The nonpartisan, nonprofit iCivics has created a digital educational game to teach students and families about the compromises that went into the crafting of the Constitution in 1787. The game, Constitutional Compromise, focuses on specific compromises made by each state delegate-except Rhode Island, which did not send anyone to the Convention-when crafting the U.S. Constitution.
Read MoreAbout three in four video gamers think global warming is happening, and the majority of video gamers understand that global warming is mostly human-caused. Most video gamers think global warming will harm plant and animal species, future generations of people, people in developing countries, the world's poor, people in the U.S., people in their community, their family, and themselves personally.
Read MoreChess is only one example, but to me it's directly illustrative of the idea of a game taking care to ensure a carefully crafted experience for the player.
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