Hi Legends! We’re excited to bring you another update from our Learning Universe — this time with brand-new US History games designed to help students explore major events, themes, and perspectives from America’s past.
These interactive adventures immerse learners in powerful historical moments while strengthening critical thinking and historical understanding.
📚 If you missed last month’s new games, you can explore November’s update to catch up on recent releases.
New US History December Games
Bring history to life with interactive narratives, decision-making challenges, and hands-on activities that help students connect with real historical experiences.
💡 Teacher Tip: Have students pause at key decision moments in the game to predict outcomes or compare perspectives. This encourages deeper historical thinking and improves text-based reasoning during discussions and writing activities.
Grades 5-8
- 🗽 The Cost of Freedom: Step into the shoes of Pietro, an Italian immigrant in the early 1900s. Explore personal stories, navigate the challenges of urban immigrant life, and uncover how immigration shaped America’s cultural and economic landscape.
- 🏛️ Nation Builders: Rebuild a nation after the War of 1812! Make decisions about culture, infrastructure, government, and economics as you help define a growing national identity in the early 19th century.
- ⚔️ Liberty Legends Path to Independence: Experience the events leading up to the American Revolution through the eyes of everyday colonists. Make choices, analyze propaganda, and explore how resistance movements shaped the path to independence.
😎 A Closer Look at Featured Games
🗽 The Cost of Freedom — Immigration & Urbanization
Students follow Pietro, a young Italian immigrant arriving in America during the early 1900s. Through dialogue, exploration, and hands-on challenges, players learn what life was like for newcomers navigating unfamiliar cities, factory work, discrimination, and community life.
Students explore push–pull immigration factors, urban living conditions, cultural identity, and how personal narratives reveal the hopes and struggles of early 20th-century immigrants.
🏛️ Nation Builders — National Identity After the War of 1812
Nation Builders transports students into the early 19th century, where America is rebuilding and redefining itself after the War of 1812.
Players construct key buildings, influence Supreme Court decisions, support artists and writers, and shape the economic future of a young nation.
⚔️ Liberty Legends: Path to Independence
Students explore the pivotal years leading to the American Revolution. Players examine propaganda, boycott movements, the Boston Tea Party, and colonial reactions to British policies.
It builds understanding of cause and effect, resistance strategies, and the motivations of Patriots and Loyalists — helping students experience history as active participants.
🌎 Explore more in the Learning Universe
Exciting new US History content is coming soon — stay tuned!
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