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Meeting the Literacy Challenge: A Federal Perspective.

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Mathews, Anne J.; And Others – Library Trends, 1986

Focuses on federal efforts to fight illiteracy through library programs. Projects supported by two programs are described: the Library Services and Construction Act Title I Library Services Program, and the Library Research and Demonstration Program. Current federal library literacy activities are examined and ideas for the future are discussed.…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Federal Aid, Federal Programs

Learning To Read with Private Pete & Sailor Sam in World War II.

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Sticht, Thomas G. – 2001

Since thousands of the men who entered military service during World War II were illiterate, the Army developed an "Army Reader," a four-part series featuring Private Pete, that led learners through literacy levels 1-4. Part 1 introduced Private Pete and talked about the things the men experienced when they entered the Army. Part 2…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Armed Forces