Project Citizen

We the People: Project Citizen promotes competent and responsible participation in state and local government. It actively engages students in learning how to monitor and influence public policy and encourages civic participation among students, their parents, and members of the community.

As a class project, students work together to identify and study a public policy issue, eventually developing an action plan to engage support for their policy proposal. The final product is a portfolio displaying each group’s work.

In a culminating activity, the class presents its portfolio in a simulated legislative hearing, demonstrating their knowledge and understanding of how public policy is formulated. Teachers are encouraged to hold hearings in the classroom or community setting.

• Project Citizen is practiced in 65 Countries around the world!
• The Project Citizen curriculum includes Biology, Science, Math, Art, English and Social Studies to bring real-life applications to the classroom.
•   In this unique program, teachers step out of lecture-mode and become facilitators to self-directed learning.

Summer Professional Development:

Project Citizen Research Program – Information

Project Citizen Research Program – Agreement Form

Project Citizen State Show Case
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