🎓 Teacher League Guide

What is Teacher Mode?

Fantasy Government Teacher Mode is a structured way to run a Fantasy Government league with your class. Students participate collectively as one team. You (the teacher) play as another. The class-vs-teacher dynamic creates engagement opportunities throughout the semester: vote discussions, "should we draft this senator?" debates, weekly check-ins on how the class roster is doing.

It is built for middle and high school civics classes (grades 7-12). The game meets students where they already are — in a competitive game — and points that attention at the real congressional record.

1. Sign up as a teacher

Go to fantasygovernment.com/for-educators/signup. You will provide:

• Your name and email
• Your school name and address (the address autocomplete helps identify your district)
• Your class details

Verify your email when the link arrives. You will land on the teacher dashboard.

2. Create your education league

From the teacher dashboard, click Create League. The wizard walks you through:

• League name (e.g., "Mr. Smith's 8th Grade Civics — Fall 2026")
• Number of students
• Season schedule

The system creates two teams under your account: a Class Team and a Teacher Team.

3. The two teams

You manage both teams from your single account, but they are independent in scoring and lineup decisions.

When you visit any league page (Team, Matchup, Trades, Waivers, Calendar), a small switcher appears near the top of the page:

Click to switch. The default view is always the Class Team — that's the one the class is invested in.

• Class Team is decided collectively. You can poll the class, take votes, or facilitate discussion before each pick.
• Teacher Team is yours. Pick high-performers, mascots, or legislators relevant to your curriculum — whatever you want.

4. Education Draft

The Education Draft is designed for classroom pacing. Both teams alternate picks. The system tracks whose turn it is.

When it is the Class Team's turn, project the draft screen and discuss. Students can suggest legislators, debate trade-offs, look at recent voting records. Use the available filters to sort by career points, vote attendance rate, or bills sponsored.

Once the class decides (vote, consensus, your call), click Draft on the chosen legislator. Then it is the Teacher Team's pick.

5. Lineup management

Each week you set lineups for both teams. The Class Team's lineup is usually a class activity:

• Show the team's current roster on screen.
• Pull up the "On the Floor Calendar" — what bills are coming up?
• Talk through which legislators are likely to be active that week.
• Let students vote or discuss.

Then switch to your Teacher Team and set its lineup however you like.

6. Scoring as a class

Every Friday, look at the scoreboard with the class. Discuss what happened:

• Why did our senator vote that way?
• What does it mean to sponsor a bill versus cosponsor one?
• How did the committee hearing go?

The scoreboard is a discussion launchpad. Points are the hook, but the conversation is the lesson.

📺 Using C-SPAN for engagement

Throughout the app, small 📺 icons sit next to legislators and bills. Click one to jump to relevant C-SPAN footage in a new tab. This is especially powerful for teaching:

• Watch a senator deliver a speech on a bill your class roster is tracking.
• See a House debate as it unfolds.
• Research a legislator together before drafting them.

C-SPAN is non-partisan, public-affairs television. Pairing Fantasy Government with it gives students the gamification hook AND the actual primary source for what's happening in Congress.

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