Websites you need to check out!
www.icivics.org (Great games for learning about politics and government)
Here are some games I recommend on the website above:
Executive Command - Be the President for the Day
Balance of Power - Explore what it is like to be the judicial, executive, and legislative branch
Win the White House - Campaign for the Presidency!
Argument Wars - What is it like to be a Supreme Court Judge?
Activate- Students campaign for an issue of their choice.
Cast Your Vote-
Students choose the questions in a debate, rate the candidates responses, and
cast a vote.
Immigration Nation-
Students help newcomers along their path to citizenship.
Responsibility
Launcher- Students help others with civic common sense.
Do I Have a Right- Student run their own law firm that
specializes in constitutional law.
Counties Work-
Students make decisions about community programs and services.
People’s Pie- Student
control the budget of the federal government.
Crisis of Nations-
Student work to solve international problems.
www.brainpop.com - awesome educational site with videos to watch and activities. Brainpopjr is also a good one for grades K-3.
www.factcheck.org - check out different claims made by various politicians to see what is true and false.
www.storybird.com Great website that we used to write short stories. The stories are still on the website. Read them while they are hot!
Please suggest other educational websites that we can add to our class site!
