Y-PLAN
Digital Toolkit

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Y-PLAN (Youth – Plan, Learn, Act Now) is an award-winning, K-12 civic youth engagement strategy developed by UC Berkeleyโ€™s Center for Cities + Schools (CC+S). It brings young people into the heart of city planning processes, enabling them to tackle real-world challenges in their communities! Learn more about Y-PLAN’s history, methodology, and theory of change.

Y-Plan Roadmap
Y-PLAN Roadmap: Young people follow a rigorous 5-step methodology, modeled both on professional research methodologies and participatory planning techniques.

This toolkit contains a suite of digital resources to help K-12 educators, civic professionals, and higher-ed partners develop and carry out their own civic learning Y-PLAN projects. For more information, please visit the FAQ page.

*Note: You can access the toolkit resources in two ways:
1) All-in-one Y-PLAN project implementation guides
2) A filterable repository of individual tools for each step of a Y-PLAN project
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All-in-One Guides and FAQs

Y-PLAN Mini

Elementary Field Guide

K-12 Teacher Guide

Civic Partner Guide

Higher-Ed Partner Guide

Individual Tools

    [TEMPLATE] Y-PLAN Curriculum Planner

    [TEMPLATE] Scheduling Key Events

    [SAMPLE] Scheduling Key Events

    [SAMPLE] College Mentor Schedule

    Tips for Y-PLAN College Mentors

    Using Digital Tools

    Y-PLAN Module 1

    M1.1 What is Y-PLAN? [Lesson Plan]

    M1.1 – What is Y-PLAN? (Y-PLAN BINGO) [Student Worksheet]

    M1.2 – ‘Where I’m From’ Poem [Lesson Plan]

    M1.2 – ‘Where I’m From Poem’ [Student Worksheet]

    M1.3 – Project Question [Lesson Plan]

    M1.3 – Project Question [Student Worksheet]

    M1.4 What We Bring to the Table [Lesson Plan]

    M1.4 – What We Bring to the Table [Student Worksheet]

    Participating in Classroom Visits [Civic Clients]

    [SAMPLE] Client Presentation for Classroom Visit

    Y-PLAN Module 2

    M2.1 Mind Mapping [Lesson Plan]

    M2.1.1 Mind Mapping [Student Worksheet]

    M2.1 Site Mapping [Lesson Plan]

    M2.1 Site Mapping [Student Worksheet]

    M2.2 SWOT Analysis [Lesson Plan]

    M2.2 SWOT Analysis [Student Worksheet]

    M2.3 Primary Data Collection [Lesson Plan]

    M2.3 Primary Data Collection [Student Worksheet]

    M2.4 Interviewing Stakeholders [Lesson Plan]

    M2.4 Interviewing Stakeholders [Student Worksheet]

    M2.4 Telling the Story [Lesson Plan]

    M2.4.1 Telling the Story [Student Worksheet]