The lessons in the curriculum guide stimulate students to think geographically about world events as they are occurring. Each lesson incorporates critical thinking skills by inviting the student to question, to probe, to analyze and to look for relationships. The exercises in the 88-page curriculum guide promote the use of the newspaper with cooperative learning. This guide focuses on expanded learning opportunities for the potential secondary school drop-out. Included also as part of this guide is a chapter defining the characteristics of the student at risk and a method for addressing this problem in the school environment.
All activities incorporate the daily newspaper.
This guide touches on knowledge of the alphabet, word recognition, decoding skills, reading basic words, sentence structure and punctuation.