Over time Write Out educators have gathered many resources to support writing outside, place-based writing and education, and connected learning. We welcome recommendations; please share them to social media with the #writeout hashtag or email us.
Past Write Out Event Resources
Write Out 2021: Palettes, Storyboards, and Cadences
Daily writing sparks, activities and inspirations as well as ways to resources for creating and connecting gathered and created for the Write Out 2021.
Write Out 2020: Stories by the Campfire
Daily writing sparks, inspiration and guidance from storytellers, and Writing Marathon resources gathered for Write Out 2020.
Write Out Bookshelf
Gathered for the Write Out 2020 event whose theme was “Stories by the Campfire.”
Saint Michael Students Share Campfire Stories to Celebrate NWP Write Out 2020
A post about classroom work from Amy Krajeck of the Kent State Writing Project.
A Celebration of Write Out 2020
A blog post highlighting work shared during Write Out 2020.
Thank you and Reflections, Write Out 2019
A blog post highlighting work shared during Write Out 2019.
National Park Service Resources
National Park Service Educators Page
Find curriculum units, lesson plans, ideas for field trips, distance learning opportunities, and more!
Telling All Americans’ Stories Hub
This landing page leads to multiple resources on the historical experiences of minoritized populations.
NPS Publications on Diverse and Inclusive History
A collection of NPS publications that focus on the historical experiences of minoritized populations.
Social Injustice in the Landscape
A National Park Service-curated resource, focusing on NPS locations that highlight injustice as part of the geography, ecology and history of the place itself.
Cultural Landscapes of the National Park Service
A National Park Service-curated resource, organized by region, these articles and media dig deeper into the stories of places, giving a platform and voice to those stories and people often forgotten.
Place-based Teaching resources
Place-conscious education, Nebraska style, Podcast series, June 2020. Since the mid-1990s, the Nebraska Writing Project has been investigating place-conscious education and designing curricula and partnerships with place-conscious goals in mind. This seven-part audio series, created in 2020 out of their work with the National Parks Service partnership, provides an introduction to place-conscious education and delves into several curriculum and action projects teacher leaders have devised.
What is Place-based Education and Why Does it Matter?
Part of a year-long Place-Based Education project of Getting Smart with a blog series, social media campaign, podcasts and publications to support implementation. See all of the blogs in the series.
Promise of Place Website. Center for Place-based Learning and Community Engagement
A public private partnership that works to advance the state of the art in place-based education by facilitating collaborative efforts in research, program design, technical assistance, resource development and dissemination.
Online primary document databases to help unearth the hidden stories of place
Curated by Park Ranger Amber Kirkendall from Homestead National Monument.
Place-Based Poetry, Modeling One Revision at a Time
An article by Ann Gardner of the Southern Arizona Writing Project.
Native Land
Native Land Digital strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations, through educational resources such as our map and Territory Acknowledgement Guide.
Outdoor and Environmental Education
Resources for Teacher Educators
NCTE’s ELATE Commission on Climate Change and the Environment in English Education gathered these resource recommendations for teacher educators.
Book List of Environmental Literature
Compiled by Rich Novack of the Connecticut Writing Project-Fairfield and ELATE Commission on Climate change and Environment.
Field Journaling #Writeout
Video created by Rich Novack of the Connecticut Writing Project-Fairfield and ELATE Commission on Climate change and Environment.
Diversity and Leadership Outdoors
Diversity Outdoors
A coalition promoting diversity in outdoor spaces where people of color, LGBTQIA, and other diverse identities have historically been underrepresented.
Outdoor Afro
The nation’s leading, cutting edge network that celebrates and inspires Black connections and leadership in nature.
Latino Conservation Week
An annual event, Latino Conservation Week was created to support the Latino community getting into the outdoors and participating in activities to protect our natural resources.
Resources developed through Writing Project and National Park partnerships
A Space for Conversation
A space for ongoing conversation and antiracist work hosted by the Flint Hills Writing Project in partnership with Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site and the National Writing Project.
As We Continue: Opening the Walls of the Classroom and the Boundaries of the Park
This collection brings together resources which have emerged from the partnership between the National Park Service and the National Writing Project designed to bolster connected learning opportunities within the national parks and reach more young visitors and educators.
Opening the Walls of the Classroom and the Boundaries of the Park
A related collection which curates resources from the early years of the partnership between the National Park Service and the National Writing Project.
Connected Learning
Native Knowledge 360°
Native Knowledge 360° (NK360°) provides educators and students with new perspectives on Native American history and cultures.
The National Geographic Society’s Geo-Inquiry Process
The Geo-Inquiry Process relies on using a geographic perspective, offering a unique lens to analyze space, place, and the interconnections between both the human and natural world.
Connected Learning Alliance
Connected learning combines personal interests, supportive relationships, and opportunities. It is learning in an age of abundant access to information and social connection that embraces the diverse backgrounds and interests of all young people.
Educator Innovator
The NWP’s Educator Innovator shares the goal of creating more powerful and connected learning for youth through bringing together learning and leadership opportunities for teachers, youth workers, mentors, librarians, and museum educators that are open, re-mixable, and typically free or low-cost.