PROJECT CITIZEN CIVIC EDUCATION International Program

The Beginnings Pay It Forward (Watch clip) Civic Education Middle school to High School International

WHY PROJECT CITIZEN? Civic Participation Meet State requirement Can make a difference

Civic Knowledge Grades 9-12 Project Citizen students Public Policy Knowledge.

Creative writing and public policy PC students improved significantly more in persuasive writing ability. Even though both groups were taught about public policy, PC students had more knowledge of how to get a public policy adopted.

GROUP WORK 3-4 students in a group Team Leader TEAM WORK? – Problems/Solutions

HOW TO DO PROJECT CITIZEN 1.FIND A PROBLEM (HUMAN RIGHTS) – Community Map – Brain Storm – Investigate – Narrow it down to your top 5 – Investigate – Select ONE

8 What Criteria is Used to Select a Problem? 1)Is the problem you selected important to you and other people in your community? 2)Does government have some responsibility to deal with this problem? 3)Will there be sufficient information about the problem to develop a good project? 4)Is there a realistic possibility of solving the problem selected?

HOW TO DO PROJECT CITIZEN 2.Decide on 3-4 Alternative SOLUTIONS – Research solutions = public policy. – Select 3-4 solutions to the problem – Research the 3-4 – Advantages and Disadvantages of each solution.

HOW TO DO PROJECT CITIZEN 3.Select ONE PUBLIC POLICY to SOLVE PROMBLEM What is your solution to the problem? – Select ONE of your alternatives or combination – Must be a Public Policy Solution Action by those who hold or affect government positions of authority. Government = city, county, State, National, School Board etc. – Why that ONE over the others Statistics, Articles, Pictures, Graphs, Polls etc.

Definition and Activity Use NEWSPAPERS to find 20 public policies. (one paper per group) Public policy is a concept or set of ideas that guides a course of action or a procedure used in dealing with public issues and problems. Laws, rules, regulations, by-laws, school rules, codes, ordinance, policy, etc.

HOW TO DO PROJECT CITIZEN 4. Developing an ACTION PLAN – Bring to attention of Government – Formulation of plan and those that will support it – Adoption – When and who must adopt – Implementation (Cost and benefits) – Evaluation – Who will oversee it and evaluate that it is effective.

REQUIREMENTS MUST HAVE A PORTFOLIO = BINDER AND DISPLAY BOARD PowerPoint RESEARCH! DRESS UP minutes Presentation Follow up answering questions Credit for Sources (binder, display board and PowerPoint)

CONCLUSION WHY AND HOW IS IT DONE (Video overview) WHY AND HOW IS IT DONE Work in groups 600 points possible = 200 individual points points group score Nursery Rhyme (PRACTICE)

HUMPTY DUMPTY Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, All the King’s horses, And all the King’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again!