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/in
dex.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_A
dvocacy