Mission US Self-Paced PD Module
Serious History, Serious Games: Using "Mission US" to Foster Historical Empathy

Overview of Missions, Part 1

The following is an overview of the interactive missions available from Mission US. The first three are shown below, and the next three are on the next page. As new missions are added, you can find information about them at https://www.mission-us.org/.

For Crown or Colony?

Keyboard Shortcut Action
Space Pause/Play video playback
Enter Pause/Play video playback
m Mute/Unmute video volume
Up and Down arrows Increase and decrease volume by 10%
Right and Left arrows Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds
0-9 Fast seek to x% of the video.
f Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key.
c Press c to toggle captions on or off
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Players become Nat Wheeler, a 14-year-old apprentice in Boston in 1770. When fighting starts, they must decide what to do. They encounter both Patriots and Loyalists, and when rising tensions result in the Boston Massacre, they must choose where their loyalties lie.


A Cheyenne Odyssey

Keyboard Shortcut Action
Space Pause/Play video playback
Enter Pause/Play video playback
m Mute/Unmute video volume
Up and Down arrows Increase and decrease volume by 10%
Right and Left arrows Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds
0-9 Fast seek to x% of the video.
f Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key.
c Press c to toggle captions on or off
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Players become Little Fox, a Northern Cheyenne boy whose life is changed in 1866 by the encroachment of white settlers, railroads, and U.S. military expeditions. As buffalo diminish and the U.S. expands westward, players experience the Cheyenne’s persistence through conflict and national transformation.

City of Immigrants

Keyboard Shortcut Action
Space Pause/Play video playback
Enter Pause/Play video playback
m Mute/Unmute video volume
Up and Down arrows Increase and decrease volume by 10%
Right and Left arrows Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds
0-9 Fast seek to x% of the video.
f Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key.
c Press c to toggle captions on or off
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Players navigate New York’s Lower East Side in 1907 as Lena Brodsky, 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.

 

 

Take Notes 

  • List the topics, themes, events, and people related to each mission that you already teach. Use the blank row at the bottom for new missions or to add any additional notes.