Your lesson, should you choose to accept it, is to consider a new resource: iCivics, a collection of online games and lesson plans to help students engage with American civics. The resource specialist assigned to help you with this task is Carrie Ray-Hill, Senior Director of Digital Learning.

In this episode we discuss:

• How iCivics defines civics, its civic education mission and maintaining political neutrality

• Helping teachers prepare for the 2020 election with games, lessons, info-graphics, webquests, and a Facebook group

• Extra materials for families and younger students

• The future of iCivics, including adapting materials to distance learning

• The philanthropic funding model for iCivics

• How teachers can add iCivics into their curriculum, including support materials for the games and a Facebook page

• Technology access for game-play

REMINDER: Applications to become an Equity in Civics Youth Fellow (discussed with iCivic’s Amber Coleman-Mortley) are due on September 20 for the 2020-21 cohort