President Election Campaign Game: Win the White House | Used With iCivics
- Grades
- Grades 9–12, High School
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Social Studies, Government
- Topic
- civics, house
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
About this resource
What's inside this resource
How does a presidential candidate go about campaigning, winning the election, and then becoming the next President? What's with the electoral college anyway? This game has proven to be an excellent way for students to comprehend what a candidate needs to go through in order to become the next President. From taking stances on issues, giving speeches, and traveling to various states, students will take the role of candidate and do their best to win the most electoral votes and become the next President of the United States.
This worksheet is an excellent written companion to go along with the FREE game created by iCivics.com. As students play the FREE online game Win the White House, students will also complete this series of 11 reflection questions. Just playing the game in itself is fun, but having this assessment is great for the teacher and student to reflect on what has been learned. My students love this game an have told me that they play it at home as well. Playing this election campaign game is an excellent hands-on activity to add to your political parties or Executive Branch unit within your civics or government classes. Let's go "Win the White House!"
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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.
Good to know
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
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Core concepts
Presidential elections
Electoral college
Campaign strategy
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