Author Archives: Civic Mirror
Hectic Election in Ratatouille!
Written by: Joshua.G Simulated Country: Ratatouille School: South Colchester Academy Instructor: Ms. Shannon Clancey Location: Brookfield, Nova Scotia The 3 Parties in the simulated country Ratatouille at South Colchester Academy in Brookfield, NS were preparing for their super close election. The parties included … Continue reading
BZ’s Wingstop’s First Year – Boston College High School
Written by: Eli Simulated Country: BZ Wingstop School: Boston College High School Instructor: Mr. Gartside Location: Boston, MA The simulated Year 2000 has come and gone for BZ’s Wingstop, a Civic Mirror country from Boston College High School, and by many in … Continue reading
Westfield Middle School Explodes Twitter with CM News
“Journalistically-Talented” 8th Grader from Westfield, Indiana Takes CM Tweets to a Whole New Level Typically we like to keep our CM Blog posts short and sweet, but not this one. Ms. Stephanie Walker has been trialling Civic Mirror this year with … Continue reading
Civic Mirror Successfully Migrates Hosting to the Cloud
Written by Daniel Lindenberger –– Lead Civic Mirror Programmer At Action-Ed we’ve recently made the jump from traditional servers to Cloud Computing via Amazon Web Services (AWS), and we couldn’t be more excited about it. We thought we’d share a … Continue reading
Chronicles of “Turtle Island,” a CM Country from Madison, WI
Student-Journalists from Malcolm Shabazz City High School Reporting… Simulated Country: Turtle Island School: Malcolm Shabazz City H.S., Instructor: Mr. Aaron Kaio Location: Madison, Wisconsin We received so impressed by the many great news articles from students at Malcolm Shabbazz running our … Continue reading
Happy New Year Super-Awesome Civic Mirror Users!
Have a Great 2017! We just want to thank all of our users for using the program. Without you guys, Civic Mirror and this transformational social studies program would not exist. Thanks for your continued support, and we look forward … Continue reading
The Developing Nation of ONSRUD8 Flourishes But Requires Help On How To Best Encourage Cooperation
Written By: Dimiter Kramer Simulated Country: Onsrud8 School: Deer Path Middle School West, w/ Mr. Kevin Onsrud Location: Lake Forest, IL We have started off joyfully in the humble nation of Onsrud8. Members have formed into groups that openly trade and give … Continue reading
The Free Land of Terra Aliena
Written By: Kade Patterson Simulated Country: Terra Aliena School: Jacob Hespeler Secondary Instructor: Dave Lambert Location: Cambridge, ON Terra Aliena, like any nation with a heavy government presence, has had it’s troubles with fascists trying to take control, but after … Continue reading
Dictatorship Brewing in Moockistan
Written By: Hayley Christiansen Simulated Country: Mookistan School: Waverly High School, w/ Mr. Trent Goldsmith Location: Waverly, NE The Winter of 2001 kicked off with a bang during the legislative session. Citizens appeared to witness the session of the newly elected government … Continue reading
A Lethal Monopoly Plagues Moockistan
Written By: Hayley Christiansen Simulated Country: Moockistan School: Waverly High School Instructor: Mr. Trent Goldsmith Location: Waverly, NE The nation of Moockistan is in mourning this week as three residents of Apartment building D4 were left without power, despite the terms of their … Continue reading
