1. Civic Action Project

2. What is CAP?

3. How CAP Works

4. Why CAP? What skills does an effective citizen need to possess?
What does effective citizenship look like?

5. Public Policy What is public policy? Problem: Traffic Accidents
Laws and policies governments / organizations adopt to address problems
Problem: Traffic Accidents
Policy: No texting while driving/ no drinking and driving
Problem: Overweight ppl get more diseases
Policy: PE in schools, no junk food in schools, PSAs

6. CAP Sometimes policy is the problem Policy: 4 minute passing period

7. CAP What are some institutions that create public policies?
Different levels
School
District
City Councils
State Governments
National Government

8. CAP
For CAP, select problem w/policy implications and begin working to correct
Problem may have one of four implications:
Eliminate a policy
Modify and existing policy
Create a new policy
Enforce a current policy

9. CAP Case Studies
Each person in your group will be assigned a case study.
Read your case study (8 minutes)
Explain your case study to your partners (3 minutes each)
For each case study, write:
The problem
The policy
The policy implication (what are supporters trying to do to the policy?)
Who would support the new policy and who would oppose it?

10. CAP Proposal Get together with your groups (2 – 4 ppl)
Address the following prompts:
What is the problem?
What is the goal you would like to see accomplished?
What are the policy implications?
What do you need to know first (research) in order to get started?
What groups might support you? Which groups might oppose you?
What is your first step?
Civic Action Proposal due electronically on Friday 1/27