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  2. The Oregon Trail (series) - Wikipedia

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    The Oregon Trail is a series of educational computer games. The first game was originally developed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 and produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) in 1974. The original game was designed to teach eighth grade schoolchildren about the realities of 19th-century ...

  3. Heinemann (publisher) - Wikipedia

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    Portsmouth, New Hampshire (US) Official website. www.heinemann.com. William Heinemann Ltd., with the imprint Heinemann, was a London -based publisher founded in 1890 by William Heinemann. Their first published book, 1890's The Bondman, was a huge success in the United Kingdom and launched the company. He was joined in 1893 by Sydney Pawling.

  4. Children's Games (Bruegel) - Wikipedia

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    Children's Games is an oil-on-panel by Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in 1560. It is currently held and exhibited at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The entire composition is full of children playing a wide variety of games. Over 90 different games that were played by children at the time have been identified.

  5. The Oregon Trail (1971 video game) - Wikipedia

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    Mode (s) Single-player. The Oregon Trail is a text-based strategy video game developed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 and produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) beginning in 1975. It was developed as a computer game to teach school children about the realities of 19th-century pioneer ...

  6. William Heinemann - Wikipedia

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    On 18 May 1863, William Heinemann was born in Surbiton, Surrey, England. [1] His father Louis Heinemann was a native of Hanover, Germany, who immigrated as a child with his family. He became a director of Parr's Bank. Heinemann's mother was born Jane Lavino. [2] Both his parents were Jewish by descent, although they had converted to Anglicanism ...

  7. List of educational video games - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable educational video games. There is some overlap between educational games and interactive CD-ROMs and other programs (based on player agency), and between educational games and related genres like simulations and interactive storybooks (based on how much gameplay is devoted to education). This list aims to list games ...

  8. Heinemann African Writers Series - Wikipedia

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    Heinemann African Writers Series. The African Writers Series (AWS) is a collection of books written by African novelists, poets and politicians. Published by Heinemann, 359 books appeared in the series between 1962 and 2003. [1] The series has provided an international audience for many African writers, including Chinua Achebe, Ngũgĩ wa ...

  9. List of children's games - Wikipedia

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    A child playing tag.. This is a list of games that are played by children.Traditional children's games do not include commercial products such as board games but do include games which require props such as hopscotch or marbles (toys go in List of toys unless the toys are used in multiple games or the single game played is named after the toy; thus "jump rope" is a game, while "Jacob's ladder ...