The University of North Carolina at Wilmington has launched the Educator's Resource Guide, a supplemental educational component to UNCW's documentary, Paving the American Dream: Southern Cities, Shores & Sprawl. Designed for use in public schools, this site was developed to broaden students' understanding of growth and its implications as well as smart growth and sustainable development. The primary goal is to inform and inspire young people to become proactive decision makers.

In addition to providing information about growth, the Educator's Resource Guide provides teachers and students with links to other organizations involved in smart growth, pertinent newspaper articles, examples of cities and states doing positive smart growth work, and documentary clips. Most importantly, the site offers unique curriculum experiences to teachers and students.

These interdisciplinary activities are presented in diverse formats, such as classroom discussions, small group activities, research, outdoor field studies, lab experiments, creative writing, and role-playing. The activities engage the student in discovery-based experiences that build observation, interpretation, analysis, and problem-solving skills in social sciences, history, English, natural life sciences, political science, and more.

Educator's Resource Guide