Community Tool Box: a set of 16 online tool kits for doing community work. Each kit outlines a particular process/series of activities and provides examples from actual projects.  #2: Assessing Community Needs and Resources and #3: Analyzing Problems and Goals will be most relevant to your group projects, but you might find others of interest as well.

Research for Organizing Toolkit: a toolkit for Participatory Action Research created by the Urban Justice Center’s Community Development Project; includes a step-by-step timeline for doing PAR, case studies, example activities, and example tools.