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Basic overview
We the People: Project Citizen is a curricular program for middle, secondary, and post-secondary students, youth organizations, and adult groups that promotes competent and responsible participation in local and state government. The program helps participants learn how to monitor and influence public policy. In the process, they develop support for democratic values and principles, tolerance, and feelings of political efficacy
Entire classes of students or members of youth or adult organizations work cooperatively to identify a public policy problem in their community. They then research the problem, evaluate alternative solutions, develop their own solution in the form of a public policy, and create a political action plan to enlist local or state authorities to adopt their proposed policy. Participants develop a portfolio of their work and present their project in a public hearing showcase before a panel of civic-minded community members.
The Project Citizen program is administered with the assistance of a national network of state and congressional district coordinators in every state and is conducted with the assistance of the National Conference of State Legislatures. It is funded by the U.S. Department of Education by act of Congress. Additional funding at the state level is also provided by an increasing number of state legislatures. Program Participation
The curriculum was first used in the 1995-96 school year as a pilot in 12 states. Since then the domestic program has expanded to include schools in every state as well as American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico. As of November 2006, approximately 22,500 teachers have taught Project Citizen to over 1,400,000 students.
The formula for tracking student participation is based on two different surveys. The first was conducted in November 1997 by researchers at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, in preparing An Assessment of We the People Project Citizen: Promoting Citizenship in Classrooms and Communities. The second was conducted by the Center for Civic Education in February 1999.
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Introduction to Project Citizen |
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Project Citizen Overview PowerPoint Center for Civic Education |
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Effective Citizenship Activity Center for Civic Education |
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Correlation-Reading Center for Civic Education |
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Correlation-Writing Center for Civic Education |
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Correlation-Service Learning Center for Civic Education |
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What is Public Policy and Who Makes it? |
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| ABC's of County Goverment | Download PDF Doc
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| Faces of Government | Download PDF Doc
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| Who's Job is it Anyway Activity | Download Word Doc
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Literature Connections |
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| Sample Issues | Download Word Doc
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| Project Citizen Children Literatue Connection | Download Word Doc
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| Nursery Rhyme Assignment | Download Word Doc
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| Nursery Rhymes | Download Word Doc
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Nursery Rhymes Example Erin Crowe |
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Project Cinema Erin Crowe |
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What's the Story Activity Erin Crowe |
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Linking the Problem Erin Crowe |
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| Public Policy Issue or Not Activity | Download Word Doc
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| Public Policy Worksheet | Download Word Doc
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Public Policy Article: Public Policy: Facts, Myths, and Values Jerri Cockrel, Extension Public Policy Specialist |
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Public Policy Article: Public Policy: Making in Ameica Jerri Cockrel, Extension Public Policy Specialist |
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| Public Policy Defined | Download Word Doc
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| Who's Job is it Anyway Activity | Download Word Doc
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Literature Connection Barbara Ashby- Rhode Island |
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Step 1: Identifying Public Policy Problems in Your Community |
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Step 1 Activity Center for Civic Education |
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Is it Public Policy Worksheet Terri Bramhall |
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Is it Public Policy Possible Answers Terri Bramhall |
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Is it Public Policy or Not Activity Terri Bramhall |
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Step 2: Selecting a Problem for Class Study |
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Decision Making Matrix Terri Bramhall |
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Problem Analysis Form Terri Bramhall |
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Explaining the Problem Terri Bramhall |
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Class Problem Terri Bramhall |
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Constituional Form Terri Bramhall |
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Step 3: Gathering Information on the Problem Your Class Will Study |
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Daily Worksheet Terri Bramhall |
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Interview Forms Terri Bramhall |
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Media Form Terri Bramhall |
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Printed Source Guide Terri Bramhall |
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Resource Handout Center for Civic Education |
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Understanding Special Interest Groups Center for Civic Education |
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Taking Survey's Online Survey Monkey |
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Making Easy Online Graphs National Center for Education Statistics |
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Step 4: Developing a Class Portfolio |
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Panel 1 Form Terri Bramhall |
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Panel 2 Form Terri Bramhall |
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Panel 3 Form Terri Bramhall |
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Panel 4 Form Terri Bramhall |
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Panel 1 Detailed Form Terri Bramhall |
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Panel 2 Detailed Form Terri Bramhall |
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Panel 3 Detailed Form Terri Bramhall |
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Panel 4 Detailed Form Terri Bramhall |
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Constitutional Opnion Form |
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Examing Alternative Policies Center for Civic Education |
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PC Problem and Alternatives Center for Civic Education |
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Developing an Action Plan Center for Civic Education |
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Step 5: Presenting Your Portfolio |
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PC Binder/Portfolio Grade Sheet Terri Bramhall |
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High School PC PPT Grade Sheet Terri Bramhall |
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Project Evaluation Sample Form Terri Bramhall |
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Over All Portfolio Criteria Terri Bramhall |
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Project Evaluation Guidelines Center for Civic Education |
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Project Evaluation Checklist Center for Civic Education |
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Step 6: Reflecting on Your Learning Experience |
Student Reflection Form Terri Bramhall |
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For More Information See: www.civiced.org
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