Greg Trefry

The project team fully developed and tested VOXPOP (formerly A More Perfect Union), a tablet-based role-playing game for classes of middle and high school students covering standards-aligned topics in social studies. Interventions that utilize simulations, such as role-playing, provide opportunities for students to practice and learn about social studies and history, gain critical 21st century skills to be college and career ready, and prepare for active citizenship in a democracy.

In this project, the developers created a prototype of VOXPOP (formerly A More Perfect Union), a role-playing game for high school civics and history. The technology-facilitated intervention provides a library of simulations on a range of topics and historical moments with learning outcomes aligned to AP U.S. History Curriculum and the Common Core History Standards.