Rich media articles give learners and teachers a wider context to the cultural, social, geographical, and environmental surroundings of each storyworld, and open up a wide range of topics and pedagogical themes. The High Water storyworld contains RMAs exploring key geography skills such as how hurricanes are formed, and how we map our planet. Learners can also place this community in a historical and social context by exploring the Maya Q'eqchi' community today, and their ancient Maya ancestors' civilization.
RMAs can be part of a series, like our series on heritage sites, including UNESCO sites such as The Nekropolis in Makli, Pakistan.
Teachers can use RMAs in diverse and creative ways. They can be attached to Lyfta lesson plans so that learners can be directed to read an article and respond to questions. They can also be used as stand-alone resources, for reading comprehension or to support curriculum learning. We are beginning to make more interactive RMAs which invite students to engage in thinking activities, for example, to find their way out of a maze or to explore the theme of adolescence. Some have downloadable pdfs to be used as hard copies in the classroom or to support home learning.
