Close Up: High School Programs

Using the city as a living classroom, Close Up’s Washington D.C. trips allow high school students to make personal connections with the people and institutions that embody our nation’s past and present.

Close Up’s once-in-a-lifetime program opportunities are designed to inspire and empower students to become active participants in our democracy. With the help of our program instructors, students experience history and government, consider a variety of viewpoints on important current issues, and build the skills of engaged citizenship. 

Develop the skills for a lifetime of active citizenship.

Close Up’s Washington D.C. trip curriculum uses the principles of cooperative learning and experiential, issue-centered education to inspire and empower students. We focus on:

• Reasoned discussion, debate, and deliberation of real-world issues; 
• Simulations of government processes; 
• Student facilitation and peer-to-peer engagement; and 
• Onsite learning about advocacy and policymaking. 

Visit our website to see all our upcoming trips and to learn more!