The resources below are all the materials we use and refer to during PRE-Texts workshops. We encourage trainers and practitioners to utilize the PRE-Texts resources for program implementation.  

1. PRE-Texts Manual
2. Materials for Workshops
3. Texts for Workshops
4. Tobacco Factory Readers
5. Literatura de Cordel
PRE-Texts Videos
• Getting Started, Harvard 2007 - video
• Texto de Partida - Mexico City, Secretary of Education 2011- video
• Eloisa Cartonera - video
• Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano - Bogotá, Colombia Pre-Texts 2012- video
Other Related Texts and Materials
• PRE-Texts: Make a Plan: Pre-Texts in Zimbabwe by Doris Sommer and Naseemah Mohamed - open
• Book: El Lector: A History of the Cigar Factory Reader by Araceli Tinajero
• Article: Sound Check by John Schwartz, November 21, 2012
• Article: Simon Says Don’t Use Flashcards by Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times, August 23, 2012
• Article: Como niña de kínder by Maria Tenorio, July 18, 2012
• Article: Some Thoughts on the Lost Art of Reading Aloud by Verlyn Klinkenborg, May 16, 2009
• PRE-Texts: Civic Literacy and Artistic Admiration by Doris Sommer - open
• Brazilian Journal Article - open
• Leer (comprender y aprender) y escribir para comunicarse by Fernando Reimers y Jenny Eva Jacobs - open
• Edutopia: What Works in Public Education - open
• Cartoneras Reuse Cardboard To Stimulate Creativity - open
• "Es más peligroso un pibe que piensa que un pibe que roba" - open
• Education: Tackling the global crisis – Oxfam Report 2001 - open
• Cardboard Citizens - open
• The Continuing Story Of Eloísa Cartonera - open
• Kevin Garnett Is a Master of Metaphor - open
• Developing a High Standard of Culture for All, An Address to the Council of Elementary Principals Meeting, Boston, MA Public Schools, May 18, 1995 by Eric Oddleifson, Chairman CABC - open
• Learning Through The Arts, Healey School - open
• Arts Integration - open
• Making Content Connections Through Arts Integration by Willona M. Sloan - open
• Arts Integration in the Chicago Public Schools - open
• Arts Integration Frameworks, Research & Practice, A Literature Review, April 2007 by Gail Burnaford PhD. with Sally Brown, James Doherty and H. James McLaughlin - open
6. Cartonera Projects Around the World - open