{"id":963441,"date":"2023-09-29T03:52:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T07:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/?page_id=963441"},"modified":"2025-01-09T13:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:29:24","slug":"mission-us-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/mission-us-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission U.S. Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pb_line_68F0AC110627F6E6C85FD70D4A12D939\"  class=\"pb-line pb-clear-fix\" style=\"background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><ul class=\"pb-layout pb-layout-100 pb-reset-list pb-clear-fix pb-main\"><li class=\"pb-layout-column-left\"> <div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div><div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-space pb-clear-fix\" style=\"margin-top:-25px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"pb-script-tag\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(document).ready(function($){$(\"#pb_line_68F0AC110627F6E6C85FD70D4A12D939\").PBLayout({\"bg_parallax_speed\":\"30\",\"bg_parallax_enable\":\"0\",\"bg_parallax_mobile_enable\":\"0\"},0);});<\/script><\/div><div id=\"pb_line_E62544602F350B08881E0617B52DA95D\"  class=\"pb-line pb-clear-fix\" style=\"background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><ul class=\"pb-layout pb-layout-33x66 pb-reset-list pb-clear-fix pb-main\"><li class=\"pb-layout-column-left\"> <div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div><div class=\"pb-text\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\" style=\"font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.2em;\">\n<p><em>The Mission U.S. workshop is a fantastic training that shares an engaging way to teach 4th-grade through 9th-grade students about U.S. history.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"pb-layout-column-right\"> <div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div><div class=\"pb-text\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-963444\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mission-us-screenshot.png\" alt=\"illustrated woman from mission us game\" width=\"586\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mission-us-screenshot.png 586w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mission-us-screenshot-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"pb-script-tag\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(document).ready(function($){$(\"#pb_line_E62544602F350B08881E0617B52DA95D\").PBLayout({\"bg_parallax_speed\":\"30\",\"bg_parallax_enable\":\"0\",\"bg_parallax_mobile_enable\":\"0\"},0);});<\/script><\/div><div id=\"pb_line_FA2349ADA0E8B4A9B754815F9E5E89E7\"  class=\"pb-line pb-clear-fix news-layout\" style=\"background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><ul class=\"pb-layout pb-layout-33x33x33 pb-reset-list pb-clear-fix pb-main\"><li class=\"pb-layout-column-left\"> <div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div><div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-space pb-clear-fix\" style=\"height:30px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"pb-layout-column-center\"> <div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div><h3 class=\"pb-header\"><span class=\"pb-header-content\">About<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"pb-text pad-bottom-custom\"><p>The Mission U.S. workshop multimedia project immerses players in U.S. history content using free interactive games. The WFSU Education &amp; Engagement team originally presented this content in 2013 as a free teacher workshop. The original workshop imparted information about the resources, but don\u2019t worry, you\u2019ll find everything you need to get your students started on this history adventure on this page. Begin with the \u201cmissions\u201d below.<\/p>\n<\/div><h4 class=\"pb-header\"><span class=\"pb-header-content\">Mission 1 - For Crown or Colony?<\/span><\/h4><div class=\"pb-text\"><p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mission-us.org\/games\/for-crown-or-colony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">For Crown or Colony?<\/a>\u201d puts players in the shoes of Nat Wheeler, a printer\u2019s apprentice in 1770 Boston. They encounter both Patriots and Loyalists. When tensions result from the Boston Massacre, they choose where their loyalties lie.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pb-video\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div><h4 class=\"pb-header\"><span class=\"pb-header-content\">Mission 2 - Flight to Freedom<\/span><\/h4><div class=\"pb-text\"><p>In \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mission-us.org\/games\/flight-to-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flight to Freedom<\/a>\u201d players take on the role of Lucy, a 14-year-old slave in Kentucky. As they navigate her escape and journey to Ohio, they discover that life in the \u201cfree\u201d North is dangerous and difficult. In 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act brought disaster. Will Lucy ever truly be free?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"pb-layout-column-right\"> <div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div><div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-space pb-clear-fix\" style=\"height:30px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"pb-script-tag\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(document).ready(function($){$(\"#pb_line_FA2349ADA0E8B4A9B754815F9E5E89E7\").PBLayout({\"bg_parallax_speed\":\"30\",\"bg_parallax_enable\":\"0\",\"bg_parallax_mobile_enable\":\"0\"},0);});<\/script><\/div><div id=\"pb_line_1DEB89D45D5442008DD9FE176EB8EFCC\"  class=\"pb-line pb-clear-fix\" style=\"background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><ul class=\"pb-layout pb-layout-100 pb-reset-list pb-clear-fix pb-main\"><li class=\"pb-layout-column-left\"> <div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div><div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-space