The Lorax: A Picture Book for the Content Areas

The Lorax: A Picture Book in the Content Area
Cheri Isaacson
Picture Book Presentation
SEED 550
M. HovlandEd.D

Theodor Seuss Geisel
Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, held many jobs including cartoonist and advertiser. Dr. Seuss is best remembered for his work as an author of numerous children’s books.
Visit Seussville to learn more about Geisel.

Overview
The Lorax was published in 1971 by Dr. Seuss (a.k.a. Theodor Seuss Geisel). The story begins with the Once-ler arriving in a new and beautiful land, which he soon takes over as he creates and markets the Thneed, a thing everyone needs, from the natural resource known as the Truffla Tree. The Once-ler’sindustrious and greedy ways soon leads to the loss of Truffula Trees and wide-spread pollution forcing native creatures from their habitats. Ignoring the warnings by the Lorax, a creature that speaks for the trees, the Once-ler is soon left with total destruction and only one seed from the final Truffula Tree.

A Message
Through a kid-friendly picture book, Seuss inspires young and old alike to consider their industrious actions that deplete an environment’s natural resources. The Loraxis a picture book that could kick off a study of the earth’s natural resources, earth systems, or conservation.

Content Area-Language Arts
Language Arts
Reading
Read Aloud
Shared Reading
Independent Reading
Readers’ Theatre
Writing
Poetry
Persuasive or Argumentative
Readers’ Theatre

Content Area-Science
Science
Life Science
Environment-Human Impact
Interdependence
Systems
Biomes
Conservation
Endangered Species
Earth Day is Everyday!

The Lorax
Selected Readings…

Activities & Projects
The Lorax Project
Aimed at inspiring youth and adult alike, the Lorax Project is an innovative project launched in 2008 by Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Random House publishers of The Lorax, written by Dr. Seuss in 1971. The this project’s mission is awareness, funding, and promotion for conservation initiatives.
The Lorax
An interactive website dedicated to the story, The Lorax
Earth Day
Class or school-wide projects
Arbor Day
Plant a tree
Conservation Projects
Calculate your carbon footprint (see Glogster poster)
Plan a project

Related Reading
The Wump World
see a video on my Glogster
The Giving Tree

More Websites
Kids Face
Earth Day in Your Neighborhood
Earth Day Groceries
Earth Day Coloring Book
Earth Day Network
Earth Day Crafts & Projects

Earth Day 2010
Don’t Blow Our Future

References
Peet, B. (1970) The Wump World. New York: Houghton Mifflin.
Peet, B. (1970) The Wump World. [Online Interactive Multimedia Project by J. Karaguez]. Retrieved on
March 26, 2010 from http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://johnnykaraguez.com/wump%2520world%2520image.jpg&imgrefurl=http://johnnykaraguez.com/demo%2520work.htm&h=190&w=260&sz=83&tbnid=zTsqo9O_vz6KGM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=112&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwump%2Bworld%2Bpictures&hl=en&usg=__gavajqHUOoi1nvHHCpEDwVprpws=&ei=Qe2qS7WwCMSAlAfYvsTRDg&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=4&ct=image&ved=0CBMQ9QEwAw
Seuss, D. (1971). The Lorax. New York: Random House.
Seuss, D. The Lorax. [Video file]. Google Videos. Retrieved on March 26, 2010 from http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6650219631867189375&hl=en#.

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