In this game, students use primary source documents to explore the basic tenets of representative government and the challenges they face in today’s society.  In the process, students learn how to evaluate primary sources for key details and differing viewpoints.

There are seven games to choose from as of this writing.  In the first, Fair is not Alway Equal, students learn about federalism and states’ rights.  The second game, Laws and Sausages,  explores the separation of powers among the branches of government, and the ways in which the lines of separation are often blurred.

The third game, A Balancing Act, is all about the federal budget and who exerts the power and influence on how the dollars are spent (or overspent).  In the fourth game, More Equal than Others, students delve into who influences the political process, how they do it, and why.  The fifth game,  Voting Rights, explores voter shenanigans and mudslinging to influence voting.  Students also learn about historical obstacles to voting, such as the poll tax and gender.

The Executive Branch explores how presidents have assumed powers usually reserved for Congress, often through the use of Executive Orders and troop deployments.  In the final game, The Judicial System, students learn how politics can intervene between Congress and the Judiciary, and result in a struggle for the balance of power.

The games incorporate quizzes and pop trivia questions.

This site includes an extensive teacher toolbox with resources for incorporating the games into classroom instruction.

Engaging Congress is available as an online game, as well as an Apple or Android app.

Great interactive games and videos for students about constitutional principles, our three-branch system of government, and voting rights. Some of these include:

• Liam Learns – 7 Principles of the Constitution – a series of video shorts on the principles of constitutionalism with teacher resources and lessons.
• Oyez, Oyez, Oh Yay! – For middle and high school students. Learn about landmark court cases and decisions and the role of the judicial system in our country.
• Check Point Powers – Grades 6-12. Test your knowledge of the powers that establish the checks and balances among the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches of government.
• Justiceville – for elementary students. Learn map reading skills as you navigate your way around the town of Justiceville. Along the way, you also learn about the functions and purposes of government.
• Separation of Powers – for grades 6-12. Decide which branch of government can exercise the state power.
• Preamble Scramble – for grades 3-8. Unscramble the pieces of the Preamble to the Constitution.

There are also lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers.

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PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics. PolitiFact is run by editors and reporters from the Tampa Bay Times, an independent newspaper in Florida, as is PunditFact, a site devoted to fact-checking pundits. The PolitiFact state sites are run by news organizations that have partnered with the Times. The state sites and PunditFact follow the same principles as the national site.

PolitiFact staffers research statements and rate their accuracy on the Truth-O-Meter, from True to False. The most ridiculous falsehoods get the lowest rating, Pants on Fire.

LearningReviews note: PolitiFact is also available for some state governments. Check the site’s page footer for links to those available.

The site provides civics education resources for educators and students. Some of the student resources include:

• Judicial Branch Resources for Students – A video in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. sits with a groups of high school students discuss the Supreme Court: its history and evolution; how it hears and decides cases; and the role of an independent judiciary to a healthy democracy. Several other videos in this section discuss the role of the courts, and an interactive game, Court Quest, iCivics.
• Teaching the Constitution Teacher Resources – includes videos on the origin and nature of the Constitution, separation of powers, and amendments and landmark cases.

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PBS has an extensive collection of videos, lessons, activities and interactives on civics and government for K-12 students.  They have excellent tools for selecting content by topic, grade level and type of resources.

The resources include videos, lessons, interactives, interactive lessons, media, audio, image, document, webpage or collection.