Items in this section are subdivided by particular aspects of industry, beginning with community:
Community
American Planning Association, 122 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60603-6107, (312) 431-9100, fax: (312) 431-9985. APA's Education Department publishes Resources (listed below). APA also publishes Planning, a magazine for urban and rural planning professionals. Most states have American Planning Association chapters.
Highlander Research and Education Center, 1959 Highlander Way, New Market, TN 37820, (615) 933-3444. Established in 1932, the Highlander Center offers workshops, publications, videotapes, audiotapes, and internships to better enable people to address social and economic issues, particularly in the South and Appalachia. Publication topics include deindustrialization and industrial renewal, environmental issues, labor history and rights, and community-led change.
Institute for Southern Studies, P.O. Box 531, Durham, NC 27702, (919) 419-8311. The Institute conducts research and offers publications on the social, political, and economic forces affecting the South. Its quarterly magazine, Southern Exposure, investigates current economic, social, and environmental trends and practices. Publication topics include the changing Southern workforce, the labor movement in the South, and Southern industries.
National Congress for Community Economic Development, 1875 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 524, Washington, DC 20009, (202) 234-4510. This organization can refer callers to local community development organizations, which may be interested in involving students in their initiatives. It is also a source for in-depth information on community economic development.
Environment
The Air and Waste Management Association, Public Education Program, One Gateway Center, 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, (412) 232-3444. The SWMA publishes environmental resource guides, information books, and fact sheets on such topics as pollution, pesticides, landfills, and chemical dumping.
Highlander Research and Education Center, 1959 Highlander Way, New Market, TN 37820, (615) 933-3444. See page R-6.
Institute for Southern Studies, P.O. Box 531, Durham, NC 27702, (919) 419-8311. See top of page.
Finance
National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO), 1201 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland, CA 94612, (510) 272-9461. NCEO publishes materials on employee ownership of companies. It also operates a Worldwide Web site with publication excerpts and information (located at http://www.esop.org/~nceo/).
Health and Safety
American Planning Association, 122 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60603-6107, (312) 431-9100, fax: (312) 431-9985. See page R-6.
Committees on Occupational Safety and Health (COSH). Many states have COSHs, which often have training materials or staff interested in working with educators. For a directory, contact the New York COSH at 275 Seventh Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10001, (212) 627-3900, or contact the Center for Law and Education's VOCED Project (listed above).
Labor Education Extension Program, Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, (508) 934-3250. Contact Charley Richardson, Director. This program focuses on workers' rights, labor law, labor history, and the consequences of new work systems and technologies, as well as the global economy. The Technology and Work Program (at the same location) provides technical assistance, training, and planning resources to help unions participate in decisionmaking as to the use of new technologies and their impact on workers and workplaces. Staff from the programs are available to work with educators on addressing these issues in curricula. Also at the same location is the Kerr Ergonomics Institute, which develops programs and examines ways to promote worker health and improve company productivity.
Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California at Berkeley, 2515 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, (510) 549-1117. Contact Diane Bush. LOHP tries to reach young workers with information on workplace health and safety. They have developed safety and health curriculum for certain trades.
Office Technology Education Project, One Summer Street, Somerville, MA 02143, (617) 776-2777. The Office Technology Education Project conducts training and publishes fact sheets on office-related health and safety issues, including risks related to computer usage.
Work in America Institute, 700 White Plains Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583-5058, (914) 472-9600. The institute studies workplace issues to explore how organizations can become more competitive and profitable, while improving the duties of all employees. While written for policymakers and corporations, some publications may serve as useful references on emerging changes in the workplace such as the transition to high-performance work organizations.
Labor
California Federation of Teachers Labor in the Schools Committee, One Kaiser Plaza, Suite 1440, Oakland, CA 94612, (510) 832-8812. The committee publishes a resource guide (listed below), develops curricular materials, and assists California educators in identifying labor resources.
Highlander Research and Education Center, 1959 Highlander Way, New Market, TN 37820, (615) 933-3444. See page R-6.
Institute for Southern Studies, P.O. Box 531, Durham, NC 27702, (919) 419-8311. See page R-7.
Labor Education and Research Center, University of Oregon, 722 S.W. Second Avenue, Portland, OR 97204, (503) 725-3296. Contact Barbara Byrd.
Labor Education Extension Program, Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, (508) 934-3250. Contact Charley Richardson, Director. See page R-8.
Labor Studies Program, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Harbor Campus, Boston, MA 02125, (617) 287-7354. Contact Jim Green, Director. Having consulted with Boston Public Schools and Cambridge's Rindge School of Technical Arts on integration labor studies, Dr. Green is available to assist in program design and staff and curriculum development.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research, and Evaluation, 250 Washington Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02108, (617) 624-5625. Contact Robin Dewey. The bureau is conducting a two-year demonstration project on educating youth in school-to-work programs about health and safety issues and will produce a guide as part of this Protection Young Workers Project. The bureau is also producing a health and safety video for youth.
