Each team undertakes specific tasks related to the policy issue. The final product is a portfolio displaying each group's work. In a culminating activity the class presents its portfolio before other classes or community groups. The activity encourages civic participation among students, their parents, and members of the community. Classes also may enter their portfolios in a local competition with other classes.
Winners advance to annual state and national competitions.
Interested persons should contact the Center for information regarding competitions. Project Citizen is administered nationally by the Center for Civic Education in cooperation with the National Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan organization dedicated to serving the lawmakers and staffs of the nation's 50 states and its commonwealths and territories. Project Citizen is also available in Spanish. A staff development training manual is also available.