iCivics – “Power Play” game
Grade
6-9
9-12
Lesson Duration
In Power Play, students coach a team of players to develop arguments that, if persuasive, will pull power statues toward a side: state or federal government.
Students:
- Distinguish between arguments that states or the federal government should have more power
- For specific government powers, identify arguments about where each power should lie (with the states or the federal government)
- Dismiss irrelevant arguments