This story has many themes including activism, climate change, saving the environment, bullying and building community. Discuss each theme and its meaning with students and ask them to share any personal connections they have with one of these themes. Draw a tree on chart paper. Ask students to write issues that they would like to see changed on paper leaves. On the trunk of the tree, have students place sticky notes on obstacles to any change. Finally, on the roots of the tree, have students write root causes on each root.
