After letting the class read “The Lorax”, we would discuss what the actual message is in the story, then I would use it to introduce the topic “environmental degradation due to anthropogenic activities”, and use coral reefs as a real life example.
I would give the class some background facts about coral reefs and why they are dying or going extinct. People and animals rely on the coral reefs, just like all the characters in “The Lorax” relied on the Trufulla forest. And then I would discuss how certain events, leading to the death of corals are caused by humans (siltation, eutrophication, bleaching), and how this could be stopped or what could be done to help protect what is left of the coral reefs before it gets to the point where everything is lost like in “The Lorax”, and we have to start from the beginning, with just one seed.
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