Civic Mirror:

Better than Chocolate Ice Cream, maybe not as good as Night Swimming, but one of my Favorite Experiences

This past school year, my Social Studies class ran through a simulation called Civic Mirror. Being me, a bit of a dork, geek, nerd, teacher's pet, etc., I became obsessed. I learned a lot about the US, fellow students, and making choices, and I thought a lot about political and moral questions raised from those decisions. I put a lot of time into this 'game' and would wake up looking forward to the class. In order to keep myself off my phone and away from the TV this summer, I am going to write about my Civic Mirror experience for future Civic Mirror participants. I wish this game was part of the National Standards:)

What it is in a nutshell:

Civic Mirror is this "game" that tries to imitate the students' real country in the Constitution and structure of the government. The physical world is represented by hexes (the land/ buildings) and units (products) that are produced by the hexes (like how factories produce goods). We got to buy or trade units with simulated money, create laws, and sue each other.