Mission US
Mission US: Serious History. Serious Games.
Mission US is an adventure-style online game series in which players take on the role of young people during critical moments in U.S. history. Developed by WNET in collaboration with the American Social History Project and Electric FunStuff, the game series offers an engaging way to explore the past through interactive storytelling.
Project Information
3,000,000+
student players across the U.S.
7 online games
with supporting educator materials including classroom supports, teaching activities, historical background, and more
25+
awards and prizes received from national educational and media organizations
This seven-game series invites players to take on the role of young people during critical moments in U.S. history: a printer’s apprentice in Boston in 1770, a Cheyenne youth during the Battle of Little Bighorn, an immigrant garment worker in New York City, a resident of the Manzanar prison camp in 1941, and a participant in Mississippi’s civil rights movement. Designed for middle school students, the game teaches both standards-aligned social history content and historical thinking skills. An extensive curriculum of classroom activities and primary documents supports each game.
Mission US is produced by THIRTEEN/WNET in partnership with ASHP/CML, Electric Funstuff, and EDC Center for Children and Technology.