Wow, so I just looked up icivics.org the creator of the game I am exploring. I know this is off topic, I understand that we should be talking about how we learn, how our students will learn and what they will learn, but as a future social studies, government, and history teacher I have to share what I just learned.
As a graduate of a high school in Arizona I always had some pride in Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. She as you may know was the first female on the Supreme Court, she also served in all three branches of Arizona state government, pretty impressive resume for anyone. She considers her most significant legacy her founding of icivics.org the creators of the game I am learning. Yet she is not alone Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is also on the governing board.
I mention all this because I believe in this world of hidden agendas we must ask, and we must know, who is producing the knowledge that we are providing to our students. I now feel much more comfortable and have a higher degree of trust that this game is not promoting an aberrant political agenda.
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