Learning Outcomes

Model Congress's programs and events strive to provide every student with a solid foundation in civic education and offers the tools to be a fully engaged citizen. The following Learning Outcomes established by Model Congress are additionally used to guide our educational programs:

The successful participant will be able to:
 

• Demonstrate critical thinking, and understanding on key contemporary issues of public policy and politics at the federal level.
• Analyze the concept of federalism and its operation in the United States.
• Be able to identify the three branches of government and explain how they function.
• Understand the process by which a bill becomes a law on the federal level.
• Interpret the key differences of national, state and local levels of government.