pb-clear-fix\" style=\"height:50px;\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-video\"><div class=\"pb-video-content\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sF9l8rSBwQM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-space pb-clear-fix\" style=\"height:50px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"pb-script-tag\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(document).ready(function($){$(\"#pb_line_1DEB89D45D5442008DD9FE176EB8EFCC\").PBLayout({\"bg_parallax_speed\":\"30\",\"bg_parallax_enable\":\"0\",\"bg_parallax_mobile_enable\":\"0\"},0);});<\/script><\/div><div id=\"pb_line_09C62230CA91580FD14CBEB0D695FE43\"  class=\"pb-line pb-clear-fix news-layout\" style=\"background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><ul class=\"pb-layout pb-layout-33x33x33 pb-reset-list pb-clear-fix pb-main\"><li class=\"pb-layout-column-left\"> <div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div><div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-space pb-clear-fix\" style=\"height:30px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"pb-layout-column-center\"> <div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div><h4 class=\"pb-header\"><span class=\"pb-header-content\">Mission 3 - A Cheyenne Odyssey<\/span><\/h4><div class=\"pb-text\"><p>In \u201cA Cheyenne Odyssey,\u201d 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\u2019s persistence through conflict and national transformation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><h4 class=\"pb-header\"><span class=\"pb-header-content\">Mission 4 - City of Immigrants<\/span><\/h4><div class=\"pb-text\"><p>In &#8220;City of Immigrants,&#8221; players navigate New York&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><h4 class=\"pb-header\"><span class=\"pb-header-content\">Mission 5 - Up from the Dust<\/span><\/h4><div class=\"pb-text\"><p>In &#8220;Up from the Dust,&#8221; 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&#8217; strategies for survival &#8211; as individuals, communities, and a nation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><h4 class=\"pb-header\"><span class=\"pb-header-content\">Mission 6 - Prisoner in My Homeland<\/span><\/h4><div class=\"pb-text\"><p>&#8220;Prisoner in My Homeland&#8221; 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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><h4 class=\"pb-header\"><span class=\"pb-header-content\">Mission 7 - No Turning Back<\/span><\/h4><div class=\"pb-text\"><p>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?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"pb-text\"><p>To see additional missions, view trailers, and get started on your journey, step into the world of Mission US: <a href=\"http:\/\/mission-us.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mission-us.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-space pb-clear-fix\" style=\"height:50px;\"><\/div><h4 class=\"pb-header\"><span class=\"pb-header-content\">Florida Parks History<\/span><\/h4><div class=\"pb-text\"><p>Florida is incredibly rich in history. No matter the issue faced in the United States, similar or overlapping historical events have unfolded on Florida&#8217;s land. As part of our special Mission U.S. training, WFSU was delighted to welcome Peter Scalco, the Park Manager at Wakulla Springs State Park. Please take a moment to look at the incredible array of history available to you and your students in his PowerPoint presentation, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6s4jKMIfaSZTjFsZ3czWlZZanc\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">History in Florida State Parks<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Members of our workshop training party were able to take part in a very special\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelodgeatwakullasprings.com\/boat-tour\/\">Wakulla Springs River Boat Tour\u00a0<\/a>as part of the workshop activities. The river tour is at Wakulla Springs State Park and is available to teachers and their students throughout the school year. It is a delightful way to discover not only the natural wonders of Florida but to enjoy the land that has supported us for hundreds of thousands of years.<\/p>\n<p>Please consider using our beautiful state parks with your students. For more information about each state park, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridastateparks.org\/\">www.floridastateparks.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-space pb-clear-fix\" style=\"height:50px;\"><\/div><h4 class=\"pb-header\"><span class=\"pb-header-content\">Audio Resource<\/span><\/h4><div class=\"pb-text pad-bottom-custom\"><p>WFSU extended the ideas brought forth in this workshop in a production of WFSU-FM\u2019s local program of <em>Perspectives.<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.wfsu.org\/post\/perspectives-technology-teaching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to Perspectives: Technology &amp; Teaching.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"pb-layout-column-right\"> <div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div><div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-space pb-clear-fix\" style=\"height:30px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"pb-script-tag\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(document).ready(function($){$(\"#pb_line_09C62230CA91580FD14CBEB0D695FE43\").PBLayout({\"bg_parallax_speed\":\"30\",\"bg_parallax_enable\":\"0\",\"bg_parallax_mobile_enable\":\"0\"},0);});<\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-963441","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 19:53:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/963441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=963441"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/963441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964310,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/963441\/revisions\/964310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}