The People Who Created "America's City" (New York 1770-1800)

FAIN: MD-290203-23

Northwestern University (Evanston, IL 60208-0001)
Spencer Striker (Project Director: May 2022 to present)

Research and consultations with scholarly and educational advisers to create a role-playing game about New York City during and after the American Revolution.

We seek to develop The People Who Created "America''s City" (New York 1770-1800)-as a special edition of the award-winning History Adventures: World of Characters digital learning series-to teach middle and high school students, as well as museum attendees, to think historically by immersing them in the world of revolutionary-era New York City. Building on History Adventures'' digital learning model, (winner of the inaugural Anthem Awards celebrating purpose-driven work), which illuminates vital aspects of world history, The People Who Created "America''s City" will offer a dynamic, immersive, and complex way for students to understand that making choices was often fraught for real people during this era of Revolutionary War. The final product will be available for free to the public on the web, iOS, Android, and Kindle Interactive; available to the public in NYC-based museums; and will pilot as part of the core curriculum in classrooms across the U.S.