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We the People: Project Citizen promotes competent and responsible participation in state and local government. It actively engages students in learning how to monitor and influence public policy and encourages civic participation among students, their parents, and members of the community.
The World We Want | We are happy to report that the Project Citizen feature film documentary, "The World We Want", premiered in Los Angeles on Nov. 8, 2008 at the AFI Fest. The film received the Audience Award and has been the subject of several favorable reviews. For more information, visit www.theworldwewantmovie.com.
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Project Citizen Correlates Well With NH Social Studies Frameworks | Check the correlation to see how the program fits well with the NH Frameworks and assists you in meeting social studies objectives.
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As a class project, students work together to identify and study a public policy issue, eventually developing an action plan for implementing their policy. The final product is a portfolio displaying each group's work. Click on the "Project Citizen" Logo above for more information about this wonderful "hands on" program.
In a culminating activity, the class presents its portfolio in a simulated legislative hearing, demonstrating their knowledge and understanding of how public policy is formulated. Teachers are encouraged to hold hearings in the classroom or community setting. Participants are encouraged to enter their portfolios in the state showcase held each year in May at the Legislative Office Building in Concord, NH. One portfolio receiving the highest rating at the state showcase will go on to be evaluated at the National Showcase, held each year in conjunction with the National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Summit.
View this PowerPoint presentaton in PDF format (257Kb, 22 pages) to learn more about the Project Citizen program.
| Project Citizen Summer Institutes | Northeast Regional Summer Institute
July 19-25, 2010
Newport, RI
Details to come
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Project Citizen 2009 | 
Aline Antunes, Jasmin Petrosino, Jacqueline Ruggiero and Breann Fortier, students at Fairgrounds Middle School, boast the highest rated portfolio taking part in the Project Citizen State Showcase & Hearing which was held on May 15 at the Legislative Office Building in Concord, NH. Their portfolio has now journeyed to Calabasas, CA, home of the Center for Civic Education, and will soon journey to Philadelphia, PA where it will be exhibited at the 2009 National Council of State Legislators’ Legislative Summit, hosting the National Project Citizen Showcase.
| |  Fairgrounds Middle School students display Project Citizen Portfolios completed in their class and entered into the NH Project Citizen State Showcase. Two groups of students also took part in the "First" for NH Showcase Hearing held on May 15. For the second year in a row students from Susan Carey and Mary Foran's class have earned the State Showcase Plaque awarded to the school with the highest rated Project Citizen portfolio entry.
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Volunteers | On May 15th we will be holding the Project Citizen showcase at the Legislative Office Building on North State Street in Concord NH. Volunteers will be needed to act as judges of the portfolios. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out and send in the volunteer form, or to get more information on this program, please e-mail Law Related Education Coordinator, Robin E. Knippers or call her at 603-224-6942, ext. 3259.
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