National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO), 1201 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA 94612, (510) 272-9461. See page R-7.
University and College Labor Education Association. Members are labor educators across the country, some of whom may be interested in working with vocational and academic teachers. A directory of members is available from Howard Harris, Labor Sides and Industrial Relations, Pennsylvania State University, 3550 Seventh Street, New Kensington, PA 15068, (412) 339-5440.
Workers' Education Local 189--Members are labor educators, researchers, and historians, many of whom are interested in working with high school teachers on integrating labor studies. Contact Charles Micallef, President of Local 189, 864 Clarks Landing Road, Hollywood, MD 20636, for members in your area.
Management
National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO), 1201 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA 94612, (510) 272-9461. See page R-7.
Work in America Institute, 700 White Plains Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583-5058, (914) 472-9600. See page R-8.
Planning
American Planning Association, 122 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60603-6107, (312) 431-9100, fax: (312) 431-9985. See page R-6.
Center for Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE), 5328 W. 67th Street, Prairie Village, KS 66208, (913) 262-0691. CUBE publishes curriculum on city development, architecture, and historic preservation, as well as Archisource, a newsletter reporting on curricular materials.
Labor Education Extension Program, Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, (508) 934-3250. Contact Charley Richardson, Director. See page R-8.
National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO), 1201 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA 94612, (510) 272-9461. See page R-7.
National Congress for Community Economic Development, 1875 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 524, Washington, DC 20009, (202) 234-4510. See page R-7.
Work in America Institute, 700 White Plains Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583-5058, (914) 472-9600. See page R-8.
Underlying Principles of Technology
Cambridge Physics Outlet (CPO), 10 Green Street, Building E, Woburn, MA 01801, (800) 932-5227. CPO produces low-cost, hands-on equipment for teaching science, math, and technology in a way that is both fun and academically rigorous. Used at the Rindge School of Technical Arts, CPO equipment is designed by teachers and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists and is appropriate for elementary grades through college. CPO also offers professional development workshops.
Labor Education Extension Program, Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, (508) 934-3250. Contact Charley Richardson, Director. See page R-8.
Written Materials, Curricula, and Videos
Note: Some of these were written for educators, some for students, and some for professionals. We have included a mix, so that even when curriculum materials are not available, educators can find resources to educate themselves about the subject. As with the previous section, titles are subdivided by the aspect of industry.
Community
Community Economic Development Strategies: A Manual for Local Action (1987). University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Urban Economic Development, 400 S. Peoria, Suite 2100, Chicago, IL, 60607, (312) 996-6336. This manual describes different strategies for the creation and retention of local jobs and needed goods and services and includes an excellent listing of community economic development resources. It is aimed at helping people interested in community economic development to understand and select appropriate strategies to achieve their goals.
Dilemmas of Development (1990). Based on a suburban office park development project, this simulation is designed to help students understand general land use and community planning issues, principles, and processes. Students take on roles of developer, land use attorney, planners, and public officials. The package includes a teacher's guide, background information, simulation materials, supplemental activity suggestions, and a video of the Virginia development upon which the simulation is based. Available from the Urban Land Institute, 625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004-2930, (800) 321-5011, for $49.95.
Making It Ourselves: A Primer on Women's Housing and Business Development (2nd ed.). Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development, 179 South Street, Boston, MA 02111. $15.00. Drawing on women's economic development efforts, this book guides the reader through housing development and business venture development with clear explanations of planning, finance, and management tasks and issues, with a particular emphasis on the context of community economic development and the goal of creating new roles for women.
Race, Poverty, and the Environment. Earth Island Institute, 300 Broadway, Suite 28, San Francisco, CA 94133-3312, (415) 788-3666. In addition to publishing this periodical, Earth Island Institute operates an Urban Haiti program focusing on environmental and social justice issues, including military base conversions, transportation, urban greening, and marine education.
Resources. This free quarterly newsletter describes materials and strategies for involving students in the study of the natural, built, and cultural environment. From the American Planning Association, 122 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60603-6107, (312) 431-9100, fax: (312) 431-9985. Back issues are available.
Sowing the Seeds of Economic Renewal (1986). Corporation for Enterprise Development, 777 N. Capitol Street, Suite 801, Washington, DC 20002, (202) 408-9788. This handbook shows how to conduct a systematic assessment of a community's resources, problems, opportunities, and challenges. Although designed for use in the face of plant closings, it is relevant for any community economic analysis. Chapters 1 and 2 are particularly useful in describing the fundamental questions and methodology for community economic assessment.
A Teacher's Guide to Community-Based Economics (1988). Highlander Research and Education Center, 1959 Highlander Way, New Market, TN 37820, (615) 933-3444.
