View source for Software:Calamity Adventure 2: People and Traditions

{{Infobox video game
| title = Calamity Adventure 2: People and Traditions
| image = Calamity Adventure 2 - People and Traditions Coverart.png
| developer = The Lightspan Partnership, Inc.
| publisher = The Lightspan Partnership, Inc.
| designer =
| engine =
| released = 1997
| genre = Edutainment
| modes = Single player
| platforms = [[Engineering:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
}}

'''''Calamity Adventure 2: People and Traditions''''' is the second game in the Calamity series of educational [[Engineering:Video game|video game]]s produced for the [[Engineering:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] by Lightspan. This game is designed to improve reading and [[Social:Language arts|language arts]] skill. The player has eight learning objectives:
*Use reading strategies to answer questions
*Analyze words containing [[Social:Greek language|Greek]] or [[Social:Latin|Latin]] [[Biology:Root|root]]s, [[Social:Prefix|prefix]]es, or [[Social:Suffix|suffix]]es
*Learn new vocabulary words
*Understand and solve [[Analogy|analogies]] and riddles
*Identify the main idea
*Analyze information
*Use context clues to understand text meaning
*Learn about {{wipe|United States}} traditions, artists, writers, [[Social:Inventor|inventor]]s, and explorers

The player can read articles about famous American [[Social:Cultural heritage|heritage]], and answer questions about what they have read. The goal is to help Mona, Moki, Jules Verne, and Calamity Jane get home.<ref>Info retrieved from the insert on the back of the game sleeve</ref>

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.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060823013905/http://www.game-rave.com/psx/playstation_perfect_guide/lightspan/index.html Lightspan Software at Game Rave]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Calamity Adventure 2: People And Traditions}}
[[Category:Language learning video games]]


{{Sourceattribution|Calamity Adventure 2: People and Traditions|1}}