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Mission US 
Launches Mission 2: Flight to Freedom
Mission US is a multimedia project aimed at middle schoolers that immerses players in U.S. history content through free interactive games. The website includes extensive resources for educators, as well. Created by Thirteen/WNET with grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Mission US is also supported by WNET's partners in the project: the American Library Association, National Council for the Social Studies, American Association of School Librarians and Freedom Trail Foundation.
In Mission 2: “Flight to Freedom,” 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 “free” North is dangerous and difficult. In 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act brings disaster. Will Lucy ever truly be free?
Mission 1: “For Crown or Colony?” puts players in the shoes of Nat Wheeler, a printer’s apprentice in 1770 Boston. They encounter both Patriots and Loyalists, and when rising tensions result in the Boston Massacre, they must choose where their loyalties lie.
For more information about Mission US, contact your local public television station's educational services department.
Other missions are planned for release in 2013 and 2014.