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Planning Tools

These planning tools were developed by educators implementing YPAR in their classrooms. They will help you to plan for and organize YPAR in your classroom, and provide support for students working on YPAR projects.

 

You will find ready-to-use slide decks to guide your students’ through the YPAR process, templates for classroom activities, pacing guides to support YPAR adaptation to different contexts and timelines (e.g. a weekly after school club, a semester-long project), and more.

  

We hope you’ll find these resources helpful in your classroom. If you have resources that you would like to contribute to this page, please email us.

Planning Tools

YPAR Planning Spreadsheet, Classroom Implementation (daily elective)

This spreadsheet, created by educator-scholars Jay Brown, Julio Intriago-Izquierdo, and Jas Leiser, provides a pacing guide for an 8 month long, 4 times weekly, YPAR elective class.
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YPAR Unit Plan, Club Implementation (weekly, after school)

This unit plan, created by teacher and YPAR mentor Orion Nolan, provides a pacing guide for a 22-week, once weekly, YPAR club.
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YPAR Timeline, Classroom Implementation (weekly, in social studies class)

This calendar, created by social studies supervisor Shannon Marasco, provides a 9-month calendar overview for YPAR carried out within social studies classes, with one session a week devoted to the project.
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Project Overview Slides

This slide deck, created by teacher and YPAR mentor Carlo Austria, is designed to guide student groups through the civic action research process. This color-coded digital workbook can be used by student groups to direct their own progress through the YPAR cycle and help teachers keep track of each group's ongoing inquiry.
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District Overview, Timeline, and Resources Slides

This district-level resource, created by social studies supervisor Shannon Marasco, explains the benefits of YPAR, suggesting a yearly plan for implementation, and provides guidance and resources for teachers.
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Introduction to YPAR Slides

This slide deck, created by teacher Bethany Bingert, is designed to introduce students to the idea of YPAR, and includes activities and videos of young people talking about their experiences.
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Slides for YPAR Topic Brainstorming Station Activity

These slides, created by teachers in Edison, NJ, provide an example of a station activity that can be used to brainstorm YPAR topics with your class.
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Slides for Creating Mission, Vision, Goals and Research Questions

These slides, created by teacher Angela Smith, outlines two class sessions devoted to students' developing mission and vision statements, goals, and research questions for their YPAR projects.
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Daily Rubric

This is a daily rubric, created by teacher Angela Smith, to evaluate your students' YPAR efforts each day.
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Placemat Templates

These placemat templates, created by teacher Angela Smith, can be used as graphic organizers for student group work.
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