Resources
What is Public Policy?
Getting scholars to agree on a single, all-inclusive definition of public policy is no easy task. See how Professor Larry Gerston describes key characteristics of public policy in this Center for Civic Education produced video.
Student Forms
Project Citizen Level 1 (Third Edition)
- What Do You Think?
- Main Parts of Government
- Problem Report Form
- Interview Report Form
- Media Source Form
- Information from Print or Digital Sources Form
- Information from Correspondence or Interviews: Documentation Form
- Analyzing and Evaluating Your Information
- Worksheet 1: Explaining the Problem
- Worksheet 2: Examining Alternative Policies
- Worksheet 3: Proposing a Public Policy
- Worksheet 4: Developing an Action Plan
- Constitutional Opinion Form
- Project Citizen Portfolio Criteria Checklist
- What Is Public Policy?
- What Is and What Is Not Public Policy?
- Government Responsibilities Worksheet
- Who Are the Responsible Policymakers?
- What Is Needed To Make Democracy Work?
- Activating Prior Knowledge
Project Citizen Level 1 (Second Edition)
Project Citizen Level 2
Example Portfolios
Traditional Portfolio
View a Project Citizen portfolio created by a fifth-grade class at W.J. Quarles Elementary School.
Example Portfolio
Electronic Portfolio
View this online portfolio from Benjamin Franklin Elementary in Franklin, Wisconsin.
Example PortfolioResearch
Research examining the nationwide effectiveness of the Project Citizen program is often conducted. We offer a few key highlights below. Additional research is available on our Research and Evaluation - Project Citizen page.
One-page description of research tied to the Project Citizen program
| Project Citizen: An Introduction | |
| Margaret Stimmann Branson | |
| Associate Director, Center for Civic Education | |
| February 01, 1999 | |
One-page description of research tied to the Project Citizen program
Public Policy Links
Government
Office Kids' Portal for the US Government
National Conference of State Legislatures
State Legislative Websites Directory
State and Local Government on the Net (Directory of official state, county, and city government websites)
THOMAS (Library of Congress)
National Conference of State Legislatures
State Legislative Websites Directory
State and Local Government on the Net (Directory of official state, county, and city government websites)
THOMAS (Library of Congress)
Health
Environment
Animal Control and Treatment
School Curriculum/Standards
Afterschool School Activities
