The Mission US teacher’s guides include:
A link to the mission
Classroom activities
Overview and curriculum information
Professional learning resources
Historical background
Additional resources
Using the Teacher Dashboard
Use the Teacher Dashboard to create and manage classes of students online – including auto-generating student accounts, tracking student progress in missions, assessing understanding via in-game quizzes, and managing student passwords.
To get started, log in with a teacher account and click DASHBOARD. For tips and instructions on using the Dashboard, view our Video Tutorial or our PDF Guide.
Professional Learning Module: Using Mission US in the Classroom to Foster Historical Empathy
In this free, self-paced online course, teachers will gain valuable tips and strategies for using Mission US in the classroom, while learning about the importance of historical empathy and how Mission US can help students develop it.
A certificate of completion is available for download at the end of the module. New York teachers can email their certificates to the WNET education team to receive three CTLE credits.
1500 Early Encounters
Spirit of a Nation
In Spirit of a Nation, you are Nicki Seward, a 15-year-old descendant of the native Apalachee. As a present-day intern at Mission San Luis in Florida, you explore artifacts and use historical imagination to step into the roles of young Apalachee people in the 16th and 17th centuries. Your goal: to understand how they responded to the arrival of the Spanish and use the evidence you collect to create an exhibit for the museum.
1770: the american revolution
For Crown or Colony?
For Crown or Colony? puts players in the shoes of Nat Wheeler, a printer’s apprentice in 1770 Boston. They encounter both Patriots and Loyalists, and when rising tensions result in the Boston Massacre, they must choose where their loyalties lie.
1866: westward expansion
A Cheyenne Odyssey
In A Cheyenne Odyssey, players become Little Fox, a Northern Cheyenne boy whose life is changed 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.
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 the 1930s, players learn about Americans’ strategies for survival – as individuals, communities, and a nation.
1941: World war II
Prisoner in My Homeland
Prisoner in My Homeland follows the experiences of teenager Henry Tanaka, whose family is forced to leave their home on Bainbridge Island, WA, for a prison camp in Manzanar, CA. 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.
1960: The Civil Rights Movement
No Turning Back
The year is 1960. You are 16-year-old Verna Baker, born and raised in the Mississippi Delta. As you move to the city of Greenwood to start high school, a movement for civil rights is gaining momentum. How will you take part in the struggle for freedom and equality?