What Is?
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The Civic Mirror
What kind of citizen will you become?
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THE CIVIC MIRROR STARTS WITH A
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Who become
citizens that live in
a country that
looks like this 
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Who become
citizens that live in
a country that
looks like this 
But we’ll come back
to this map shortly.
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Civic Mirror’s Goals
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The Civic Mirror’s real goals:
1. To teach you how our government, civic
system, and economy work by experiencing
them for yourself.
2. To teach you about life, the “real-world,”
and important “life-lessons,” and
3. To have lots of fun!
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INTRODUCTIONS
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The game goals, however, are to earn STATUS POINTS
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Each student becomes
a citizen who must
provide for a
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…
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But …
Because there are not enough
goods and services to go around,
conflict arises as citizens
compete to provide for their
families.
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OK … so you might be thinking…
• How does this work?
• How do students live in a country?
• How do they get what they need?
• Does each student have his/her own
country, does everyone share one?
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Every Civic Mirror country is
a 36-Hex Map!
There exists both an
economy & a natural
environment.
You and your classmates will
live in this ONE country.
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All Hexes fall into 1 of 3 categories:
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Which means
everyone’s actions
will affect
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everyone
else!
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Your country hex map will be
like a “civic mirror.”
As things happen in your
simulated nation, your hex
map will evolve to reflect
you and your classmates’
struggles, debates, and
individual ups and downs.
It will become a reference
point to help you relate to
and understand what goes
on in the real world.
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CIVIC MIRROR IN 6 RULES
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1. Your family of seven needs food and shelter
to survive, and they want a bunch of other
things
1. Hexes provide what your family needs and
wants, and you and your fellow citizens
own them
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3. Hexes must be powered with an energy
unit (E/I unit) before they can
produce/provide anything
4. You obtain E/I units by buying or trading
for them with the owner of the E/I hex
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5. Once you have an E/I unit, you can power
your hex and sell or trade its wares to your
fellow citizens.
6. There is no teacher or god to tell you how
to do the above, so you must self-govern
the whole scenario using a simulated
version of your real country’s political,
economic, and civic system.
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And Don’t Forget !
Each of you will be
given a political,
economic, and/or
ideological
Hidden Agenda.
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The whole scenario is going to demand you institute
Law and Order.
Immediately you will be asking questions like…
o “Can he do that to me?”
o “Would I get in trouble if …?”
o “Why doesn’t somebody stop her? Or at least say
something!?”
o “Would I score points if taxes were raised?”
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Now that we understand how the scenario works,
let’s learn how it sets up classroom events that
simulate the U.S. and/or Canadian system of
government, law, and economics.
The Civic Mirror is played in rounds, called “Years.”
And every country starts in the Year 2000.
Every Year is made up of 4 in-class events, called
“Seasons.”
And instructors decide how many “Seasons” are
played.
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The Civic Mirror Events
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PRE-GAME EVENTS (occur once)
GAME EVENTS (can repeat as often as instructor wants)
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Season 1 in the U.S. Module
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Simulated U.S. Govt. Event
WINTER
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1 in theOverview
Canadian
Module
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1 in the Canadian
Module
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Simulated House of Commons
WINTER
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Season 3 in All Modules
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Season 3 in All Modules
Town Hall Set Up
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National Court Set-Up
FALL
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YEAR-END CALCULATIONS
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HIDDEN AGENDA APPLICATIONS
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STATUS POINTS AWARDED
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YEAR-END
PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS
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REFLECTION & CONNECTION
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And then you’ll be given
opportunities to reflect
on and “connect” what
you’ve learned and
experienced in
The Civic Mirror to
important issues and
events from the real
world!
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TO GET STARTED
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VISIT
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