Getting Started
Welcome to iCivics!
At iCivics, we’re here to help you bring complex concepts to life. With hundreds of free, nonpartisan, standards-aligned resources, you can inspire your students to stay curious and civically engaged.
The full resource ecosystem
To help you jump right in, we’ve selected a few of our most popular resources. Explore these favorites and see how they fit your instructional goals.
Games
Ignite student engagement and create transformational learning opportunities with digital games that make learning objectives come alive.
Lesson plans
Build civic knowledge with ready-to-use lesson plans that consist of readings and activities.
Videos
Introduce students to people and processes they need to know with short, purposeful videos.
Infographics
Provide substantive overviews of key concepts through visually appealing, graphically concise infographics.
DBQuests
Develop skills for in-depth analysis and inquiry with DBQuest, a learning tool that challenges students to dig into primary sources.
WebQuests
Help students connect civic concepts to the real world and learn how to navigate online information with WebQuests.
Private i History Detectives
Grow elementary students’ content knowledge, civic dispositions, and critical thinking skills with our K-5 curriculum that makes teaching social studies easy and fun.
Simulations
Bring civics to life through media-rich, whole-class, collaborative simulations.
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