What is ResourcesZine and how can I use it? ResourcesZine is both an online newsletter and a searchable database of information. Updated frequently, it contains a wealth of information about youth involvement in planning. Navigate from the ResourcesZine home page to lesson plans; news and the latest events; feature articles; awards and contests; reviews of books and other publications; helpful links; and "Kids and Community," our site tailored for kids. In addition, a comprehensive search engine can help you find the specific resources you need. Feature Articles
High School Urban Planning Academies Inspire Project-Based Learning Milwaukee Public Schools, with help from planning and architecture faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is opening a small public high school this fall on Milwaukee's near south side that will focus on architecture and urban planning. Milwaukee will not be the only city with a planning-focused high school. Since 2003, the Academy of Urban Planning (AUP) in Brooklyn, New York, has been teaching planning techniques, building GIS skills, and fostering more informed community involvement. Meredith Phillips, a program manager at AUP, provides the details. Featured Resource
Project Learning Tree's New Curriculum Are you a high school or elementary school teacher interested in incorporating environmental education into your classroom? You’ll want to learn more about Project Learning Tree's new secondary curriculum, Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live. Help kids learn more about city planning. Kids and Community is a website made just for kids with fun activities like a scavenger hunt and a story creator. The site encourages our cities' leaders of tomorrow to take an active interest in City planning today. From the Archives
Great Place/Lousy Place: An APA Lesson Plan (September 2000) Adaptable to students in grades 1 through 12, this effective lesson plan increases students' awareness of the design of the places they use every day. Students use physical and emotional criteria to express their reactions to the places around them, including one they feel is great and one they feel is lousy. Book Spotlight
City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
David Macaulay David Macaulay's highly praised 1974 book will marvel readers with its detailed drawings and descriptive text on the creation of the fictional Roman Empire city of Verbonia. This classic elucidates Roman influences on today's planning while painting a vivid picture of Roman city life 2,000 years ago. Macaulay masterfully weaves technical engineering concepts with the human story, while displaying with equal clarity both the minute and the grand aspects of Verbonia's construction. | 