UrbanPlan (1991). This simulation of urban redevelopment issues helps students understand land use and community planning issues, principles, and processes. Students work in competing development company teams to respond to a mock Request for Proposals issued by a hypothetical city. The package includes a teacher's guide, the mock Request for Proposals, a planning and land use map, a glossary, and a video of the Kansas City redevelopment project upon which the simulation is based. Available from Urban Land Institute, 625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004-2930, (800) 321-5011, for $54.95.
Working Neighborhoods: Taking Charge of Youth Local Economy. This special issue of The Neighborhood Works monthly newsletter offers a concise explanation of the neighborhood as an economic unit. Center for Neighborhood Technology, 2125 W. North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647, (312) 278-4800.
Environment
Eco-Video Collection for Schools. The collection includes videos on such subjects as global warming, conservation of natural resources, and energy conservation. You can request a catalog from The Video Project, 5332 College Avenue, Suite 101, Oakland, CA 94618, (800) 475-2638.
EPA Journal. The journal can serve as a resource for discussions and research. EPA Journal (A-107), Waterside Mall, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.
Growing Greener Cities, Global Relief by Gary Moll and Stanley Young. Living Planet Press, 558 Rose Avenue, Venice, CA 90291-2606, (310) 396-0188. Distributed by Publishers Group West, P.O. Box 8843, Emeryville, CA 94662, (800) 788-3123, fax: (510) 658-1834.
The No Waste Anthology. A teacher's guide to environmental activities for K-12 on such topics as natural resources and pollution, solid waste, and hazardous waste. Single copies available free from the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Education and Information Unit, P.O. Box 806, Sacramento, CA 95812-0806, (916) 324-3614, fax: (916) 327-0978. Contact Judi Frantz.
Race, Poverty, and the Environment, published by Earth Island Institute, 300 Broadway, Suite 28, San Francisco, CA 94133-3312, (415) 788-3666. See page R-12.
Resources. American Planning Association, 122 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60603-6107, (312) 431-9100, fax: (312) 431-9985. Back issues are available. See page R-12.
Water, Water Everywhere. A teaching package for grades 7-12, this includes a teacher's guide, student reading and resource materials, field exercises, and worksheets. Hach Company, P.O. Box 608, Loveland, CO 80539-0608, (800) 227-4224, fax: (303) 669-2932.
Finance
Business Planning Guide: A Handbook To Help You Design, Write and Use a Business Plan and a Financing Proposal (7th ed.). Upstart Publishing Co./Dearborn Financial Publishing, 155 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 836-4400. This manual emphasizes planning for small retail enterprises.
The Consumer Guide to the Stock Market (1993) by Marsha Bertrand. United Resource Press, 4521 Campus #388, Irvine, CA 92715. ISBN 0-929230-13-2.
Finance for the Non-Financial Manager (1988) by Herbert T. Spiro. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158-0012, (212) 850-6000.
Finance Without Fear (1984), by James E. Kristy and Susan Z. Diamond. American Management Association, 135 W. 50th Street, New York, NY 10020. ISBN 0-8144-577-2. For AMA publications, call (800) 262-9699.
How To Read Between the Lines: Getting More Out of the Wall Street Journal. (1993). Dow Jones Educational Service Bureau, sponsored by Charles Schwab and Co.
A Manager's Complete Guide to Financial Techniques (1982) by George Aragon. The Free Press, London, England. ISBN 0-02-900820-4.
Making It Ourselves: A Primer on Women's Housing and Business Development (2nd ed.). Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development, 179 South Street, Boston, MA 02111. $15. See page R-12.
Health and Safety
Protecting Working Teens: A Public Health Resource Guide. Children's Safety Network, Education Development Center, 55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA 02158. This 63-page booklet presents strategies for prevention and education about on-the-job injuries to adolescents and contains information on sources of work injury data, agencies and organizations involved in the issue, selected readings and resources, and a summary of child labor laws.
Labor
AFL-CIO Education Department. Curricula, lessons plans, and videos for sale and rental. Call (202) 637-5143. The Massachusetts AFL-CIO has published A Resource Guide to Labor Education for Secondary School Teachers. For ordering information, call (617) 227-8260.
American Social History Project. (212) 772-4129. This project has produced an excellent series of short labor history videos--animated and specifically designed for secondary schools. Each video includes a viewer's guide. The project has also published a two volume text, Who Built America? Working People and the Nation's Economy, Politics, Culture and Society (paperback from Pantheon).
Bringing Labor into the K-12 Curriculum: Resource Guide for Teachers. California Federation of Teachers, Oakland Office, One Kaiser Plaza, Suite 1440, Oakland, CA 94612, (510) 832-8812. This twelve-page resource guide lists curricula, exemplary programs, audiovisual resources, learning activities, and readings. It also includes a section on cultural diversity in unions and the workforce. Revised annually.
