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.
September 11, 2008
A Good Place To Start
Civics is grossly underrepresented in today's classrooms. I have not read through the textbooks but Project Citizen seems to get at the right idea.
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