Learning Resources

Required Resources

Note: Be sure to complete this module’s Discussion before reviewing the Learning Resources.

Benefits of Literacy

• Online Video: Literacy Empowers
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfQEC029caw

• Online Excerpt: Education for All – Global Monitoring Report 2006: Chapter 5, Why Literacy Matters
  http://www.unesco.org/education/GMR2006/full/chapt5_eng.pdf

Facts and Figures

• Web Site: List of Countries by Literacy Rate
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_literacy_rate

• Web Site: Literacy Statistics
  http://www.jcrcboston.org/focus/justice/gbjcl/

Supporting Literacy

• Web Article: “Facing the Ogres of Progress” by Tom Peterson
  http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/heifer/worldark_20080910/index.php?startid=1

• Web Article: “America Needs a Literacy Corps” by Warren E. Burger and Edward M. Kennedy
  http://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/02/opinion/america-needs-a-literacy-corps.html?scp=10&sq=&st=nyt
  Note: Although this article was written more than 20 years ago, consider its relevancy to society today.

• Web Article: “Venezuela: Illiteracy Free Territory” by Sarah Wagner
  http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/1079
  

Optional Resources

• Web Site: Literacy in the United States
  http://www.policyalmanac.org/education/archive/literacy.shtml

• Web Site: Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS)
  http://lincs.ed.gov/

• Web Site: Ten Tips for Literacy Advocacy
  http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Ten_Tips_for_Literacy_Advocacy