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Education, Advocacy and Activism

Free training, tools and resources for journalists, advocates, activists and campaigns, with a focus on Idaho transparency, civic data and liberty.

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🎮 Games

9 games. This page updates itself when items move between sections.

In this section
  1. The News Desk Game
  2. Civic Trivia Game
  3. Constitution Trivia Game
  4. Who Said It? Game
  5. The Dark Money Game Game
  6. Solitaire Game
  7. FreeCell Game
  8. The Real Life Lab Game
  9. The Real Life Game (alt2) Game

📰 The News Desk Game

A browser game built on the lessons; every answer links back to where it is taught.

You are the editor. Ten stories and decisions per round from the Journalism Training: run it, hold it and fix it first, or spike it. Three levels, 60 scenarios on verification, fairness, defamation, records, meetings, quotes, numbers, headlines, images, ethics and digital safety.

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🧠 Civic Trivia Game

A browser game built on the lessons; every answer links back to where it is taught.

Five levels of Idaho civics trivia, ten random questions per round from a pool of 48 per level, drawn from the Elected Officials Training and the Issues and Advocacy Training. Every answer links back to its lesson. Best scores saved in your browser.

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🏛️ Constitution Trivia Game

A browser game built on the lessons; every answer links back to where it is taught.

Five levels of U.S. Constitution trivia drawn from the Constitution course: history, the text and the court cases. Play all three mixed or pick one. 120 questions, ten random per round, each linked to its lesson.

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📚 Who Said It? Game

A browser game built on the lessons; every answer links back to where it is taught.

Name the author of quotations from the Reading Library: the Declaration, The Federalist, Brutus, Locke, Bastiat, Smith, Washington and more. Three levels, ten random quotes per round, each linked to the full text.

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💸 The Dark Money Game Game

A browser game built on the lessons; every answer links back to where it is taught.

How political money is moved and hidden in Idaho and federal races, the common screwups by PACs, candidates, nonprofits and other groups, and the fixes. Five levels from easy to hard, 60 scenarios with the rule and citation for each, and a bonus sixth level of legal terms. Built on the PACs, Nonprofits and Electioneering course.

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🃏 Solitaire Game

A browser game built on the lessons; every answer links back to where it is taught.

Klondike solitaire in one page. Draw 1 or draw 3, drag and drop or tap to move, unlimited undo, hints, saved game and stats. Nothing moves unless you move it. Works offline, light and dark.

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🃏 FreeCell Game

A browser game built on the lessons; every answer links back to where it is taught.

FreeCell solitaire in one page. Every card dealt face up, four free cells, numbered deals 1 to 32000 so you can replay or share a deal, drag and drop or tap to move, unlimited undo, hints, restart, saved game and stats. Nothing moves unless you move it. Works offline, light and dark.

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🧫 The Real Life Lab Game

A browser game built on the lessons; every answer links back to where it is taught.

A petri-dish version of the Game of Life. Grow living colonies, then interfere with them using poison pills, super cells and rocks. Runs in the browser and works offline.

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🧫 The Real Life Game (alt2) Game

A browser game built on the lessons; every answer links back to where it is taught.

The earlier version of the petri-dish game, with classic 1D automaton rules (30, 90, 110, 184), Conway, HighLife and Seeds presets, hibernating cells, and capture and load of layouts as JSON and PNG.

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