Skip to main content
×

ICW5 Main Menu

  • play
    • All Games
    • Convene the Council
    • Argument Wars
    • Branches of Power
    • Cast Your Vote
    • Counties Work
    • Counties Work: Texas
    • Court Quest
    • Do I Have a Right?
    • Executive Command
    • Game Odyssey
    • Immigration Nation
    • LawCraft
    • Newsfeed Defenders
    • Race to Ratify
    • Sortify: U.S. Citizenship
    • Win the White House
  • teach
    • Search Our Library
    • Scope & Sequence
    • Professional Development
    • Get Started
    • Educator Community
    • FAQ
  • about
    • About iCivics
    • Who We Are
    • Our Strategy
    • CivXNow
    • Our Team
    • Blog
    • Contact Us

ICW5 logged out menu

  • DONATE
  • SHOP
  • SIGN IN
    • Sign In
    • Register as a Student
    • Register as a Teacher
Home

ICW5 Main Menu

  • play
    • All Games
    • Convene the Council
    • Argument Wars
    • Branches of Power
    • Cast Your Vote
    • Counties Work
    • Counties Work: Texas
    • Court Quest
    • Do I Have a Right?
    • Executive Command
    • Game Odyssey
    • Immigration Nation
    • LawCraft
    • Newsfeed Defenders
    • Race to Ratify
    • Sortify: U.S. Citizenship
    • Win the White House
  • teach
    • Search Our Library
    • Scope & Sequence
    • Professional Development
    • Get Started
    • Educator Community
    • FAQ
  • about
    • About iCivics
    • Who We Are
    • Our Strategy
    • CivXNow
    • Our Team
    • Blog
    • Contact Us

ICW5 logged out menu

  • DONATE
  • SHOP
  • SIGN IN
    • Sign In
    • Register as a Student
    • Register as a Teacher
NEW Foreign Policy Game

Now is perhaps the most important time for students to build an understanding of our interconnected world. To support learning about U.S. foreign policy, we’ve released Convene the Council, a new game developed in partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations.

Develop English Language Arts Skills with iCivics

We believe civics makes the perfect partner for English Language Arts lessons, and we have standards-aligned resources to prove it! We've compiled our best activities, lesson plans, and games for developing your students' non-fiction reading and writing skills.

New Elementary Resources Are Coming!

iCivics has partnered with History's Mysteries to integrate its K-5 learning offerings into our suite of educational materials. Look for new, upgraded History’s Mysteries content on our website in time for the 2022-23 school year!

  • CONTENT SEARCH

  • STANDARDS SEARCH

  • Scope & Sequence

Filter
Filter

Reset Search

Content Type

  • DBQuest
  • Lesson Plan

Grades

  • High School
  • Middle School

Curriculum Unit

  • A Growing Nation
  • Citizenship & Participation
  • Civil Rights
  • County Solutions Civic Action Plan
  • The Constitution
  • The Judicial Branch

Time Required

  • 10-30 min
  • One class period
  • (-) Multiple sessions

Technology Requirements

  • (-) Web browser
  • No Tech Required

Tags

  • Vocabulary
  • Assessment
  • ELL/MLL
  • Game Extension
  • Primary Source
  • History Connection
  • Writing
  • Group Work
  • (-) Inquiry-based
  • ELA/Literacy
  • Project-based
  • Printable Game
  • (-) Roleplay

Resources

  • PDF
  • Kami
  • Kahoot

Explore all that iCivics has to offer…

  • Get Started
  • Scope & Sequence
  • Educator Community
  • Professional Development
  • Blog
  • Manage Email Subscriptions
  • FAQ
Filter
  • Card View
  • List View
  • Lesson Plan

    Step Two: The News and You

    Having chosen an issue for the project, students analyze two news articles about the issue. They apply the “5W + H” method in order to learn how to gather information from a news article. Using what…
    • Middle School Icon
    • Kami Icon
    • PDF Icon
    • Group Work Icon
    • Inquiry Icon
    • Project-based Icon
    View kami
  • Lesson Plan

    Step Nine: Action Campaign

    Now that the research is done and students have articulated a proposed public policy solution for the chosen issue, they learn how to gather support. Students learn 12 different campaign and…
    • Middle School Icon
    • Kami Icon
    • PDF Icon
    • Group Work Icon
    • Inquiry Icon
    • Project-based Icon
    View kami
  • Lesson Plan

    Step 7: Fill the Holes

    Students take a “step” back in Step 7 and identify gaps in their information: What pieces of the puzzle are still missing? What information is important to have before going on? To fill those holes,…
    • High School Icon
    • Kami Icon
    • PDF Icon
    • Group Work Icon
    • Inquiry Icon
    • Project-based Icon
    View kami
  • Lesson Plan

    Step 9: Grab People’s Attention

    In this step, students get creative by developing “swag” to promote their cause. They learn principles of effective attention-grabbing that they apply to their own swag designs, including how to…
    • High School Icon
    • Kami Icon
    • PDF Icon
    • Group Work Icon
    • Inquiry Icon
    • Project-based Icon
    View kami
  • Lesson Plan

    Trial Court Simulation

    Did Cellar breach the contract? Or was there no contract to begin with? Let students decide in this scripted trial simulation.Got a 1:1 classroom? Download fillable PDF versions of this lesson's…
    • High School Icon
    • Kahoot Icon
    • Kami Icon
    • PDF Icon
    • ELA-literacy Icon
    • ELL-MLL icon
    • Group Work Icon
    • Roleplay Icon
    View kami
  • DBQuest

    Hamilton and the National Bank

    When Alexander Hamilton introduced the idea of a National Bank, it met with pushback from the likes of Madison and Jefferson. This battle was the nation's first constitutional crisis: Could the…
    • High School Icon
    • PDF Icon
    • ELA-literacy Icon
    • Icon for History Connection
    • Inquiry Icon
    • Primary Source Icon
    • Vocabulary Icon
    View
  • DBQuest

    DC Voting Rights

    What does the American Revolution’s rallying cry “taxation without representation” have to do with the District of Columbia?  Looking at three different types of sources-- Congressional debates, a…
    • High School Icon
    • Middle School Icon
    • PDF Icon
    • ELA-literacy Icon
    • Icon for History Connection
    • Inquiry Icon
    • Primary Source Icon
    • Vocabulary Icon
    View
  • DBQuest

    Historical Monuments & Meaning

    Civil War-era monuments are in the news. Some people want to remove statues because they represent ideas many find disturbing. Others want to keep the statues because they show our nation’s history,…
    • High School Icon
    • Middle School Icon
    • PDF Icon
    • ELA-literacy Icon
    • Icon for History Connection
    • Inquiry Icon
    • Primary Source Icon
    • Vocabulary Icon
    View
  • DBQuest

    Cherokee Resistance

    The 1830 Indian Removal Act authorized President Andrew Jackson to negotiate treaties with tribes in order to relocate them to land west of the Mississippi & open their lands to white settlement…
    • High School Icon
    • Middle School Icon
    • PDF Icon
    • ELA-literacy Icon
    • Icon for History Connection
    • Inquiry Icon
    • Primary Source Icon
    • Vocabulary Icon
    View
1035 Cambridge Street, Suite 21B
Cambridge, MA 02141
Tel: 617-356-8311
info@icivics.org

Footer Primary Menu

  • about
  • careers
  • contact
  • donate
  • store
  • blog
  • press
  • terms of use
  • academic integrity
  • privacy policy
  • ?