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Educate Your Staff
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on yearbook journalism


Teaching a yearbook class or training an extracurricular staff is as easy as 1,2,3 with an innovative curriculum
produced by Jostens.

The 1,2,3 Yearbook Journalism Curriculum is a completely updated and revised edition of the highly acclaimed Jostens curriculum that has been used in thousands of classrooms for six years.

The 1,2,3 Student Yearbook Guide textbook is the foundation of the 1,2,3 curriculum:

  • Engages learners with 160 interactive pages.
  • Features spiral binding and a split-page format: lower pages feature concise text in a 1,2,3 format, and upper pages showcase work by students from nearly 100 schools.
The 1,2,3 Teacher’s Guide provides tools an educator requires to teach either a yearbook course or a unit
within a journalism, communications or graphic arts course, or to train an extracurricular yearbook staff.

Teaching materials in the 1,2,3 Teacher’s Guide include:

  • One CD with quizzes, worksheets and grading rubrics coordinating with the 1,2,3 Student Yearbook Guide.


  • A second CD with PowerPoint presentations to coordinate with the 1,2,3 Student Yearbook Guide.
  • "The First Five," a day-by-day instructional and production guide for the first five weeks of a new
    school year.

Curriculum components may be purchased individually or in a convenient Classroom Kit. For more information or to order for immediate shipment, call Jostens at 1.800.972.5628.