Mission US: Up from the Dust

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 “Up from the Dust,” players alternate between the roles of teenage twins whose family wheat farm in Texas is devastated by the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. As they experience the hardships of the 1930s, players learn about Americans’ strategies for survival – as individuals, communities, and a nation.

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