Make Learning About Government Fun!

The lesson plans can be a little difficult to follow because of the amount of information but that also could help or lead to more group work or homework. I feel the website is just a great go to especially living in a gaming world, it speaks the children's language without leaving behind the instruction.

This tool allows students to learn about the features of government in fun, easy to learn games. This is more engaging than a traditional lecture model and students will definitely learn more from this method of instruction.

Overall I like using iCivics with my classes regardless with they are special needs, ELL, or general education classes. I truly enjoyed the different projects presented for the educator to use, the easy platform in which the website was designed, and ease of use of the lessons with on the computer platform or a printed version. Another plus is the lesson plans follow the Maryland State Curriculum quite a bit making it easy to incorporate into the classroom. The students can use these lessons as pre-assessment lessons, introductory lessons, and reinforcement lesson for in class or as homework. Although iCivics can be a very productive tool for educators and students alike there are some drawbacks that can be corrected. The students can find the answers to the activities online if they are tech savvy enough. Also the curriculum learning standards for Government are out of date for my state. They may be out of date but the are still relevant. The only difference is my state has restructured the curriculum which makes the order of the state curriculum a little off on iCivics.