| Review: The ABC of City Planning April 2011 A review of a children's book by Anna Shepard produced by New York City Mayor LaGuardia's Committee on City Planning in 1937. (Ages 3-7) |
| Book Review: Authentic Youth Civic Engagement: A Guide for Municipal Leaders October 2010 A manual by the National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families |
| Authentic Youth Civic Engagement: A Guide for Municipal Leaders October 2010 Written by the National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families |
| Book Review: Kids as Planners: A Guide to Strengthening Students, Schools and Communities through Service-Learning July 2010 KIDS Consortium, 2001 |
| New High School Architecture Textbook Is the First of Its Kind in the Country September 2007 The Chicago Architecture Foundation has recently released “The Architecture Handbook: A Student Guide to Understanding Buildings”, a first of its kind college-prep architecture textbook for high school students. CAF Education Specialists Jennifer Masengarb and Krisann Rehbein give an overview of the goals, writing process, and content of this pioneering publication. |
| Acorn Naturalists: An Extensive Environmental Education Catalogue February 2007 Acorn Naturalists offers a wealth of environmental education publications and training for teachers, naturalists, interpreters, parents, and many others. |
| Youth Planning Charrettes December 2006 Youth Planning Charrettes "was written as a resource for planners and educators working with young citizens." Chapters cover specific case studies in youth community planning, preparing for a charrette, facilitating a charrette, recording and using the results, lessons learned, and designing your own kids' charrette. |
| Young People Solving Community Problems August 2005 Generation Fix: Young Ideas for a Better World shares stories of ordinary kids doing extraordinary things to make their world a better place. |
| Two Place-based Educational Books from Acorn Naturalists October 2004 "Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities" by David Sobel and "Urban Sanctuaries, Neighborhood Organizations in the Lives and Futures of Inner-City Youth" by Milbrey W. McLaughlin |
| Making Community Connections: The Orton Community Mapping Program August 2004 This book is designed to bring teams of teachers and their students together with community members to study a problem, a resource, a condition - any matter of interest and importance to the community. |
| Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit January 2004 The design of the ESD Toolkit is based on the idea that communities and educational systems need to dovetail their sustainability efforts to achieve and reinforce local sustainability goals. |
| Building Community Tool Kit July 2002 The Innovation Center for Community & Youth Development has created the Building Community Tool Kit with detailed activities, tips, stories, handouts, and resources to plan for positive community change and build partnerships between young people and adults. |
| Design, Design History, and Engineering Readings for Educators January 2000 |
| Planning and Design Education and Activity Books January 2000 |
| Maps and Aerial Photography Readings for Educators January 2000 |
| Science and Environmental Education Readings January 2000 |
| Design as A Catalyst for Learning (Class Notes) July 1998 The book reports the outcome of a multi-year study of K-12 design education that included a literature review, survey of teachers, and site visits to a small sample of schools. |
| Why Design? March 1996 The book contains more than 50 fun, hands-on activities that show educators how to use everyday objects and systems -- from houses to waste disposal systems -- to teach history, geography, current events, government, art, and science. |
| At Home in Our Schools December 1995 "At Home in Our Schools" is a provocative guidebook to schoolwide activities that build community. |
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