angularJS carry selected value to next page - angularjs

Hey I have two JSP pages that are step(s) 1 & 2 of a form. On step 1 I am displaying certain category options a user can choose from. In order for the user to get to step 2, they must click one of the category options and upon going to step 2, I am trying to display the name of the category that they clicked on. I know with ng-model, one can bind it to an input and display what is interacted in that input but for some reason it is not working if I bind the ng-model to a "p" or "span". I am new to AngularJs so please bare any rookie mistakes.
step_one.jsp
<div class="col-sm-6" ng-click="setStep(2)"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-cutlery"></span>
<p ng-model="category">Cutlery & Service</p>
</div>
step_two.jsp
<div class="col-md-12">
<label for="requestCategory">Category:</label>
<p id="requestCategory" ng-model="category">{{category}}</p>
</div>
JS to switch steps:
$scope.setStep = function (step){
$scope.step = step;
};
$scope.isStepSet = function(step){
return ($scope.step === step) ;
};

Are you intermingling server vs client side development?
You have 2 JSPs, which I'm assuming each load AngularJS? The majority of Angular apps work with a single page (i.e. one JSP) and dynamically load/show different content (i.e. through angular views). Single page applications (SPAs) maintain state within a single page and Angular provides constructs to do this with $scope (you can also use localStorage to do this).
It looks like you're transitioning from a classic web/server-side development model to a client-side model. To do what you want to do above, you can keep everything in 1 JSP and use the following code:
HTML
<div ng-show="isStepSet(1)" ng-init="setStep(1)" class="col-sm-6" ng-click="setStep(2)"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-cutlery"></span>
<p ng-model="category">Cutlery & Service</p>
</div>
<div ng-show="isStepSet(2)" class="col-md-12">
<label for="requestCategory">Category:</label>
<p id="requestCategory" ng-model="category">{{category}}</p>
</div>

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In my application the index page is like
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