Before They Build™

Institutions · For teachers

Civic preparedness, classroom-ready.

For high-school civics, community college planning, public administration, urban planning, and journalism programs. Every handbook is free; every worked example is fictional and reusable.

A one-period lesson plan.

  1. Open with the Community Guide (3 pages) — students read it cold.
  2. Walk through the worked example — fictional parcel, real workflow.
  3. Students pair off and draft a concise public-comment statement using the Hearing Survival Card.
  4. Close with a class discussion of what would have changed if the proposal were happening in your town.

For a semester.

Use the Decision Series as the reading list. Each handbook is one class session; together they cover the most common local decisions a student is likely to encounter as an adult.

Permission.

Print and distribute freely for classroom use. Attribution requested. For bulk copies or a complimentary review set, contact the editorial team.