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Learning Objectives
- Track a set of Enlightenment ideas that inspired and followed the Declaration of Independence, particularly between 1750 and 1850
- Draw ideological cause-and-effect connections between historical events
- Identify and define the concepts of natural rights, the Social Contract, and state sovereignty
- Understand the roles of time and geography in the spread of ideas
- Describe methods by which ideas were transmitted during this time period: trade, written communications, migration, and print
- Become familiar with ideas, people, locations, and events that influenced declarations of rights and freedoms during this time period
Overview
An international crime of epic proportions has occurred. Members of a global crime ring, Baddies Against Rights & Freedom (B.A.R.F. for short), have hacked the most elite of institutions… the Bureau of Ideas!
B.A.R.F. aims to destroy any and all files related to freedom, democracy, and rights.
Your students take on the role of Secret Agent 6. They will travel across the Atlantic World and over 100 years of history to investigate records that connect the Enlightenment to the United States Declaration of Independence and beyond. Students will learn how ideas have spread, track evidence of natural rights, state sovereignty, and the Social Contract, and restore the corrupted files.
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Teacher Tips
Multilingual and English learners (ELs/MLs) and Spanish-speaking students: This game offers a decision-support tool, an English voiceover, a contextualized glossary, and a Spanish-language version.
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EL/ML
History Connection
Spanish
Vocabulary
Tech Options
Tablet/iPad App
Web browser
Partners
This game was made in partnership between iCivics and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation through the generous support of the Bob and Marion Wilson family.
