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Teacher Support Links

The sites listed below provide additional information and authentic forms related to a theme of each unit, to help you prepare for each class. Some of the sites have printable materials that you can use in class.

The "clip art" links provided bring you to sites where you can print out or download simple pictures of items mentioned in particular units. You can use this artwork for vocabulary practice or other activities in the classroom.

Many of the forms listed here are in PDF format, which is readable by Adobe® Acrobat Reader®. The Reader is available as a free download; click here for information on downloading the program.


Unit 1 Your life

Clip art for occupations
The Clips Ahoy site provides downloadable clip art you can print out and use in the classroom for activities about specific occupations. For example:

Application for Social Security
For practice filling out personal information, have your students complete the last page (page 5) of the application for a Social Security number. (PDF format)


Unit 2 The community

Change of address forms
Print out one of these change of address forms (PDF format) so that students can practice writing out their street addresses:

 

Unit 3 Technology

Household appliances
The Clips Ahoy site provides downloadable clip art you can print out and use in the classroom for activities about household appliances.

How to use a simple coffeemaker
This instruction manual to a Krups coffeemaker has a picture guide to using a coffeemaker. Open the document and print out page 7. (PDF format)


Unit 4 The consumer world

Customer service forms
Give your students practice with authentic merchandise return policies and forms from several companies (all are in PDF format):

Order Form
Print this order form and have your student practice filling it out. (PDF format)

Color clip art
If you have a color printer, you can print out sheets of items in a variety of colors and make games with them. From Clips Ahoy.


Unit 5 Time

Weekly time sheet
Print out this simple time card and have students practice filling them out. (PDF format)


Planners
Print this daily planner (PDF format) or this weekly planner (printable HTML format) and have your students fill in their schedules.

Telling time
Print out pages with clock faces for more practice with telling time. Students need to write the time shown in each clock face. (Note: If you click on "Change" at the top of the page, the time shown in the clock faces will change. This will give you more variety in the worksheets.) This page comes from the Teaching Time site, built by Mark Cogan.


Unit 6 Supplies and services

The food pyramid
For more discussion about food and amounts of food, print out the traditional food pyramid, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's recommendations for daily food choices.

There is also is a vegetarian food pyramid you can print, from VegSource.com.

Food pictures
Here are some good pictures of food, for printing and using in class. From Discovery School's Clip Art Gallery for Food.

Measurement conversion table
There is a printable conversion table at Fareshare.net.

Household shopping list
Print out this household shopping list for use in class discussion.


Unit 7 Relationships

Personal day request form
Print out this Vacation/Personal Day Request Form for practice filling out Human Resources forms. (PDF format)

Family trees
Have students build a family tree. Use one of these printable templates (both in PDF format):

Beneficiary designation form
Have students fill out this beneficiary designation form (PDF format) for practice filling in information about their relatives.


Unit 8 Health and safety

Road and safety signs
Print out road and safety signs to use in class:

Accident report forms
The following sites have printable accident report forms for practice filling out information about injuries (both in PDF format):


Unit 9 Money

Guide to U.S. money
The Face of U.S. Currency, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, gives interesting and important details about U.S. currency (including whose picture is on each denomination of paper money).

Money clip art
The Clips Ahoy site has downloadable artwork on money topics, such as an ATM and cash register (on page 2), a sample check (on page 5), and a credit card (page 7).

Credit card application
Many banks and lending institutions have printable credit card applications. (Students should understand that they are using these forms for practice only, and that they are not applying for credit cards.) Here are some sample applications:


Unit 10 Your career

Job application forms
Many printable sample forms are available online. For example:

Jobs for the 21st Century
Where will the jobs be in the coming years? Go to the chart of Fastest growing occupations, 2002-2012, from U.S. Department of Labor.

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