Investigation Declaration Extension Pack

Overview

Transform your students’ gameplay into meaningful and memorable learning.

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 Enlightenment ideas 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.

You can now download and assign extension pack materials directly from the Investigation Declaration game page.

This Investigation Declaration Extension Pack includes activities and a mini quiz that give the game context and reinforce and assess its concepts. Extension Packs include a downloadable teacher lesson plan, assignable student handout, and instructive Google Slides. Google Slides can be used on projectors or interactive whiteboards.

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.

Grade Levels

• 6-8
• 9-12

Learning Objectives

• Draw ideological cause-and-effect connections between historical events
• Track a set of Enlightenment ideas that inspired and followed the Declaration of Independence, particularly between 1750 and 1850
• 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

Related Resources

• The Sovereign State
• Who Rules?
• Limiting Government
• Why Government?
• Foundation Basics
• Rule by One