5th Graders Study Environmentalists Wangari Maathai and John Muir
Their task was to apply their new knowledge of these individuals' motivations, strategies, challenges faced, and impacts had to a hypothetical situation involving the city government debating what to do about the expensive care of street trees in the city in which we all live. All skits featured the following characters: Wangari Maathai, John Muir, city officials, and community members. Students completed peer and self evaluations of the performances and reflected on the experience.