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Understanding What You Read

  1. Video: Summarizing

    A cop on the beat demonstrates the art of summarizing.

  2. Video: A Poet's Life

    Poet Jimmy Baca shares his learning journey and the strength he has gained along the way.

  3. Video: Campaign Promises

    A voter explains how to read a campaign poster with a critcal eye.

  4. Video: Glossary

    Laverne (Liz Torres) and two coworkers use the glossary to figure out unknown words and concepts in their new company health plan.

  5. Video: Language of Leases

    A couple reads the fine print on a lease and makes a list of questions before signing.

  6. Video: Mapping the Road

    A mechanic helps Question Man (Joey Kola) read a road map.

  7. Video: Mapping the World

    Three well-traveled Harlem Globetrotters demonstrate how to read a globe.

  8. Video: Medicine Labels

    Laverne (Liz Torres) dispenses sound advice about reading over-the-counter medicine labels and prescription instructions.

  9. Video: Newspaper Headlines

    A newspaper vendor explains ambiguous headlines.

  10. Video: Newspaper Reading

    While at a diner, Question Man (Joey Kola) and another customer use various strategies to decipher a difficult newspaper article.

  11. Video: Newspaper Stories

    Dennis Franz gives a tip on reading a newspaper article.

  12. Video: Reading Art

    Parents and children interpret art and symbolism at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

  13. Video: Restating

    With the help of a no-nonsense judge, Question Man (Joey Kola) learns how to decipher legalese.

  14. Video: Summarizing a Poem

    Poet Jimmy Baca and a group of adults read David Budbill's poem Jeanie.

Web Lessons

  1. Science in the News

  2. Scanning for Specifics

  3. Reading the Fine Print

  4. Reading Medicine Labels

  5. Reading Charts and Graphs

  6. Parts of a Newspaper

  7. Using Context Clues

  8. Truth in Advertising

  9. Summarizing

  10. Strategies for Better Reading

Print Downloads

  1. How Do You Read Your News?

  2. Follow the Doctor’s Orders

  3. Context Clues

  4. A Global Society

Studying & Test Prep

  1. Video: Education and Freedom

    A man talks movingly about how he put prison and low literacy far behind him.

  2. Video: Highlighting

    A woman explains how using a highlighter when you read helps you with comprehension.

  3. Video: Laundry and the GED

    An Arkansas-based woman teaches GED comprehension strategies in a laundromat.

  4. Video: Preparing for the GED

    A Baltimore-based steelworker continues his quest to pass the GED.

  5. Video: Raising Kids and Scores

    An adult learner from Pittsburgh improves her reading skills and attains her goal of getting a new job.

  6. Video: Read for Work

    A mechanic improves his ability to read instructions and manuals and to read to his children.

  7. Video: Reader and Teacher

    A New York man, despite having a reading disability, teaches others how to pass motor vehicle exams.

  8. Video: Study for a Career

    An out-of-work Appalachian coal miner succeeds in changing careers.

  9. Video: Test Taking

    Question Man (Joey Kola) receives tips and strategies for studying and test taking from a bus driver.

Web Lessons

  1. Tips for Multiple Choice Questions

  2. Preparing for the GED

Print Downloads

  1. Tackling Multiple Choice

Libraries & Books

  1. Video: Atlas

    Agent Know How uses the library's atlas to find the distance from New York, NY to El Paso, TX.

  2. Video: Card Catalogue

    Agent Know How uses the library computer to look up a book.

  3. Video: Dorothea Lange, Photographer

    Workers learn about the history of the Depression through Dorothea Lange's celebrated photographs.

  4. Video: Doug E. Fresh

    Hip-hop star and author Doug E. Fresh reads, raps, and rhymes with parents and children.

  5. Video: Games and Reading

    An adult learner talks about using games to learn to read and about reading to his child.

  6. Video: John Zickefoose

    An adult learner talks about a strategy for learning to read difficult words.

  7. Video: Library Card

    Agent Know How gets a library card and learns about libraries.

  8. Video: Picking a Book

    A librarian helps Question Man (Joey Kola) pick out a book that will help him better understand his teenage son.

  9. Video: Plainsong

    What happens when an entire Midwestern town reads the same novel?

  10. Video: Searching for Family Roots

    An African-American woman researches her family's roots over the Internet and in the field.

  11. Video: Studs Terkel

    A group of adult learners discusses the non-fiction book by Studs Terkel.

Print Downloads

  1. Bookstores & Libraries