1. What happens here can change your world!
CLOSE UP WASHINGTON, DC
What happens here can change your world!

2. Close Up: History and Mission
Non-profit and non-partisan civic education organization founded in 1971.
Mission is to inform, inspire, and empower students to become more active citizens.
Over 800,000 student and teacher alums.

3. The Basics Sunday, November 5, 2017, through Thursday/Friday
11-13 YO students
5 days/4 nights in Washington, DC, and Williamsburg
Focus on history, government, and active citizenship
Meet students from around the country

4. Schedule Walkthrough Saturday & Sunday
Fly from China to Washington, DC
Our staff will be at the airport to meet the group at baggage claim.
Check-in at hotel, dinner
Meet your PI and social activity
Essentials of Democracy workshop
Room check
*Nighttime security/supervision

5. Schedule Walkthrough (cont.)
Monday
Hotel Breakfast
Jefferson and FDR Memorial Study Visits
Size and scope of Government
Lunch in DC
Arlington National Cemetery and Marine Corp Memorial Study Visits
Korean, Vietnam, Lincoln Memorial Study Visits
Looking at American crises
Dinner at Pentagon City
Mock Congress
Take on roles as members of congress!

6. Schedule Walkthrough (cont.)
Tuesday
Hotel Breakfast
WWII and MLK Memorial Study Visits
How can citizens make a difference.
American History Museum Study Visit and Lunch
White House Photo Op
Capitol Hill study visit
Dinner at Pentagon City Mall
Night Monument Tour
Examining Citizenship Workshop

7. Schedule Walkthrough (cont.)
Wednesday
Colonial Williamsburg Study Visit: Focus on why subjects fought to be citizens.
Governor’s Palace
Printing Press
Revolutionary Reenactments
Tavern lunch
Historic interpreter-led visit including:
The Capitol
Public Gaol (Jail)
A Trade Shoppe
Dinner at DC’s historic Union Station

8. Schedule Walkthrough (cont.)
Thursday & Friday
Hotel Breakfast
Citizenship Send-Off Workshop
Reflect on the week and what you can take back to your communities.
National Archives Study Visit
See the founding documents!
Smithsonian Air and Space Lunch and Study Visit
National Mall
Holocaust Museum*
Capitol Hill*
Depart for Home

9. QSI Extras!
College Visit- Sunday before dinner!
Holocaust Museum

10. Safety and Security
All students are accounted for at all times via roll calls at all Close Up-led activities from breakfast through nightly room check 7:00 a.m. through 10:00 p.m., upon arrival through departure.
Program Instructors have 140+ hours of training, certified in CPR/First Aid, undergone criminal background checks, with students at all times when exploring sites.
Night monitors check all students in at 10pm and remain on all hotel floors throughout the night, departing at breakfast.
Close Up participants and staff wear their Close Up name tags at all times. The Close Up emergency number is listed on the back of each nametag and on all student and teacher daily schedules.
Close Up partners with several leading health care providers, including Georgetown University Children’s Medical Center (GUCMC), to ensure that students have access to quality health care should they need medical attention while on program.

11. Price and What’s Included
Total student price is RMB (including flights)
Academic materials and instruction
Hotel accommodations
Three meals per day starting with dinner on Sunday, ending with conclusion of program.
All in-town transportation
24-hour supervision including night monitors
All admission fees
Tips/Gratuities
Secondary medical coverage and access to Georgetown University Medical Center
Close Up souvenir backpack, water bottle, and group photo

12. Deadlines
Total student price is RMB * (The US cost is in dollars and was converted to RMB)
Deposit: 10,160 RMB First come, first serve
Final Payment of 10,000 RMB Due 1 September 2017
Cancellations after 20 September, 2017 result in a 100% cancellation penalty.
You will need to get your participant ID and password from Mr. Hannon to enroll at CloseUp.org.
Close Up is a 501(c)(3) organization…donations can be tax- deductible!

13. Why Close Up?
Learn about current issues, politics, and American government
History comes alive!
‘Civics shop class’
Hang out with friends from school and make new friends from around the United States
Experience all that DC and Williamsburg has to offer!

14. Email: matt-hannon@shenzhen.qsi.org
Matt Hannon, Room 411