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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.
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Empowering Youth Through Place-Based Planning January 2011
Session planned for the 2011 National Planning Conference in Boston on Monday April 11 from 2:30-3:45 pm. |
'Looking to the Future' at Planet Youth: A Report from the 4th Annual Conference October 2010
Read about the 4th Annual Young Planners Network event from two high school student organizers who were there. |
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 |
Review: Creative Change Educational Solutions October 2010
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Reflections on Intergenerational Planning in Atlanta's McDaniel Glenn July 2010
Reflections on youth participation in a HOPE VI renewal project. |
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. |
Kid Friendly Cities April 2009
This website is for adults and kids alike and offers many resources for families already living in cities, families planning to move to the city, and families just looking for activity ideas. |
KC3 Kids Creating Community Content: International Contest April 2009
A contest for student group work focusing on community theme. |
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. |
Sustainable Schoolyards July 2008
Sustainable schoolyards not only serve as dynamic, interactive learning environments but they result in healthier, more livable neighborhoods. This exhibit, in Washington, D.C. through Oct. 13, illustrates outdoor classroom concepts, ecological teaching tools, and creative play ideas that can be added to almost any schoolyard in America. |
Spaces Places: Everyday Landmarks July 2008
“Spaces Places: Everyday Landmarks” is a 12-page workbook targeted at fifth graders that introduces students to the American Institute of Architects'(AIA) 10 Principles of Livable Communities. Upon completion of the workbook, developed by the AIA Minnesota Architecture in the Schools Committee, each student will have designed a school or community landmark. |
My Street April 2008
A delightful addition to children’s books that focus on the street as the means for exploring and understanding the city and the community, “My Street” employs colorful graphics. |
2007 International Walk to School Day August 2007
The 2007 International Walk to School Day is coming on October 3! Thousands of U.S. communities and 40 countries will take part in this effort to raise awareness of safe walking and bicycling routes. |
Nature in the Neighborhood August 2007
“Nature in the Neighborhood” proves that children don’t need to travel far and wide to find a rich ecosystem. |
Petropolis July 2007
Petropolis is the city where pets go when their owners aren't around. Young readers can see all the city sights with Max the dog in this creative and clever children’s book. |
Leading Community Change: Teaching Chicago High School Students about Planning (Updated) June 2007
The Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University has created Leading Community Change, a pilot program to introduce high school students in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood to zoning, policy, and planning. |
Teaching with Historic Places June 2007
Teaching with Historic Places, an award-winning program from the National Park Service, brings National Register historic sites -- and the stories behind them -- to life with 130 lesson plans on places in every state in the US. |
Planting Seeds, Growing Communities: Training and Educational Resources for Children (T.E.R.C.) June 2007
T.E.R.C. is a ten year-old organization that promotes educational programs that inspire young people to develop entrepreneurial skills. These programs incorporate prevention and intervention practices through the arts, culture, horticulture, and environmental betterment. |
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. |
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. |
Urban Planning as a High School Theme in Brooklyn, New York March 2007
At the Academy of Urban Planning in Brooklyn, a theme-based curriculum taps into students’ curiosity about their environment, teaches skills needed for modern careers, and puts them on a path aimed towards higher education. |
Several Planning-related Lesson Plans February 2007
The Lesson Plans Page has many free lesson plans related to cities, geography, and transportation. |
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. |
Teaching Fair Housing and Diversity February 2007
Teaching Fair Housing and Diversity aims to teach students the value of diversity; the moral, ethical and historical perspective of fair housing; and help students work cooperatively to achieve a common goal. |
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. |
Looks Count! Connections Between the Visual and Built Environment February 2007
“Looks Count!” is an interdisciplinary middle school curriculum unit that incorporates social studies, math, language arts, visual arts, and science into the design of the built environment. |
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. |
Saving Historic Neighborhood Schools February 2007
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is working to save historic neighborhood schools at a time when more and more are in danger of being abandoned. |
National Geographic Lesson Plans on Cities and Suburbs January 2007
Xpeditions, National Geographic's geography education page, has created lesson plans for grades K-12 on city design, sprawl, and planning. |
City Building Education: A Nationally Recognized Educational Model January 2007
City Building Education™ is an innovative, nationally-recognized educational model developed over 35 years ago by Cal Poly Ponoma professor Doreen Nelson. It uses the built environment as a focal point and vehicle for learning. |
I Live in a Town December 2006
"I Live in a Town" is an insightful look at an American town from the perspective of Doak, a real-life third-grader and resident of a small town in rural New Hampshire. |
On the Town: A Community Adventure December 2006
Charlie's homework assignment is to find out, "What is a community?" |
What is a Community? From A to Z December 2006
What Is a Community? describes multiple parts of a community, with each part represented by a letter of the alphabet. |
Neighborhood and Community (Scholastic "Early Themes" Series) December 2006
Neighborhood and Community has a variety of lesson plans, activities, and other resources for educators looking to introduce the topic of neighborhood and community to their students. |
Project Learning Tree - Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live December 2006
Project Learning Tree, the environmental education program of the American Forest Foundation, has created a new secondary curriculum for high school students. |
The Great City Search November 2006
"The Great City Search" takes readers on an interactive tour of a city. Mayor Maurice wants you to invite all the important contributors to a new swimming pool’s creation to the grand opening celebration, including Pete the Planner! |
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 Community Video Program Takes Off August 2005
The Rural School and Community Trust has a new curriculum, entitled “Lights, Camera...Leadership!”, which guides high school students in “making and premiering a community video of some important issue in their community.” |
The John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities August 2004
The John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, located at Stanford University in the School of Education, acts on the conviction that all organizations and agencies in a community that affect youth must work together. |
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. |
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. |
Vision 2020 By the Class of 2004 October 2001
As part of an ongoing process of citizen decision making, ninth graders in the emerging new City of Kapolei in Hawaii had an opportunity to share their visions for the future of their community in an essay contest. |
Lesson Plan: Great Place/Lousy Place September 2000
The purpose of this activity is to increase students' awareness of the design of the places they use everyday. They will gain insight into their reactions to their environment and the emotional and physical (design) criteria they use to evaluate places.
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Exploring Design, Architecture, Planning, and Cities Readings for Young People January 2000
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Lesson Plan: City Detective January 1999
Student detectives identify and observe uses of the existing parks and open spaces in their community so that they can evaluate whether these places meet the needs of community residents and then make appropriate recommendations for change. |
Community Mapping: Creating a Sense of Place (In the Spotlight) December 1998
Besides its many possible curriculum links, the mapping of special places and things in students' lives gives validity to personal experiences outside the classroom. |
Discovering Neighborhood and Civic Life (In the Spotlight) July 1997
If young people are to develop a commitment to civic life, that is, the conviction that they can shape and reshape the future of the community in which they live, then we need to prepare this diverse audience by utilizing a variety of teaching methods for civic learning as well as present role models of citizenship. |
At Home in Our Schools December 1995
"At Home in Our Schools" is a provocative guidebook to schoolwide activities that build community. |
