iCivics Apps
Win the White House 1.2.1
Running for the presidency isn't easy! In Win the White House,manage your very own presidential campaign by debating youropponents, strategically raising funds, polling voters, launchingmedia campaigns, and making personal appearances. Keep a close eyeon the map as you battle for electoral votes. Played 3.5 million+times on iCivics.org, this NEW and IMPROVED version of Win theWhite House includes all new ways to put your stamp on yourcampaign: - More avatars - New campaign slogans - Running mateoptions -Maverick Option for creating your platform - Refreshedcontent, art and game play - Option to print your personalisedcampaign materials Sign up for an iCivics account to earn ImpactPoints and game-based achievements! Teachers: Check out ourclassroom resources for Win the White House. Just visitwww.icivics.org! Learning Objectives: Your students will ...-Explain the electoral process (primary and general elections,Electoral College) -Identify the influence of the media in formingpublic opinion -Analyze how parts of a whole interact to produceoutcomes in complex systems Game Features: 1. Create a candidate.Pick an avatar, home state, political party, and campaign slogan.2. Choose the issues that matter to you. Battle it out with otherpresidential hopefuls in a primary debate by choosing the bestarguments for the issues you care about. 3. Win the primaries. Theprimary season doubles as the game tutorial in Win the White House.Gain campaign skills by spending time and resources in Iowa and NewHampshire. 4. Win the election. As the party candidate, you mustwork to gain and keep momentum through targeted media campaigns andpersonal appearances. Running for office isn't cheap, so you'llneed to find funding in friendly states. Your ability to poll willalso keep you in the know and help guide you to a presidentialvictory!
NewsFeed Defenders 1.0.4
NewsFeed Defenders is a challenging online game that engagesplayerswith the standards of journalism, showing you how to spot avarietyof methods behind the viral deception we all face today.Join afictional social media site focused on news and information,andmeet the challenge to level up from guest user to site curator.Thiscan only be achieved by spotting dubious posts that try tosneak inhidden ads, viral deception, and false reporting. Inaddition tomaintaining a high-quality site, you are charged withgrowingtraffic while keeping the posts on topic. Sign up for aniCivicsaccount to earn Impact Points! Teachers: Check out ourclassroomresources for NewsFeed Defenders. Just visitwww.icivics.org!Learning Objectives: Players will ... · Identifymarkers ofverification, transparency, accountability, andindependence in newsstories · Define and identify problematic newsitems, and othernews-related types of misinformation · Explain avariety ofstrategies to verify images and information · Evaluatetext for biasbased on word choices and framing methods · Use thirdpartyinformation to judge credibility of a source
Drafting Board 2.1.8
iCivics’ classroom tool Drafting Board offers interactive,scaffolded instruction for argumentative writing. It is a multi-dayintervention that gives teachers the tools to support students asthey learn to write evidence-based arguments. Drafting Board canhelp simplify the complexity of creating a Common Core-alignedlearning environment. This free resource is integrated with thecontent of the iCivics curriculum and aligned to the Common Corestandards. Drafting Board takes students through the steps ofcreating an argumentative essay. It includes six modules that guidestudents through the process of understanding an issue, taking aside, and using evidence to support a claim. At the end, studentshave an argumentative essay with an introduction, body,counterargument, and conclusion.
