Mission US: City of Immigrants

Experience U.S. history through the eyes of peers from the past with Mission US, WNET's free, award-winning interactive gaming series designed for tweens and teens. In “City of Immigrants," players navigate 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gold medal, this mission was developed in partnership with the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, which consulted on historical content for the game and development of educator materials.

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