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Educator Resources

The documents posted below can help educators as they work with youth on various Growing Up Boulder projects.  Please send us suggestions for other documents to add to our collection!
cfc_self-evaluation.pdf
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This chart allows young people to do a self-evaluation of their city as a place for children and youth.
Coen presentation
This is a link to a presentation created by landscape architect Shane Coen to inspire people to re-think the Boulder Civic Area . 
place_diagram.pdf
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This diagram, created by the Project for Public Spaces, outlines the elements needed to create a successful public space.
place_game.pdf
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This 2-page document diagrams the principles of what make a great public space, then gives student simple questions to help them evaluate the effectiveness of a given public space.
directory_of_bvsd_civic_area_curriculum_teachers.xlsx
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This file contains the contact information and class schedules for the student groups participating in the GUB-Civic Area project.
focus_groups_chapter.pdf
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A chapter from David Driskell's book, Creating Better Cities with Children and Youth: A Manual for Participation.  This chapter describes how people working with youth, or youth themselves, can use focus groups to collect information from young people.
interview_chapter.pdf
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A chapter from David Driskell's book, Creating Better Cities with Children and Youth: A Manual for Participation.  This chapter describes how people working with youth, or youth themselves, can use interviews to collect information from young people. 
picture_this_photovoice2.jpg
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Instructions on how to conduct one type of photo voice project using color-coded picture frames. 
great_public_space.pdf
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This presentation talks about what makes a great public space and provides the audience with examples of public spaces that work well and other that are less successful.
photogrid_instructions.pdf
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This presentation explains how to create a photogrid project.
gub-civic_center_intro_presentation.pdf
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This presentation gives an overview of Growing Up Boulder's involvement with the Civic Area project and how youth are involved.
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