County Solutions Civic Action Plan

County Solutions is a lesson-based civic action project you can do with your students right in the classroom! We've broken down the project into nine steps for middle school and ten more research-intensive steps for high school, with one lesson per step. Students examine the broad context of their issues—including the role of county and other levels of government—and focus on bringing about local change using strategies tailored to their individual issues. When you've finished the unit, students will have a completed action plan to resolve a community issue. Whether you ask students to take it beyond that is up to you!

This resource was created with support from the National Association of Counties.