My intervention students were highly engaged
Submitted 9 years ago
Community Review for Mission US: For Crown or Colony?
Josh W.
Teacher
Coalinga Middle School
Coalinga CA, US
My Take
This is great as a supplement. It's a game, so of course the kids are going to look for shortcuts and for ways to "game" it by skipping the text and the like. But if you use all of the included materials and really dive into it, it seems like those pitfalls could be addressed.
How I Use It
I was desperate to find something to support Colonial History with my self-contained Tier 3 Intervention class (yeah, I know, right?). I stumbled across the Mission US games and gave them a shot. They dug it. I didn't use all of the supplementary materials (available as downloads), but next time I would like to.
More community reviews for Mission US: For Crown or Colony?
Kate T.
October 27, 2014
Very engaging!
I love this app- the student really enjoy the "choose your own adventure" feel of the game.
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Stacey P.
Regional Online Lead
Classical Academy High School
Escondido, CA
September 17, 2014
Great interactive game that teaches history, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills.
This is a great individual teaching tool for history. Students are able to explore, while receiving vocabulary and content. However, I believe this teaching tool should be coupled with instruction and evaluation to ensure that enough content is delivered.
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Alyssa M.
Technology coordinator
Bayshore Middle School
Leonardo, NJ
April 23, 2014
Revolutionary War role-playing game with tons of included resources.
This is an awesome way to engage students in learning about the Revolutionary War. Students take on the persona of Nate, a colonist who goes to Boston to be a printer's apprentice. Through Nate, students experience the struggle between the Patriots and Loyalists. The students loved that they were able to make choices that effect what happened to Nate (think of a choose your own ending book). I found that students got more out of it when they had some background knowledge before going though a new part. My biggest complaint about the program is that progress did not always save and it froze way to often. Another con is that the website is Flash-based, so it was not readily usable on the iPad. Overall, students loved learning about history in a completely different way!
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