| Youth Master Plans Guide Action April 2011 In recent months, three cities — Nashville, Tennessee; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Berkeley, California — have moved forward with new youth master plans, each completing a goal set as part of their participation in the Mayor's Action Challenge for Children and Families. |
| Youth are 100% of the Future January 2011 Pam Phan, Youth Program Coordinator for the City of Portland, OR, describes the Youth Planning Program that engages young people in on-the-ground planning projects. |
| Connecting Children with Community: Box City October 2010 University of Maryland Professor Alexander Chen talks about connecting children with their communities. |
| Connecting Children with Community: Box City October 2010 University of Maryland Professor Alexander Chen talks about connecting children with their communities. |
| ResourcesZine 20th Anniversary Interview with Ramona Mullahey January 2010 |
| Youth Engagement Activities Spotlight: Mayland Heights, MO and Buffalo, NY January 2010 |
| No Matter the Place, Secondary-Level Module Hits Home: Project Learning Tree August 2009 In 2006, Project Learning Tree (PLT), the award-winning environmental education program of the American Forest Foundation, along with the American Planning Association and other partners, developed Places We Live, a secondary-level module in which students develop and strengthen their sense of place through a focus on environmental, social, and economic issues. |
| Changing Places April 2009 Teens make films that record their attitudes to their developing neighborhoods with the support of a professional filmmaker and an architecture and built environment center. See the finished films on YouTube. |
| Future Leaders in Planning August 2008 The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) has established a Future Leaders in Planning (FLIP), an eight-month program designed to give high school freshmen and sophomores the opportunity to learn about the region while interacting with their peers from other counties as well as regional leaders involved in planning decision making. |
| Outdoor Education Resources from the Wisconsin DNR January 2008 The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources continues Wisconsin's land stewardship tradition with environmental education resources for kids. |
| SLURRPing Up Stormwater Before It Becomes Runoff Pollution December 2007 Through the Baltimore-based Living Classroom Foundation’s School Leadership in Urban Runoff Reduction Project (SLURRP), students explore how to help nature “slurp” up stormwater before it turns into runoff pollution. |
| Youth Voices in Community Design (A Civic Engagement Handbook) June 2007 The California Center for Civic Participation offers Youth Voices in Community Design, “a how-to guide on getting youth involved in local policymaking and community planning.” |
| Learning About Renewable Energy from NREL June 2007 The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has links to several online resources that introduce K-12 students to five renewable energy sources. |
| A Kid's Guide to Building Great Communities May 2007 This publication from the Canadian Institute of Planners is a compilation of exercises that get kids thinking about their block, community, and the built environment in general. |
| New York Transit Museum: On-site and Online Transit History May 2007 The New York Transit Museum has several programs and online resources to teach kids the dynamic history of public transportation in the Big Apple. |
| Pennsylvania Land Choices: Lessons in Land Use Planning May 2007 Pennsylvania Land Choices is a program that orients teachers of grades 6-12 to land use concepts and practices and gives them a level of confidence in teaching them to their students. |
| Learning to Give: A K-12 Philanthropy Project March 2007 Learning to Give, a project spearheaded by the Council on Michigan Foundations, is a monumental effort to bring philanthropy and service learning into the classroom. It is a resource that every teacher, parent, youth worker, religious instructor, and civic organization should be aware of. |
| UrbanPlan: The Urban Land Institute's Classroom-based Planning Program February 2007 The Urban Land Institute's UrbanPlan is one of the best resources available for teaching high school students about planning. It engages them directly in the planning process as they take on the role of a developer with the charge of revitalizing a neighborhood. |
| Cities of Today, Cities of Tomorrow: United Nations Curriculum February 2007 Cities of Today, Cities of Tomorrow is a six-week curriculum from the United Nations CyberSchoolBus that encourages students to think about, and plan, the cities of the future. |
| Walk and Bike Across America February 2007 Don't let the title humble you: Walk and Bike Across America is something every classroom can achieve...with a little collaboration and imagination. |
| Safe Routes to Schools: Lesson Plans February 2007 The Marin County (CA) Bicycle Coalition is one of the leading advocates of the Safe Routes to Schools program, which is making it possible and desirable for children to safely walk or bike to school. With MCBC's lesson plans, the program becomes not just a great way to get to school but a part of the school day as well. |
| Project WET: Water Stewardship February 2007 Project WET publishes water education materials and lesson plans that encourage water resources stewardship in young people. |
| 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. |
| Center for Ecoliteracy: Resources for Healthy and Sustainable Living January 2007 The Center for Ecoliteracy has many detailed resources that provide well-rounded solutions to address environmental, educational, and children's health issues all at once. |
| City of Stamford Moves Forward on Student-initiated Project November 2006 A planning project initiated by students of K.T. Murphy Elementary School in Stamford, Connecticut is finally coming to fruition seven years after students made a presentation and handed a petition to the Stamford Planning Board. |
| The Green Map System November 2005 The Green Map System is a global eco-cultural movement, energized by local knowledge, action, and responsibility. |
| All About Groundwater November 2005 Groundwater is the drinking water for half the people in the U.S., and nearly everyone who lives in rural parts of the U.S. But what is it and how do we get it? |
| My Special Neighborhood August 2005 The City of Lincoln, Nebraska, and its partners developed a program called Heart of Lincoln, which promotes the oldest neighborhoods in the city. Part of this program is called My Special Neighborhood which is a curriculum designed for use in the classroom or after school programs. |
| Youth Venture: Empowering Youth March 2004 Youth Venture is a national non-profit organization that empowers young people ages 12-20 by providing them all the tools necessary to create civic-minded organizations, clubs or businesses. |
| 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. |
| Stories as Means of Engaging Youth in Community Change October 2003 The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation offers a workbook with hands-on strategies to inspire youth and engage them in community development and improvement efforts. |
| Discovering Chicago's Amazing Architecture April 2003 Chicago's amazing architecture is the vehicle for the Chicago Architecture Foundation's curriculum, “Schoolyards to Skylines.” |
| Teaching Home Building April 2003 The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has introduced new version of its interactive home building game to challenge middle school students. |
| Boston Planners and Designers Help Kids Plan Boston's Future August 2002 In the last seven years, more than 30 members of Boston's planning and design community have shared their expertise through Citizen Schools, a unique apprenticeship-based, after-school education program in Boston. |
| Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Institute for Educators June 2001 The Community Mapping Program (CMP) complements and illuminates both traditional and alternative learning by empowering youth to understand and contribute to the community where they live. |
| Education for a Sustainable Future: A K-12 Sustainability Curriculum July 2000 The Center for a Sustainable Future, a division of The Concord Consortium, and Cobb County (Georgia) Public Schools have developed Education for a Sustainable Future, a K-12 curriculum on sustainability. |
| Planning and Design Education and Activity Books January 2000 |
| An Interactive Coastal Model for Under $10 (In the Spotlight) July 1998 Information on how to build a model to teach coastal management to children at community events, including materials needed and set up. |
| 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. |
| Learning from Heritage Education January 1991 From all over the country come stories of youngsters who, newly aware of their communities' architectural and cultural heritage, fight to save favorite houses, structures and landscapes. But how much can we count on schools helping kids to become involved---or even aware? |
| A Rainforest in the Classroom? October 1990 Teacher Terry J. Walker talks about building a rainforest in her classroom to build knowledge and raise awareness and money to protect the Costa Rican rainforest. |
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