Master skills, explore new ideas, and build your teaching toolbox with free live, recorded, and on-demand training.
Learn about services designed to build educator capacity and cultivate dynamic educational experiences for students.
We’ve got answers. Visit our Support Desk to learn how to set-up and use your My iCivics Account.
Explore opportunities we’ve designed to create community and build your expertise.
Still stuck? Our Support team is standing by to help. Submit a request and we’ll be in touch.
Task students with digging into the preambles and introductory text of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution.
Students will learn how World War I impacted the woman suffrage movement. Sources will show how suffragists promoted woman suffrage as a war measure, how women’s roles expanded…
When President Eisenhower authorized troops under federal authority to desegregate Little Rock Central High School in 1957, he became the first president since Reconstruction to…
Navigate our court system and guide citizens to the right place.
Step inside the Situation Room and take on the role of president responding to international events.
Can you find a path forward for a new nation... with a lot of disagreements?
Make your own history! Are you team Federalist or AntiFederalist?
Argue real Supreme Court cases, and put your lawyering skills to the test.
Manage Texas county government in our first state-based local government game!
Guide newcomers through the path to citizenship.
Run your own presidential campaign!
Running a county is a lot of work! Manage things well, and try to get re-elected.
Learn to control all three branches of the U.S. government!
State governments play many roles. Go beyond basic state government structure to examine how states use their police powers and taxation systems to further state goals, act as…
Dive into the structure and functions of the state executive branch! Students learn about the most common executive offices, their officials, and how the state executive branches…
Voting laws vary by state. Where do your state's laws fit on the wide spectrum of election laws across the country?
States have their own governments, but what powers do they have, and where does that power come from? In this lesson, students will explore the nature of state power as…
Students discover that states have their own governments and powers separate from the federal government. They learn what those powers are, how they’re different from the federal…
What do state governments do? In this overview lesson, students learn about state government structure, functions, lawmaking, and relationship with local government. Got a 1:1…
In case of emergency, declare it! Help your students understand what it means when a state of emergency is declared with this printable infographic.
DBQuest
Game
Lesson Plan
