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Social Education, 2011
On May 1, 2011, a group of U.S. soldiers boarded helicopters at a base in Afghanistan, hoping to find a man named Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden, the leader of the al Qaeda terrorist network, was responsible for a number of terrorist attacks around the world, including those of September 11, 2001, that killed nearly 3,000 people in the United States.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, World History, United States History, War
Diamond, James; Brunner, Cornelia – Education Development Center, Inc., 2011
Breakthrough, a global human rights organization, produced "America 2049," an alternate-reality game set in a dystopian future in which the United States is on the verge of breaking apart because of an inability to tolerate diversity and promote human rights. During the 12-week game launch, players uncovered artifacts related to the…
Descriptors: Educational Games, United States History, Civil Rights, Social Justice