Win the White House

Today we are beginning to learn about the next branch of our government, the Executive Branch.  The President is the head of the executive branch and in order to become President you must go through months of campaigning, speeches, debates, etc.

You will begin an interactive game that takes you through the various stages of running for President.  It is very important that you carefully read all of the steps during this simulation so you know what you are doing.

1. Go to the following webpage: https://www.icivics.org/games/win-white-house
2. Select register and complete the information on the form.  This way you will be able to save your game and continue tomorrow "IF/WHEN" we come back.
3. Select "New Game" and "High School".  Also, make sure that the tutorial is turned on.
4. Select your candidate, slogan, and political party.
5. The first step is the primaries.  READ all tutorials.  Select the issues you wish to focus on during your election.
6. After the primary debates, you will be taken to a map of the US with a lot of different options.  You will be able to poll different states, give speeches, fund raise, play TV ads and more.
7. Follow all directions very carefully and read through each tutorial.  If you are having trouble, let me know and I will help.
8.  If done correctly, this may take awhile to complete.  If you do get through the entire election, let me know and I will come check.

I want to see that you are putting forth effort and learning about the various steps of running for President.  Do not worry if you are unable to complete the election, just be working the entire class period.  We MAY come back tomorrow to continue the simulation, so be sure to SAVE your game so you do not have to start over.