iThrive Curriculum: Sam's Journey includes three pre-written, teacher-vetted, student-approved lessons for 11th and 12th grade English classes. Social and emotional learning opportunities are embedded into assignments and discussion prompts to support students' meaningful exploration of identity, communication, and complex relationships. The concise, three-lesson format of the unit can stand alone or extend other units related to storytelling techniques and tactics while offering a small taste of what play and game-based learning can do in a classroom.