Get everyone the right kind of help!
A Social Studies learning game for primary school, Grade 3 to Grade 6
Our City is a game about citizenship and city life for grade 3 through grade 6. A citizen speaks through a speech bubble — “I need fresh bread” or “smoke is coming out of the warehouse window!” — and the child picks the right help: the right building, the right job, or the right emergency number. The citizen smiles and says thanks.
The Android app is on Cafe Bazaar and Myket, Iran's app stores. Anywhere else, play the online version in any browser.
Our City is part of the Nikipoo School app, alongside 85 other games. The game is in Persian.
Citizenship can't be taught just by definition; the child has to be placed in a situation and decide. In Our City, a citizen speaks through a speech bubble, say, “smoke is coming out of the warehouse window!”, and the child picks the right help: the right building, the right job, the right emergency number, or the kinder action. The topics start with helping at home, being a good neighbor, and turning off an extra light in grade 3, and build up to the chain from wheat to bread, rights and duties, informed shopping, recycling, and internet safety.
Every turn starts with a person's request, not a dry question. The child has to understand from what they say what's needed; a simple exercise in “perspective-taking,” seeing things from someone else's point of view. The citizen's smile and thanks after being helped reinforce the feeling that what they did mattered to someone.
The emergency-number levels and “time of danger” prepare the child's mind, before a real situation arises, for what the fire department, ambulance, and police are each for. Grade 5 adds earthquakes and floods. Familiarity beforehand reduces confusion in the actual moment.
When the child finds the missing link from wheat to bread, or traces the path of water and electricity, they understand that many people's work lies behind even the simplest thing. This understanding is the basis of appreciating jobs and feeling responsible for not wasting water, electricity, and bread.
If the child taps a wrong choice, the game just asks “which is the kinder action?” and that choice dims to make the pick easier. This same calm tone is a model of conversation we'd like the child to use with a neighbor or classmate too.
A tip for parentsOn a day you go shopping together, ask the child to spot different jobs along the way and say what service each one provides. In the evening, take a home walkabout together and find lights and taps left on for no reason.
Level titles are listed in the order the child plays them — from easy to hard, following the school textbook.
Grade 320 levels
Grade 423 levels
Grade 522 levels
Grade 621 levels
Daily 10: Society
Ten social studies questions every day
Time Train
Put events in order
Job Pairs
Pairs from life and society
Citizen Quiz
The little citizen's quiz
City & Village Basket
Sorting everyday life
Iran Explorer
Travel province by province!
Timeline
Which came first?
Map Reader
Find the direction, read the way!
Open Nikipoo School — Our City and 85 other games are waiting for you.
The Android app is on Cafe Bazaar and Myket, Iran's app stores. Anywhere else, play the online version in any browser.
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