Civic Education

Simulations

Learning Goals

All simulation games listed here, aim to achieve the following general learnign goals. Furthermore, each simulation game has also specific learning objectives.

1. Political Processes

Our simulation games transform participants into stakeholders and let them experience processes of genotaitions and decision-making. This way they promote the development of a democratic consciousness

2. Active Citizenship

Showing different possibilities for civil society to influence political processes is particularly important to us. Our goal is to promote the development of an active and critical citizenry.

Overview: Civic Education

Here you find an overview of those simulation games that were developed by us. All of them we've tested and implemented serveral times. In case you are interested to implement one of these simulation games, feel free to contact us.

Ard El-Azm

How to establish social structures that are inclusive for all citizens towards greater community cohesion?

Dear Mr. President

What the USA's position on continuing the Paris Climate Agreement 2017 and the INF Disarmament Treaty 2019?

National Youth Policy

How to design a National Youth Policy (NYP)? Focussing on four areas: Economic Participation, Education, Political Participation and Social Cohesion.

Transolvia

Highlights the potentials and limits of civil society actors, especially regarding cooperation with state and international actors.

SIMigration

How does EU-Migration policies work and how to design effective integration approaches?

Right-Wing-Populism

What are the structures of argumentation of right-wing-activists and how to respond?

Koalitionsbildung im Bundestag

How the German political system is challenged by new political parties and do they affect coalition building on federal and on regional level?

Ahl Hessa [The village]

Exposing the participants to the concept of gender equality through discussing different topics and rights related to women.

Non-Violent Resistance

What are the motivations and convictions behind the choice of forms of protest?

Nidal's Struggle

How to prioritize among different values and what does it mean to take value-based decisions?

El Wasa’aya

Numerous actors with contradicting positions and interests, have to find a resolution and become united in order to protect their land.

US-Elections

Insights to the electoral system in the USA.

Anopolis

Different ethnic minorities try to come to an agreement and develop their community.

Transolvia Elections

Simulating six months of election-campaigning in teams (political parties).

Fit for Life

Offering insights into life after school, for secondary school students.

Financial Markets

How do financial markets actually work and why do they collapse?

Greencity

Highlights the complexity of the conflict between religious and secular groups and the possible points of manifestation of the conflict on a local level.

El Rehla - Democratic Decision Making

Provides a save space to experiment with different decision making mechanisms.

Quo Vadis European Union

Covers the debate on the future of European Union in the context of the recent challenges to the integration project.