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Curriculum Alignments & Teaching Resources

Your classroom becomes a country. Your students become its citizens.

Civic Mirror gives students their own government, courts, economy, families, money, responsibilities, and incentives to succeed, so the systems in your government, civics, or economics course become systems they live in. Alongside the simulation, our Learning Modules teach the course content directly, in digital or printable PDF form, and in some classrooms they replace the textbook. We are mapping this social studies simulation and its modules course by course to state and national curricula.

1Become a CitizenEach student joins a simulated country with a family, money, and responsibilities.
2Run the CountryStudents vote, run for office, pass laws, go to court, trade, and pay taxes on what they earn.
3Connect It to Your CourseWhat they live through gives real meaning to checks and balances, due process, scarcity, and the rest of your curriculum.

Showcase Alignments

Guides teachers use today to build a U.S. course around Civic Mirror.

More U.S. Teaching Guides: Ancient Civilizations (Middle School) | Civic Mirror as a Technology Initiative | General Resources and Unit Plans

Find Your State

We are building alignments state by state. Each one shows where Civic Mirror fits the course, what students do in the simulation, and what you can use for planning and approval.

 NationalAP U.S. Government & Politics · In DevelopmentInstitutions, elections, federalism, civil liberties, courts, and policy, with Civic Mirror as the experiential spine and AP-specific support layered around it.
 FloridaU.S. Government · In DevelopmentConstitutional government, institutions, rights, and participation, with the Florida standards and FCLE alignment in progress.Middle Grades Civics · PlannedFlorida’s required, assessed middle-grades course: institutions, law, citizenship, and participation at an age-appropriate level.College Civic Literacy Courses · PlannedAn experiential layer for American Government and related courses under Florida’s college civic-literacy requirement.
 IllinoisCivics · PlannedDemocratic institutions, public issues, participation, and civic action through elections, law, and problem-solving students take part in.Middle School Civics · PlannedIllinois Grades 6–8 civics calls for current issues, service learning, and simulations of democratic processes.
 OhioAmerican Government · In DevelopmentOhio’s state-tested American Government course: founding principles, institutions, civic participation, and public policy, experienced in a simulated country.
 IndianaUnited States Government · PlannedConstitutional government, institutions, and citizenship in the course that includes Indiana’s required naturalization exam.
 ArizonaGovernment · PlannedArizona’s required semester of government: constitutional government, institutions, rights, and the civic knowledge behind the state civics test.
 WashingtonCivics · PlannedWashington’s half-credit Civics requirement: institutions, public decisions, citizenship, law, and civic participation.
 West VirginiaCivics · In DevelopmentWest Virginia’s required civics course, which calls for interactive teaching such as mock scenarios and debates, a natural fit for a classroom simulation.
 MinnesotaGovernment and Citizenship · PlannedMinnesota’s new Grade 11/12 requirement: institutions, democratic participation, public policy, rights, and citizenship.
 TexasU.S. Government · In DevelopmentConstitutional principles, institutions, rights, citizenship, and public policy, being mapped to the TEKS.
 VirginiaVirginia & U.S. Government · PlannedConstitutional government, U.S. institutions, citizenship, and public policy, applied in a simulated civic system.
 GeorgiaAmerican Government / Civics · PlannedConstitutional principles, institutions, rights, and citizenship, building on existing Civic Mirror materials.
 CaliforniaPrinciples of American Democracy · In DevelopmentConstitutional principles, democratic institutions, participation, and public policy, made concrete in a simulated civic system.Economics · PlannedMarkets, scarcity, incentives, and household and business decisions, paired with California’s Grade 12 government course.
 New YorkParticipation in Government · PlannedHow citizens engage with institutions, public issues, and democratic processes, analyzed through a shared civic experience.United States History and Government · PlannedDeepening the government and citizenship parts of the course through an applied simulation experience.
 North CarolinaFounding Principles: Civic Literacy · In DevelopmentFounding principles, institutions, constitutional government, and citizen participation in North Carolina’s required course.
 KentuckyCivic Literacy · PlannedKentucky’s new civic-literacy graduation requirement, for schools choosing a standalone or embedded civics course.
 TennesseeGovernment / Civics · In DevelopmentGovernment and civics with a civics test and a project-based civics assessment, both a natural match for students who run a simulated country.
 MississippiUnited States Government and Civics · In DevelopmentMississippi’s new required government and civics course, now being rewritten; the full alignment will follow the final standards.

Teaching a course that is not listed? Tell us the course and we will show you where Civic Mirror fits. Ask About Your Course →

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