Welcome to Britain's top job
MyUK puts students at the centre of British politics with a chance to create a country to call their own.
As prime minister, players have a fresh 5-year term to lead their government, choose and pass new laws and realise their personal vision of the UK.
MyUK classroom features: At-a-glance
- Suitable for 13-15 year olds
For those learning about government, Parliament and how laws are made, though younger/older students can also benefit.
- Learning objectives: improved political awareness
Aims to encourage creativity in young people while helping them explore the principles and patterns that lie behind UK lawmaking.
- Supports political literacy strands of the curriculum
The activity's content and design supports the political literacy strands of the curriculum across the UK.
- Mini-tasks and interaction that appeal to young people
Social networking features, creative customisation tasks and casual gaming mechanics are woven into an overall learning experience.
- Activity length suitable for a lesson or homework
Completing a 5-year term takes around 15-30 minutes, dependent on how long players spend on customisation tasks.
- Original, tailored content and player feedback
50 original bill ideas. Tailored feedback for every decision. MyUK Advice tabs provide in-depth explanations.
- Social network plug-ins allow comparison and competition
Players logged in through Facebook can compete with each other in bill passing tasks, but also view each others' versions of the UK.
- MyUK progress can be saved for use across lessons
MyUK saves players' progress via their Facebook profile or - if they aren't logged in through Facebook - on their local computer.
- 'Facebook-free' version at createmyuk.org/teacher
For working with younger students or schools where Facebook access is an issue.
- Teacher tips, worksheets and student resources
Supporting notes, resources and worksheets can help you make the most of MyUK in the classroom or as homework.
Imagine. Create. Share your country.
What can you do as prime minister in MyUK? You can...
- Appoint your friends to the cabinet - log in through Facebook, make ministers of your mates and pass new laws.
- Top the lawmaking high-score table - create new rules for your country in three competitive mini-games.
- Give Britain a national makeover - re-imagine the Union Flag, put your face on the £2 coin and much more.
- Discover your leadership style - are you courageous or entrepreneurial? Warm-hearted or visionary?
- Share your prime ministerial brilliance - tell the world about your UK via Facebook and Twitter, and check out your friends' versions.
It's your country, your rules
You're the PM. So you're in charge... Or are you?
Your ministers will present you with ideas for reshaping your country. There are 50 unusual and innovative ways of changing Britain.
Ideas come from all over, but it's you who decides which will go before Parliament.
So you might choose to:
- Deliver an election promise and offer hair-raising modes of public transport to adrenaline junkies.
- Seek to raise community spirits by funding massive national sing-alongs.
- Clean up the seas around Britain with a pioneering invention: the gigantic UK-Irish ocean filter.
Whichever ideas you choose, you'll need to persuade the House of Commons and the House of Lords to agree before your proposals can be turned into laws.
Succesfully navigate Britain's choppy political waters and you can realise your very own UK.
A less-than-serious look at a serious business
MyUK is a playful activity that lets you reshape Britain with some far-fetched proposals. This isn't to say, however, that politics are trivial, or that our country doesn't face challenging issues.
In politics, dealing with serious matters often means (though not always) making new laws to tackle them. Debate over, say, a new crime or education law can cause heated discussion across society.
However, just behind the arguments over particular political issues, there's another story to tell - that of the lawmaking process itself.
Every year new laws are made that affect all areas of society, from businesses to families to the environment. These laws don't just emerge from nowhere.
So where do they come from? Who decides which ideas are made into laws, and which aren't? How are new laws approved or amended or even defeated? These are important questions for understanding the way our country is run.
So while the real residents of Number 10 and the Houses of Parliament might not rush to pass the Pavement Rage Bill (establishing passing lanes to deal with dawdling tourists), MyUK does provide a light-hearted way into learning about the principles and patterns that lie behind lawmaking in the UK.
Where to learn more about lawmaking
Continue exploring the ins and outs of how laws are made.
We are creating special resources to support MyUK and give you a gateway into learning about lawmaking in the real world.
Contact us
MyUK was created by Parliament's Education Service and the award-winning games studio Preloaded.
If you'd like to know more about MyUK get in touch at: education@parliament.uk
MyUK: Play it today!
Take charge of your country at: createmyuk.org