Author Archives: Civic Mirror
Civic Mirror Educator, Jami Samione, Wins Teaching Award
Jami Samione, a teacher from Maplewood Middle School in Edmonds, WA who has been using the Civic MIrror with her students the last couple of years, received a teaching award for her efforts in promoting American history, traditions and institutions, to … Continue reading
Creative Genius or Corporate Thievery?
The citizens of Aquabania, students from Mr Ben Boucher’s 12th grade politics class at Bluevale Collegiate Institute, Waterloo, Ontario have created an interesting scenario in the last 2 weeks. The Background Info: During the first year of the country, both farms were producing food for … Continue reading
Why Do We Need a Government?
Mr Corbett Ball started an interesting discussion with his 10th Grade Future Forums class at Waterloo-Oxford Collegiate Institute in Baden, Ontario, who make up the nation of Bacon Falls, when he shared this statement: A dude named John Locke said … Continue reading
Major E/I Power Crisis
The nation of United IB Empire, made up of students from Mr Justin Ambrose’s 10th Grade Civics class at Turner Fenton Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario, is in the middle of a major crisis. After the Open Marketsession last week … Continue reading
President of Catywompus Threatening Citizens With Death Penalty
Students from Mr. Bradshaw’s 8th Grade social studies class at the Brentwood Academy in Tennessee held their first Government Event for their nation, Catywompus, last week. Citizens of Catywompus are in disagreement as to how well the government session went, … Continue reading
“CM World News Feed” is Live!
There is so much activity going on in Civic Mirror classrooms across the continent each and every day, it’s hard to keep track. From political scandals to contractual lawsuits and outraged citizens, there are enough story-lines coming out of the … Continue reading
Advice for New Nations
8th Grade students from Ms. Jamie Samione’s social studies class at Maplewood Middle School in Lynwood, WA, who make up Snorlax Sity, have just completed a Civic Mirror simulated year, and have valuable advice to students just starting the game. … Continue reading
CM Showcased in the Dimensions Newsletter
Dimensions, the newly overhauled newsletter for social studies teachers in British Columbia, now edited by Ms. Amber Rainkie, has chosen the Civic Mirror to be its first monthly showcase article. If you’re a BC educator and want to keep up to … Continue reading
Civic Mirror 2.0 Is Live!
After 2 years of hard work, we are proud to announce the release of Civic Mirror 2.0, a complete overhaul and reorganization of civicmirror.com! Much, Much Better Layout Civic Mirror now has 3 key spaces, making it clear where you … Continue reading
Welcome Back!
2011/12 Will Be A Great Year! School should be fun and exciting, not painful and boring. Whether you’re a teacher or student, parent or curriculum coordinator, and whether you’re using the Civic Mirror this year or not, we hope this … Continue reading
