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

Overview of Missions, Part 2

The next three missions are described below. Watch each short video to learn more.

Up From the Dust

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 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 the 1930s, players learn about Americans’ strategies for survival – as individuals, communities, and a nation.

Prisoner in My Homeland

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 follow the experiences of teenager Henry Tanaka, whose family is forced to leave their home on Bainbridge Island, Washington, for a prison camp in Manzanar, California, in 1941. Players grapple with the choices and challenges faced by more than 120,000 Japanese Americans as they coped with their unjust incarceration during World War II.

No Turning Back

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 16-year-old Verna Baker, born and raised in the Mississippi Delta. As she moves to the city of Greenwood to start high school in 1960, a movement for civil rights is gaining momentum. Players must decide to what extent they will take part in the struggle for freedom and equality.

 

 

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.