The introduction booklet clearly encourages adult leaders to use the curriculum as a basic framework in which to adapt his or her own teaching style and to provide youth into thinking for themselves. The process step in many of the activities encourages youth to branch off on their own. The videos are used as a tool to initiate discussion with youth. A variety of learning experiences are used. The curriculum includes a variety of educational experiences such as role playing, discussion, site visits and tours, paper and pencil activities, personal journal and games.
Activities definitely have application to real word situations.
The curriculum is designed for 13-19 year olds so some activities contain subject matter that is more appropriate for one end of the age range than the other. However, the nature of the learning experiences allow for varying levels. The variety of activities makes learning fun. Life skills are not specifically identified but are strongly implied. In some cases, the goal is closely related to life skills such as decisionmaking, managing resources, solving problems, communicating, volunteering, and taking community action.