Inculcation of Citizenship Values through Board Game

Civic Literacy is the knowledge of how to actively participate and initiate change in your community and the greater society. Civic literacy means participating effectively in civic life through knowing how to stay informed and understanding governmental processes, exercising the rights and obligations of citizenship at local, state, national and global levels, understanding the local and global implications of civic decisions and acting responsibly with the interests of the larger community in mind. This paper describes the development of BGCG based on the above mentioned concept. This game is developed to promote civic literacy among students. The demands and inputs of learner are included during the development of game i.e. curiosity, twists, motivation in the form of rewards and punishments and opportunities for decision making. While playing BGCG, the learners play to get higher civic index to become the best citizen of their country. The items were prepared based on civic indicators i.e., regular voting, regular volunteering, protesting, campaign contribution etc. The game is recommended as appropriate cost effective learning tool for developing civic responsibilities and civic literacy. It is helpful to create positive attitude towards civic responsibilities and create civic awareness among students even in the absence of required real experiences.