Calamity 2: People and Traditions
Sony Playstation - Released - 1997
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.
