posted by Joe Polk at 9:41 PM /
The White House Historical Association and two Pittsburgh companies have teamed up to create a web-based game that takes students into the Civil War-era and the Lincoln White House.
Mt. Lebanon-based Argentine Productions and Semiotic Technologies collaborated on the concept, creating a computerized world of talking historical figures and avatars. While it’s for children of all ages, it was designed with students from 8 to 12 year in mind, explains Peter Argentine.
Lincoln’s son Tad is the game’s host. Players pick their characters, dress them and talk to people from history as they move through six different White House rooms, learning hidden facts.
Players ultimately finish in the Oval Office where the president signed the second part of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, the day that slaves were officially declared freed. A beta-version was tested by a Mt. Lebanon School District class.
Link: www.popcitymedia.com/timnews/argentine0218.aspx
Mt. Lebanon-based Argentine Productions and Semiotic Technologies collaborated on the concept, creating a computerized world of talking historical figures and avatars. While it’s for children of all ages, it was designed with students from 8 to 12 year in mind, explains Peter Argentine.
Lincoln’s son Tad is the game’s host. Players pick their characters, dress them and talk to people from history as they move through six different White House rooms, learning hidden facts.
Players ultimately finish in the Oval Office where the president signed the second part of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, the day that slaves were officially declared freed. A beta-version was tested by a Mt. Lebanon School District class.
Link: www.popcitymedia.com/timnews/argentine0218.aspx
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