Each Mission Guide includes
A link to the mission
Classroom activities
Overview information
Classroom videos
Historical background
Primary sources & Resources
1907: The immigrant experience
City of Immigrants
In City of Immigrants, players navigate New York’s Lower East Side as Lena, a young Jewish immigrant from Russia. Trying to save money to bring her parents to America, she works long hours in a factory for little money and gets caught up in the growing labor movement.
1929: The great depression
Up from the Dust
In Up from the Dust, players take on the roles of twins Frank and Ginny Dunn, whose family wheat farm is devastated by the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. As they experience the hardships of the1930s, players learn about Americans’ strategies for survival – as individuals, communities, and a nation.