The story of how Milly rallied her community and, through creativity, hard work and determination, created sweeping change to help the environment is probably new to students. Is Milly an inspirational figure, or do students not relate to her and her story? Are the lessons of her life applicable to students or irrelevant? Have students write a personal opinion paper describing how Milly’s story makes them feel about an individual’s ability to change the world. Break them into pairs to review each other’s work and revise their papers based on peer feedback before submitting a final version.
