GAMES, ACTIVITIES, AND SIMULATIONS FOR TEACHING CIVICS

Citizenship skills are stressed in these enjoyable activities and simulations. Emphasizing policymaking and practical politics at local and national levels, the exercises comprise ten units: Budget and Taxes (a simulation in which students create a federal budget and tax policy), Liberal vs. Conservative (a questionnaire to stimulate discussion of liberal and conservative values), Meeting Game (Robert's Rules of Order), Interest Groups, The Bill, The Election Game (practice in choosing a candidate), Practical Politics, Minority Power Simulation (coalition politics), City Planning Game, and Plan Your Own City. Grades 7–12. 8½" x 11". Stevens & Shea. 49 pages. Revised edition. ©1995.

View the table of contents and the following lessons:

Practical Politics

• The Practical Politician
• Campaign Strategy
• Conscience, Contributors or Constituents

Interest Groups

• Citizenship and Interest Groups
• The Impact of Vested Interests
• How Would These Laws Affect Your Life?
• How Would A Legislator Vote?