Spanish-language video game aims to teach students about civil rights

"A civic education nonprofit organization founded by former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor is releasing a Spanish-language version of its popular game that is used to teach students about their civil rights.

Spearheaded by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who joined the board of iCivics in 2015, the new release looks to help English-language learners — the vast majority speak Spanish at home — who often struggle with the academic vocabulary and concepts of civics and social sciences.

“There’s a real need there to make that kind of learning .?.?. accessible to all learners,” said Louise Dube, executive director of iCivics.

The fast-paced game called Do I Have a Right? — just one of 19 free games offered — casts students as pro bono lawyers, instructing them to assess the cases of clients to decide whether their constitutional rights were violated, and to do so quickly to score points and avoid cases piling up..."

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