Lessons 1 through 5

These core lessons provide students with key content and skills they need to choose an issue and begin taking civic actions.

Lesson 1: A Different Kind of Government Course

Lesson 2: Introduction to Public Policy

Lesson 3: Problems, Policy, and Civic Actions

Lesson 4: Introducing Policy Analysis

Lesson 5: Policymaking in the Three Branches of Government
Lessons 6 through 14

These supplemental lessons provide additional skill-building and U.S. government content as students continue their projects.

Lesson 6: Analyzing Anti-Gang Policies

Lesson 7: Policymaking at the Local Level

Lesson 8: Law & Policy

Lesson 9: Persuading

Lesson 10: Building Constituencies

Lesson 11: Setting the Public Agenda

Lesson 12: Using the Media

Lesson 13: Persuading Policymakers

Lesson 14: Creating Change Through the Electoral Process
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