The California Working Group, Inc., 5867 Ocean View Drive, Oakland, CA 94618, has produced an educational group of videos about contemporary workers' issues. For information, call (510) 547-8484, or e-mail wedothework@igc.apc.org. This group also produced a public television series called We Do the Work.
Labor in the Schools: Teaching the Workers of Tomorrow About Unions Today. This free, occasional newsletter is published by the California Federation of Teachers, Labor in the Schools Committee, One Kaiser Plaza, Suite 1440, Oakland, CA 94612, (510) 832-8812.
Labor Research and Review. The Midwest Center for Labor Research publishes this journal of research and opinion, as well as other relevant materials. MCLR, 3411 W. Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647, (312) 278-5418
Looking Forward: Participatory Economics in the 21st Century (1991) by Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel. South End Press, 116 Saint Botolph Street, Boston, MA 02115. While fairly political, this book on participatory/cooperative management can generate a lively class discussion. Some teachers assign only the first chapter.
The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure (1991) by Juliet B. Schor. BasicBooks/HarperCollins, 10 E. 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022-5299. A big seller in all the bookstores, this book examines work time in the United States.
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. Available from the Network of Educators on the Americas, 1118 22nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, (202) 429-0137. With sales of over 200,000, this unique history focuses on workers, women, minorities, and indigenous people.
The Power in Our Hands: A Curriculum on the History of Work and Workers in the United States (1988) by William Bigelow and Norman Diamond. Monthly Review Press, 122 W. 27th Street, New York, NY 10001, (212) 691-2555. It is also available from the Network of Educators on the Americas, 1118 22nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, (202) 429-0137. This high school curriculum includes lesson plans, role plays, discussion questions, and reading assignments, and is widely regarded as the best labor curricula for the secondary school level.
Public Broadcasting System, (800) 344-3337, has produced several excellent labor history videos for sale to educational institutions, including The Great Depression (a seven-part series), Los Mineros (about Latin copper miners in Arizona), Iron Rail (about the railroad industry), and Sit Down and Fight: Walter Reuther and the Rise of the Auto Workers Union.
The World of the Worker: Labor in Twentieth-Century America (1980) by James R. Green. Hill and Wang, New York, NY. Recently reissued, this book can be ordered through local bookstores.
Management
Business Planning Guide: A Handbook To Help You Design, Write and Use a Business Plan and a Financing Proposal (7th ed.). Upstart Publishing Co./Dearborn Financial Publishing, 155 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 836-4400. This manual emphasizes planning for small retail enterprises.
Finance Without Fear (1984) by James E. Kristy and Susan Z. Diamond, American Management Association, 135 W. 50th Street, New York, NY 10020. ISBN 0-8144-577-2. For AMA publications, call (800) 262-9699.
Games Trainers Play: Experiential Learning Exercises (1980) by John Newstrom and Edward Scannell. McGraw-Hill, Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17294-0859. Sequels are also available: More Games Trainers Play and Still More Games Trainers Play.
Looking Forward: Participatory Economics in the 21st Century (1991) by Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel. South End Press, 116 Saint Botolph Street, Boston, MA 02115. See page R-16.
A Manager's Complete Guide to Financial Techniques (1982) by George Aragon. The Free Press, London, England. ISBN 0-02-900820-4.
Making It Ourselves: A Primer on Women's Housing and Business Development (2nd ed.). Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development, 179 South Street, Boston, MA 02111. $15. See page R-12.
Planning
Business Planning Guide: A Handbook To Help You Design, Write and Use a Business Plan and a Financing Proposal (7th ed.), Upstart Publishing Co./Dearborn Financial Publishing, 155 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 836-4400. This manual emphasizes planning for small retail enterprises.
Dilemmas of Development (1990). Available from Urban Land Institute, 625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004-2930, (800) 321-5011, for $49.95. See page R-12.
Making It Ourselves: A Primer on Women's Housing and Business Development (2nd ed.). Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development, 179 South Street, Boston, MA 02111. $15. See page R-12.
Planning for Local Economic Development (1994) (2nd ed.) by Edward Blakely. Sage Publications, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, (805) 499-0721. $24.00, paperback. Written for the in-depth study of economic development, this textbook presents the basic tools and techniques for economic development.
UrbanPlan (1991). Available from Urban Land Institute, 625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004-2930, (800) 321-5011, for $54.95. See page R-13.
The YouthBuild Bulletin. YouthBuild USA, the national organization of YouthBuild programs, 58 Day Street, P.O. Box 440322, Somerville, MA 02144, (617) 623-9900. This periodical includes information on programs involving students in community economic development efforts as part of a learning strategy.