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...
by boot | Feb 18, 2025
This book includes tools to help readers locate critical information quickly and efficiently. As a class, review the following sections: Glossary, the Table of Plastic Resins, For Further Reading, Selected Sources, Source Notes, Acknowledgments and Index. Why are each...
by boot | Feb 18, 2025
Have students test their comprehension by answering the following questions and recording the number of the page where the answer is located. Come together as a class and discuss their answers. Where did Milly first see recycling in action? How did Milly get the money...
