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...
Civic Education
19-Dec-2012
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...
11-Dec-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...
29-Nov-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,...
19-Nov-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...
19-Nov-2012
The home of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitutional Convention, and a commitment to civic learning... iCivics is a hit in Philadelphia, according to a story from local ABC station WPVI....
19-Oct-2012
The San Francisco Chronicle has published on op-ed by Justice O'Connor on the importance...
19-Oct-2012
The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed on the importance of restoring civic learning by...
19-Oct-2012
The San Francisco Chronicle has published a piece by Justice O'Connor on the importance...
03-Oct-2012
Parade Magazine featured a cover story and interview with Justice O'Connor. She discussed a wide range of topics,...