Michigan American Legion Boys State

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Michigan American Legion Boys State

• Learning By Doing

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Boys State is...

• Learning

Involvement
Politics
Government
YOU!
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Boys State is

• -Get hands-on experience learning about government

-Deal with real-world issues and scenarios
-Emphasis placed on Learning by doing
-Meet current elected and appointed officials
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Boys State is

• -Participation in day-to-day operations of all
  levels of government

-Extra-curricular activities
-Band
-Athletics
The more you put in The more you get out
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Boys State is

• Exposure to the world of politics.

-nominations
-elections
-Campaigns Broken Promises
-Meet real-world politicians
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Boys State is

• -After elections, the Boys
• Staters take control of
• their State

-Boys Staters perform the same offices and their
real world counterparts
-Judicial, Executive, Legislative branches
-City, County, and State Government
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Boys State is memories

• -Boys State is a great
• experience for young
• Men providing them with
• a chance to learn about
• their government and showing
• them how imperative it
• is that they get involved in
• the system
• -Kyle Kincaid

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Boys State is memories

• - I lived for a week with
• the best, laughed with
• the best, ran against
• the best, won against
• the best, and learned
• from the best.
• --Joseph Kuzma

Boys State was a great learning experience I
learned more here than in a semester of
government class. The best part, though, is that
I also had a lot of fun while learning.
--Jin Chen
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Boys State is
-A character building opportunity
-A chance for YOU to be alongside other future
leaders of our country
-An unforgettable experience..

• Learning by doing

http//www.michiganboysstate.org/