Mom's Minute

Flight to Freedom Video Game

Flight to Freedom video game is an educational game that was launched on January 24, 2012 and timed to support and extend curriculum activities connected with the start of Black History Month which began on February 1, 2012.

The video game is produced by a company named Thirteen in association with WNET, New York,  and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) with additional support by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The game is designed by Electric Funstuff, an innovative software development firm.

The video game can be accessed by teachers and students by streaming and download via www.mission-us.org.

Here is a graphic for Black History Month

Flight to Freedom is a role playing game where players take on the role of Lucy King, a fictious 14 year old enslaved girl in 1848.  She meets a diverse group of people and how she reacts or the decisions she make affect the outcome of the game.

This game is geared to middle school students and helps them to learn not only about Black history, but they also widen their vocabulary and their historical literary skills by using the embedded "smart words"  in the game.

The President and CEO of CPB  Patricial Harrison states, "Now, through our support of Mission US, we are focused on providing that same high-quality content to students, using one of the most popular media in their lives today - interactive, online games - to engage and educate them in American history and civics."