Calamity 2: People and Traditions

Calamity Adventure 2: People and Traditions is the second game in the Calamity series of educational video games produced for the PlayStation by Lightspan. This game is designed to improve reading and language arts skill. The player has eight learning objectives:

Use reading strategies to answer questions

Analyze words containing Greek or Latin roots, prefixes, or suffixes

Learn new vocabulary words

Understand and solve analogies and riddles

Identify the main idea

Analyze information

Use context clues to understand text meaning

Learn about American traditions, artists, writers, inventors, and explorers

The player can read articles about famous American heritage, and answer questions about what they have read. The goal is to help Mona, Moki, Jules Verne, and Calamity Jane get home.

As with all Lightspan games, this title was not released to retail to the general public. Instead, it was only available to schools for educational purposes.