Oregon Trail.

Gaming could potentially connect with learning because while playing the Oregon Trail you discover the struggles people face and the tools needed to overcome those hard times. First it gave you the option of where to go and sent you directly to a hardware store to buy recomended tools for the long trip. As you begin, important information is given throughout the journey. For instance, the amount of food, everyones health, and the speed the family was going at. The game directed you with comments every so often, but you could also view a map of where you are. In the start, it gives you the option of being a banker or a farmer and how many members you want in your family. This allows you to controll the amount of things shared throughout the entire trip. It was a hard stuggle for me to keep my family members alive in this game, because it is a long trip and there were many diseases. This game connects with history by showing the hardships the people had to go through during 1848. By playing this game the experiences people went through become much more understandable and realistic.