What is iCivics?
I
Civics prepares young Americans to become knowledgeable, engaged 21st century
citizens by creating free and innovative educational materials.
In
2009, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor founded iCivics to reverse Americans’
declining civic knowledge and participation. Securing our democracy, she
realized, requires teaching the next generation to understand and respect our
system of governance. Today iCivics comprises not just our board and staff, but
also a national leadership team of state supreme court justices, secretaries of
state, and educational leaders and a network of committed volunteers. Together,
we are committed to passing along our legacy of democracy to the next
generation.
In four
years, iCivics has produced 18
educational video games as well as vibrant teaching materials that have been used in classrooms in all 50 states. Today we
offer the nation’s most comprehensive, standards-aligned civics curriculum that
is available freely on the Web.
Why I recommend it:
I
personally saw an AMAZING difference in my students that went on this website
and played the games at home, compaired to those who didn’t in both grade,
understanding, and their end of the year Common Core Exam (CCE). We will be
doing some of the games during class when laptop cart are available, but at
home and after school tutoring on Tuesdays are great places to keep up with
their entire curriculum. It’s also amazing for keeping students memory fresh on
topics that we’ve already covered throughout the year.
Extra Credit Incentive:
Students
will receive bonus points for games played at home. I have access to see what
games they played, time they played, and scores received.
Steps for Signing up for iCivics:
2. put in your e-mail
3. make a password
4. click student
5. When it asks for your name- PLEASE
put full First and Last name so that I can give you credit for your work
6. Class Codes: (dont forget to capitalize where needed)
Period 1:
Roberts73166
Period 2:
Taft5992
Period 3:
Rehnquist21785
Period 5:
Rutledge36112
Period 6:
Taft4639
Period 8:
White95158
Password if reset or I set up your account for
you: dunne1
Thank you.
Ms. Dunne
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