Many organizations and individuals have chosen to distribute their work through ECHOcommunity. If you have resources you would like to share, we believe in giving credit where credit is due. Community Contributed resources remain the property of their creators, but can benefit millions of people around the world. BookTrust Writer in Residence Onjali Q. Raúf shares some of her favourite books to help us think about food, hunger, and ways of feeding communities this World Hunger Day. The government sells a lot of land to big companies. They cut down forests for timber and clear land for coffee plantations. Talk about how one person was able to change their environment. How can kids get involved to help make their world a better place? Brainstorm ways that we can protect our Earth, use less resources, and reduce our waste. An obvious activity would be to plant a tree- in Wangari’s honor!

Week beginning 29th June - Theme “Famous and Significant People

Wangari Maathai, known as Mama Miti, mother of trees, shares her wisdom with other women by advising them to plant trees native to Kenya to solve their many problemsAccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-04-08 08:01:50 Associated-names Nelson, Kadir, ill Boxid IA1799709 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Mama Miti is the story of a woman who worked to change her country one tree at a time. Napoli tells the story of Wangari Maathai as if she was a wise elder. While this works within the story, the fact that she is a well educated woman with a PhD might have been worked into the story to emphasize the importance of education imo. The writing is lyrical. Lccn 2008023604 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Old_pallet IA16883 Openlibrary_edition Invite the reasons to move and stand next to a place that makes sense ("have trunks and limbs to climb" makes sense with "playground" but not "beach"; however, "makes shade" is a reason that could go with either place, and that's okay!). Wangari grew up in the shadow of Mount Kenya listening to the stories about the people and land around her. Though the trees towered over her, she had loved them for as long as she could remember. Wangari planted trees one by one to refresh her spirit. When the women came to her for help with their families, she told them to do the same. Soon the countryside was filled with trees. Kenya was strong once more. Wangari had changed her country, tree by tree.

Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli, Kadir Nelson | Waterstones Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli, Kadir Nelson | Waterstones

That's what Wangari Maathai said to the first women who approached her about having "too little food", no job, and no skills. Maathai told her to plant a mubiru mubiru tree and to eat the berries. Another woman approached Maathai, telling her she had to walk hours to find firewood. "What can I do?"Read your sentence strip and decide whether you are a place (opinion) or a reason. Use the icon as a visual cue to help you read. For ELLs: (Providing Think Time) Before inviting responses from the group, consider giving students time to think and process the question.