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Click on the above screenshot to launch the game. To run the
game you will need to have Flash installed on your computer, and
have your monitor set to higher than 800 by 600 pixels.
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Can you make ends meet in Brooklyn in the early 1900s? is an interactive
computer game set in a typical neighborhood in Brooklyn. You can
choose one of four occupations and see how far your wages will go.
The idea is for you to put yourself in the shoes of a working Brooklynite,
circa 1915, and briefly experience the challenge and choices that
would have to be made. How much choice did you really have at
the prevailing
wages in that occupation? If you were African-American or female
would you have earned less?
See how far your wages would go for housing, food, transportation
and recreation. Which jobs were the highest paid and who got them? |
