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iCivics, Inc. (formerly Our Courts) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the United States that provides educational online games and lesson plans to promote civics education and encourage students to become active citizens.
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The company received national recognition for their series of civics games launched by Sandra Day O'Connor for iCivics, her civics-education initiative. [3] These games include Do I Have a Right?, Executive Command, and Liberty Belle's Immigration Nation.
In her later years, O’Connor advocated for further research into Alzheimer’s disease, and founded iCivics, a nonprofit organization that encouraged a broader study of civics in U.S. classrooms.
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Early examples of games for change include Honorable Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's suite of games called iCivics; Food Force a game about global hunger created by the World Food Program; and Ayiti: the Cost of Life , a game about poverty set in Haiti. Seggerman ran G4C since its inception in 2004. [8]
Initially, Templeton was the South Carolina pilot co-chair for Our Courts, but the program expanded its scope and its reach to all 50 states and became iCivics and Templeton was named by the Justice as the National Volunteer Coordinator. [6] In October 2010, O'Connor recommended Templeton for a judgeship. [7]