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Project Citizen is a curricular program (ppt 3.7 KB) for middle grade students that promotes competent and responsible participation in all levels of government. The program gives young people the skills to work in and influence public policy. In the process, they develop support for democratic values and principles, tolerance, and feelings of political empowerment. (Civics Education: The National Symposium Report) Students or members of youth organizations work collaboratively 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 an action plan to enlist government authorities to adopt their proposed policy. Participants develop a portfolio of their work and present their project in a hearing showcase before a panel of judges. The Vermont Project Citizen program is administered with the assistance of the Center for Civic Education, the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. It is funded by the U.S. Department of Education by act of Congress. *All links on this site will open in a new browser window. Close window when done.
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