GAMES, ACTIVITIES, AND SIMULATIONS FOR TEACHING CIVICS

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.