Join Nevada Humanities for a month-long series in June exploring the importance of fostering historical empathy in the classroom and beyond. On June 5, 2025, at 6 pm PT Nevada Humanities Program Manager Kathleen Kuo will stream the Mission US educational game City of Immigrants while discussing the game’s historical context and narrative with the audience.
Audience participation is welcome and encouraged. While no account is needed to tune in, we encourage you to create a free Twitch account so you can participate in the chat with us.
Developed by Mission US, the game City of Immigrants has players navigating 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. Winner of an International Serious Play Awards gold medal, this mission was developed in partnership with the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, which consulted on historical content for the game and development of educators materials. The Museum building and its artifacts also served as models for design of the game’s locations, costumes, and props.
About Mission US: Mission US is an award-winning educational media project that immerses young people in transformational moments from U.S. history. Developed for use by middle school students in the classroom and beyond, Mission US is a deeply-researched, award-winning educational media project with proven positive impact on history learning. Interactive narrative games immerse players in rich, historical settings and empower them to make choices that illuminate how ordinary people experienced the past.
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