iCivics to retire student comment boards

Feb 12, 2013 |

The team here at iCivics thoroughly enjoys receiving feedback from the educators and students who use our resources. We appreciate those who take the time to offer suggestions on how to improve the activities we offer. And nothing brightens our...

GoCivics Mobile Congress makes simulations fun and accessible

Jan 24, 2013 |

Role play games -- such as mock trials, debates, and model legislatures -- are well-established ways to introduce students to important civic processes, to encourage critical thinking, and to target Common Core speaking and listening standards....

Drafting Board boosts students' writing skill, independent researchers find

Dec 19, 2012 |
By Gene Koo, iCivics Executive Director

The team here at iCivics is ecstatic to learn that our most ambitious project to date, Drafting Board, is more effective at teaching argumentative (persuasive) writing than traditional teaching approaches. According to CIRCLE, the Center for...

iCivics Makes Jury Duty Fun With Launch of We the Jury Game

Dec 11, 2012 |

With the launch of its 17th online game, We The Jury, iCivics is bringing fun to jury duty.

Serving on a jury is one of the fundamental duties of American citizenship....

iCivics Launches Drafting Board, Innovative Common Core-Aligned Writing Tool

Nov 29, 2012 |

iCivics.org, the nation’s leading provider of high-quality and cost-free civic education materials, is revolutionizing both civic learning and the teaching of writing skills with the launch of its new tool,...

Civics Takes Seattle By Storm

Nov 19, 2012 |

Civics and citizenship took center stage at the National Council on the Social Studies Annual Conference this year in Seattle. The keynote event and major highlight of the conference was a citizenship and naturalization ceremony followed by a Q...