Activities in this guide teach students how to aquire, organize, analyse, and answer geographical questions. Full assessment material and additional resources are are included. Geography can be ordered from the Rivers Project. Rivers Project Language Arts Students make social, historical, and emotional discoveries about their adopted river in this language-based curriculum guide. Activities involve interviews, research, technical writing, expressive writing, journalistic writing, oral presentations, and literature.
Strong emphasis is placed on journal writing and maintaining a portfolio.
In the activity, Writing Political Action Letters , students learn the importance of citizenship and the value of taking action on important issues. Language Arts is still in its pre-publication draft form, but can be ordered directly from the Rivers Project. Students will learn statistical methods and applications, scientific measurement, and quantitative analysis techniques using actual river data. Lessons are designed primarily to support the other Rivers Project curricula's mathematics needs and may be taught by any Rivers Project teacher. Readiness tests are included to help teachers determine which skills need to be covered or reviewed.