

Creating and Presenting: apply the creative process to dramatic play and process drama, using the elements and conventions of drama to communicate feelings, ideas, and stories ī2. Students will be introduced to a story called, “One Plastic Bag” where they will acknowledge that one person’s actions really can make a difference in the world.Ĭurriculum Areas: What are possible connections to other curricular areas?ī1. To have students understand the impact that plastic has on the environment and challenges communities’ face with this issue. Lesson: What is the focus of this lesson in relation to the unit? Unit/Topic: Reflective Writing on a Social Justice Issue Primary/Junior/Intermediate Lesson Plan (Abbreviated Template) This inspirational true story shows how one person’s actions really can make a difference in our world.”

She found a way to recycle the bags and transform her community. They killed livestock that tried to eat them. Some were buried, but they strangled gardens. Some bags were burned, leaving behind a terrible smell. Water pooled in them, bringing mosquitoes and disease. The bags accumulated in ugly heaps alongside roads. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way.

Synopsis: “The inspiring true story of how one African woman began a movement to recycle the plastic bags that were polluting her community. Social Justice focus: Environmental/Plastic pollution Author(s): Miranda Paul and Elizabeth Zunon
