Civic Action Project: Youth Creating Change
CAP is a free project-based learning program for middle and high school classrooms One part lessons, one part student project, CAP provides a chance for them to apply civic learning to the real world and impact an issue that matters to them.
Civic Action Project Focuses on Homelessness in LA
Integrating Public Policy into Project Based Learning
CAP students identify an issue or problem that matters to them, connect it to public policy, then take “civic actions” to try to impact their selected issue/problem.
CAP is aligned to:
The CAP Youth Board
CAP students are making news across the nation
See videos and photos of student projects
Pathways to CAP
Civic Action Project can easily integrate with many subjects and with other Teach Democracy programs. CAP offers a growing list of pathways that serve as natural additions and extensions for students as educators look for ways to include project based learning in their curriculum.
