Join Nevada Humanities for a month-long series in June exploring the importance of fostering historical empathy in the classroom and beyond. On June 26, 2025, at 6 pm PT Nevada Humanities Program Manager Kathleen Kuo will stream the Mission US educational game Spirit of a Nation 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, in Spirit of a Nation, players become Nicki Seward, a 15-year-old descendant of the Apalachee, an Indigenous people from northwestern Florida. As a present-day intern at Mission San Luis in Florida, players explore artifacts and other evidence about the past and use “historical imagination” to step into the roles of young Apalachee people in the 16th and 17th centuries. Their goal: to understand how Apalachee and other Indigenous communities responded to the arrival of the Spanish and use the evidence they collect to create an exhibit for the museum. The Mission US team worked closely with historians, archaeologists, Apalachee tribal members, teachers, and students, to develop the game.
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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