Pathway Development Toolkit

Engaging Youth in Civic Action Resources 

These documents will help you frame your project-based learning through a high-quality civic action framework and support the development of your own action civics project unit. 

Oakland Unified School District Project-Based Learning Framework 

Unit Plan and Educator Resources 

These documents provide an exemplar unit plan and additional educator-facing resources to support the development of an action civics project-based learning unit in your pathway. 

• Project Key Elements 
• Proposal Overview 
• Proposal Outline 
• Unit Plan Exemplar 
• Reimagining Public Safety Topic Resources 
• Weekly Assignment Overviews

Student Resources 

These are student-facing document exemplars from Oakland High School's action civics project based learning unit that can be adapted to fit your pathway context. 

• City Council Engagement Documents 
• Student Work Exemplars 

Templates and Examples 

Use these documents to further support your action civics project-based learning unit. 

Templates and Examples

Additional Resources

• Linked Learning Silver Standards 
• Linked Learning Gold Standards 
• Gold Standard PBL: Essential Project Design Elements 
• Californians for Justice 
• Y-PLANCalifornians for Justice Y-PLAN
  

Empowering Civic Action in Youth Through Linked Learning

Strengthening K-12 Assessment Systems to Advance College & Career Readiness

Bringing Linked Learning to Life Through Integrated Project Design

Dual Enrollment: Voices from the Field

Strategic Master Scheduling: Planning for Student Cohorts