Very engaging!

This is great as a supplement. It's a game, so of course the kids are going to look for shortcuts and for ways to "game" it by skipping the text and the like. But if you use all of the included materials and really dive into it, it seems like those pitfalls could be addressed.

This is a great individual teaching tool for history. Students are able to explore, while receiving vocabulary and content. However, I believe this teaching tool should be coupled with instruction and evaluation to ensure that enough content is delivered.

This is an awesome way to engage students in learning about the Revolutionary War. Students take on the persona of Nate, a colonist who goes to Boston to be a printer's apprentice. Through Nate, students experience the struggle between the Patriots and Loyalists. The students loved that they were able to make choices that effect what happened to Nate (think of a choose your own ending book). I found that students got more out of it when they had some background knowledge before going though a new part. My biggest complaint about the program is that progress did not always save and it froze way to often. Another con is that the website is Flash-based, so it was not readily usable on the iPad. Overall, students loved learning about history in a completely different way!