President Election Campaign Game: Win the White House | Used With iCivics by Teach Simple

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What's inside this resource

iCivics' free online game 'Win The White House' is the actual activity behind this nine-question companion worksheet, which directs students to the iCivics.org game site and then has them answer nine questions as they play through the simulated presidential campaign. The questions track the game's own structure: introducing the candidate's name, party, and slogan; recording one issue and stance from each of two primary debates; naming the running mate and the opponent's ticket; describing a campaign stop and a media appearance; reporting the final electoral college outcome; and reflecting in three sentences on what running for president felt like. Students are also asked to print or screenshot their in-game final certificate to attach to the completed worksheet. Because the actual gameplay happens on a third-party website, this product supplies the reflection questions and structure rather than the simulation itself.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Track and record campaign decisions (platform, running mate, debate stances) made during a simulated presidential election.
Interpret and report a simulated election's electoral college outcome.
Reflect in writing on the challenges and experiences of running a political campaign.

Teaching tips

Ensure students have working access to icivics.org/games/win-white-house before assigning this worksheet, since the questions cannot be answered without playing the linked game first.
Have students print or screenshot their in-game final certificate as instructed in question 8, and require it as part of the submitted assignment.
Use question 9's three-sentence reflection as a quick formative check on whether students engaged with the game's decision points rather than clicking through passively.

Skills covered

Campaign strategy tracking — students record the issues, stances, and debate outcomes they select while playing the linked election simulation.
Electoral outcome interpretation — students report their electoral college vote total and which states flipped in their favor.
Reflective civic writing — students write a three-sentence reflection on the experience and difficulty of running for president.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Can this worksheet be completed without visiting an outside website?

No — every question is keyed to the free iCivics.org game "Win The White House," so students need to play that game first (using the provided link) before they can answer the worksheet's nine questions about their candidate's campaign.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

Presidential elections
Electoral college
Campaign strategy

Topics

civics house game president vice president

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