Impact Issues Lesson 4 - Teacher's Notes

Impact Issues Teacher's Notes
Lesson 4 – Last Chance

Comprehension questions:

1. What kind of story is this? (a science fiction story)
2. In what year does the story take place? (2006)
3. What year is the woman from? (2500)
4. Who is the woman in the story speaking to? (leaders of the United Nations)
5. How did the woman get to 2006? (a time machine)
6. Why did she travel back in time? (to tell the people of earth it is their last chance to change their lifestyle and save the earth)
7. What did people do in the middle of the 20th century that polluted the earth? (dumped dangerous chemicals into the lakes and oceans, drove lots of cars and cut down trees)
8. What state was the earth’s water in by the year 2200? (completely polluted)
9. Could people drink water? (no)
10. What did they drink? (other liquids)
11. What does “overpopulation” mean? (too many people for the planet to support)
12. What was scarce by the year 2300? (food)
13. What happened to all the fish? (they died because of pollution)
14. Who did wars break out between? (the wealthy and the poor)
15. What did people think might be a solution to the problems of the earth? (a new place to live/another planet)
16. hat happened by the year 2400? (the air became so polluted that people had to leave the earth)

Opinion questions (all followed by why/why not?):

• Do you think the events in this story could really happen?
• Do you worry about the future?
• Do you do the best you can to avoid polluting the planet?
• What do you think everyone should be doing to protect the environment?
• Do you recycle? Do you avoid buying new items? Do you avoid over-packaged items?
• Do you shop carefully for items that will be biodegradable?

Homework:

Write about the things you do to control pollution.

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