American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen has many classroom resources to help you plan summertime curriculum and keep students engaged. Last year, they created a documentary with Frontline about the dropout crisis. Watch it for free on PBS’s website.
Rethinking Schools is a prominent publisher of education materials. Rethinking Schools "remains firmly committed to equity and to the vision that public education is central to the creation of a humane, caring, multiracial democracy."
The Zinn Education Project supports the use of Howard Zinn's best-selling novel, A People's History of the United States. The website offers more than 100 free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level.
PPS 9th Grade Transition Project: Team Wiki, developed Summer 2011. Thanks to Summer VISTA alumna Sunny for sharing this with the team. The wiki includes teaching and learning resources for writing, reading, geography, and career-related learning experiences.
The Portland Youth Manual outlines how to empower youth to lead decision-making in their lives. It was written by the Youth Planning Program, run out of the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability at the City of Portland.
