
 
March is Women's History Month! All this month, 60-Second Civics will explain the struggle for equal rights for women and how our Constitution and laws evolved to make our nation a more representative democracy. 

In this episode, A married woman living during the American colonial era would have lived under the legal doctrine called "coverture," where her legal identity was subsumed under that of her husband. William Blackstone wrote, "By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in the law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband: under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs every thing." This was governed by colonial law before independence and state law after independence. It would not change substantially after the Revolution in most states, but divorce and child custody laws would change.

Also watch New York Historical: What is Coverture? (WAMS E01)
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

2024-2025 MAE Citizenship Class 21



This is the fifth class of our new semester.  
Learn more:
  • US Citizenship Resources for Women's History Month post  
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

The Struggle for Equality

 

Center for Civic Education: The Struggle for Equality 
 
March is Women's History Month! All this month, 60-Second Civics will explain the struggle for equal rights for women and how our Constitution and laws evolved to make our nation a more representative democracy. In this episode, we briefly trace the struggle of women for equal voting rights in the United States.
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Monday, March 3, 2025

U.S. Citizenship Resources for Women's History Month



Happy Women's History Month! (updated 2025-03-01)
Resources
      VOA News:
      • 21 Extraordinary Women Honored with Courage Award 2021
      • 100th  Anniversary of US Women’s Voting Rights 2020
      • For 200 Years Women Fought for Their Rights in the US (2020)
      • Equal Pay Reminder of Pay Disparity Between Men, Women 2022
      • Pioneers of Women's Voting Rights Highlighted in New Exhibit (2020)
      • VOA Special Report: Suffragist Village
      uscitizenpod: PDFs and Podcasts
      • American Women who Fought for the Right to Vote mp3 / pdf 
      • Eight Outstanding Americans by Choice for International Women’s Day! podcast / pdf
      • Four American Women in Honor of Women’s History Month pdf
      • International Women's Day pdf
      • Women and USCIS 100 Questions: Civics mp3  pdf
      • Women in the Executive Branch podcast / pdf
      • Women in the Legislative Branch Quiz podcast / pdf (fixed)
      • Women in the Judicial Branch podcast / pdf
      uscitizenpod: Podcasts and Videos
      • Azucena Guevara’s First Practice U.S. Citizenship Interview (video)
      • Elvia Velázquez’s Practice U.S. Citizenship Interview  video
      • Maria Flores’ Practice U.S. Citizenship Interview (video)
      • Martha Arroyo Orozco’s Practice U.S. Citizenship Interview (video)
      • Maya Gomes (Guatemala)’s Practice U.S. Citizenship Interview Part 1 (video) (podcast)
      • Maya Gomes (Guatemala)’s Practice U.S. Citizenship Interview Part 2 (video) (podcast)
      • Nga Tran's U.S. Citizenship Interview video
      • Patrice Lumumba (Senegal)’s Practice U.S. Citizenship Interview  (video) (podcast)
      • La Entrevista de Ciudadanía en Español con audio mejorado video
      • Thao Nguyen: Happy New Year, Happy New U.S. Citizen! video
      • Thi Nhung Phan's Practice U.S. Citizenship Interview (video)
      • Thi Nhung Phan's Second Practice U.S. Citizenship Interview video
      • Thien Thi Kim Phan’s Practice U.S. Citizenship Interview  video
      • Thuy Thu Pham’s Practice Citizenship Interview (video)
      • Thuan Thi Dieu Vo's Practice U.S. Citizenship Interview video
      • Thuan nói về cuộc phỏng vấn thi công dân Hoa Kỳ của cô video
      • Yinghong Xu’s Practice U.S. Citizenship Interview  (video) (podcast)
      Family Fun!
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      Sunday, March 2, 2025

      Toledo welcomes 40 new US citizens in naturalization ceremony

       


      The ceremony at the Main Library in downtown Toledo was led by Magistrate Judge Darrell Clay.
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      Saturday, March 1, 2025

      U.S. Citizenship Resources for Ramadan


      A Citizenship Quiz for the Month of Ramadan
      Videos
      • Muslim American Citizenship Interviews and more! playlist (90+ videos)
      • 2019 Citizenship Interview with Nahil Ireiqat (Jerusalem) and Juana Garcia  (Mexico) video
      • 2018 Citizenship Interview with Nahil Ireiqat (Jerusalem) and Josefina Rios (Mexico) mp3  video
      • 2018 Spring U.S. Citizenship Interview with Pari Akbari, Iran mp3 / video
      • Blessed Eid al-Adha! (video)
      • Interview with Samia Amed (Yemen) video / mp3
      • Happy Spring, Happy New Citizen with Fariba video
      • Milpitas Adult School Open House Citizenship Interview 1 (Teacher Nahil / Palestine) (video)
      • Milpitas Adult School Open House Citizenship Interview 2 (Kasim / Bangladesh) (video)
      • MST Saleha Khatun’s First Practice Citizenship Interview video
      • New US Citizen Minire Karamanaga (Bosnia/Yugoslavia) (2010) video
      • New US Citizen Sardar Habibi (Afghanistan) (English) (video)
      • New US Citizen Sardar Habibi (Afghanistan) (Farsi) (video)
      • Practice! Practice! Practice! (video)
      • Tasleem's First Practice Interview (Pakistan) video
      • Tasleem's Second Practice Interview (Pakistan) video
      • 2015 USCIS 100 Remix Round 1 Twos with Tasleem (Pakistan)  video
      • Tasleem Khaldoon talks about her Citizenship Interview (Pakistan) video

      Interview Podcasts 
      • 2018 Citizenship Interview with Nahil Ireiqat (Jerusalem) and Josefina Rios (Mexico) mp3  video
      • 2018 Spring U.S. Citizenship Interview with Pari Akbari, Iran mp3 / video
      • 2016 Spring Citizenship Interview with Ali Akbari (Malyasia/Iran) (2016) mp3
      • An "Everyday" Citizenship Interview with Munni Thakkar (Mumbai, India) (2016) mp3
      • A Basic Citizenship Interview with Pari Akibari (Esfahan, Iran) (2007) (mp3)
      • Interview with Samia Amed (Yemen) video / mp3

      Quizzes (pdf)
      • A Citizenship Quiz for the Month of Ramadan pdf  mp3  video
      • Citizenship Interview Quiz for Esam Omeish (Liberia) pdf
      • Citizenship Interview Quiz for Hushang Ansary (Iran) pdf
      • Citizenship Interview Quiz for Louay Safi pdf
      • Citizenship Interview Quiz for Mohamed Awad Elhassan pdf
      • Citizenship Interview Quiz for Nimco Ahmed (Libya) pdf
      • Citizenship Interview Quiz for Rend al-Rahim (Iraq) pdf
      • Citizenship Interview Quiz for Safa Aldabyani (Yemen) pdf

        VOA News (There are so many videos and articles--please search for more)
        PBS 
        • American Muslims: A History Revealed video playlist; A series of six short documentary films that reveal and explore the early history of Muslims in America. The series is hosted by three leading American Muslim journalists: Malika Bilal, Aymann Ismail, and Asma Khalid. Over the course of the series, they travel the country to piece together stories spanning over 200 years. from the first Muslims to arrive as enslaved people from Africa to the establishment of early South Asian, Syrian-Lebanese, and Black American Muslim communities. The series weaves key moments in U.S. history with the unexpected but essential story threads of Muslims whose lived experiences offer us new insight into how race, religion, and nationality are intertwined in the American fabric. 
        Arabic
        Farsi/Dari
         Urdu
         For more resources, go to
        Updated 2025-03-01; Check back for more resources!
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