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Thirty Million Trees
Wangari Maathai and the work that looked like nothing
A KICD Grade 7 story for the sub strand 11.2.1 Non-fiction materials. 1039 words, the length the design asks for at this grade.
The opening pages
Page 1
In 2004 a Kenyan woman won the Nobel Peace Prize for planting trees, and a great many people around the world found that confusing.
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The remaining 17 pages of this story, and every book on the shelf, in English and Kiswahili.
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- Nobel
- laureate
- deforestation
- erosion
- firewood
- grassroots
- movement
- census
- sapling
- nursery
- detained
- constitution
Think about it
- Why did Maathai begin with firewood and water rather than with forests?
- What does 'grassroots' mean, and why does the text say the work looked like nothing?
- Why was paying women per surviving seedling, rather than per seedling planted, important?
KICD
| Subject | English Language |
| Grade | 7 |
| Strand | 11.2 Reading |
| Sub strand | 11.2.1 Non-fiction materials |
| Theme | Non-Fiction: Kenyan Lives |
| Length | 1039 words |
| Outcome | read a variety of grade-appropriate non-fiction materials independently for lifelong learning |
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