The self-paced curriculum emphasizes improving young people’s reading and higher-order thinking skills, ensures that the Stone Soup selections support discussions on cultural and ethnic diversity, conflict management, and global interdependence. For, if these real people in their real stories can live such vibrant lives, accomplish so much, and in the end prevail, could not the young reader find comparable courage to face the inevitable challenges in his life?
Global TeachNet, National Peace Corps Association; Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development