[1][2] In the same year, iCivics served more than 85,000 educators and 3 million students, including half of all middle school social studies classrooms in America.

[4] As keynote speaker at the NCSS annual conference in 2007, she noted “that while two-thirds of Americans know at least two judges on FOX Television’s ‘American Idol’ reality program, less than one in 10 can name the Chief Justice of the United States.” [14] At present, ourcourts.org maintains this mission,[15] but iCivics has a broader mission incorporating education on the legislative and executive branches of government as well as civics at a local level.

[19] A significant number of students also play the games again at home, greatly increasing absorption of concepts and improving test scores.

[20] The general iCivics curriculum has been shown to be an effective mechanism for education on civics topics as measured by scores on the US citizenship test.

[23] iCivics hosts lesson plans, games, online workshops and other materials for teachers and students of American civics.

These plans emphasize student engagement by including activities such as crosswords and short quizzes as well as reference to their online games.

Units of study include the history and development of the Constitution, the branches and levels of government, the rights and duties of citizens, politics and policy, and international affairs.

[25] A set of lessons developed with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America was designed to be used during their meetings instead of a traditional school period.