by boot | Feb 18, 2025
Invite a representative from your local recycling center to come talk to the class. Have each student prepare at least one thoughtful question for the guest, either about the process of recycling in general or how it works in your community. When the presentation has...
by boot | Feb 18, 2025
Break students into seven different groups, one for each of the plastics recycling categories. Using several digital and print resources, have each group prepare a report and presentation about their category to share with the class. Have them include such information...
by boot | Feb 18, 2025
After they have read the book have students watch the short film Plastics One Through Seven about Milly Zantow available on YouTube. Discuss the following issues as a class: How do the two different media present the information? What parts of the story were told by...
by boot | Feb 18, 2025
Milly’s success didn’t happen overnight. She worked very hard and took things one step at a time. Break students into small groups and have them review the text to create a list of the major events in Milly’s life that played a role in establishing nationwide plastics...
by boot | Feb 18, 2025
What Milly Did provides a historical context for recycling and shows how Milly influenced the modern recycling movement. Break students into small groups and have them review the book to identify ways in which Milly’s parents and their generation reused things and why...
