Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya

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Many organizations and individuals have chosen to distribute their work through ECHOcommunity. If you have resources you would like to share, we believe in giving credit where credit is due. Community Contributed resources remain the property of their creators, but can benefit millions of people around the world. Mama Miti is based on the amazing life of Wangari Maathi (2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient), who grew up in Nyeri, Kenya, and turned her love of nature and trees into grassroots movement to combat deforestation. The illustrations by Nelson capture the beauty of the Motherland with vibrant colors and flattering images. " -- Ebony Magazine That's what Wangari Maathai said to the first women who approached her about having "too little food", no job, and no skills. Maathai told her to plant a mubiru mubiru tree and to eat the berries. Another woman approached Maathai, telling her she had to walk hours to find firewood. "What can I do?"

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Soon investors started to drop out. The park was maintained and is providing space to trees, animals and humans alike. This action however brought her the ire of then Kenyan strongman Daniel Arap Moi. Police brutally beat the protesting women and Wangari was imprisoned for some time. Yet she and her movement persisted and the authoritarian government got voted out and Wangari Maathai was made a part of the newly formed government as assitant minister of environment.Tell students that the Places People Plant Trees anchor chart can help them form an opinion about where to plant a tree. As needed, remind students that an opinion is what you think about something. Mama Miti is a biography of Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan woman who gave seeds and seedlings to women all over Kenya to help the community. Consider taking additional time to help students understand that this story is true and about a real person, by reading parts of the Afterword and showing photographs of Wangari.

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The song came before the book. But the book is glorious. And if you can listen to one whilst reading the other, even better! The Cooking Club Detectives by Ewa Jozefkowicz (to be released on 10 thJune) Take turns orally processing the matches by forming sentences using the sentence frame: "Plant a tree ___________ because _____________." ("Plant a tree at the beach because trees make shade ." or "Plant a tree beside the playground because trees have trunks and limbs to climb .")Tell students that they will continue to work on their watercoloring techniques as they think about, discuss, paint, and write about places people plant trees and why they plant them there in the upcoming lessons.

Mama Miti Reading, Speaking, and Listening: Focused Read-aloud: Mama Miti

Mama Miti is the story of a woman who worked to change her country one tree at a time. Napoli tells the story of Wangari Maathai as if she was a wise elder. While this works within the story, the fact that she is a well educated woman with a PhD might have been worked into the story to emphasize the importance of education imo. The writing is lyrical. Wangari Maathai – eco-warrior, activist, Nobel Peace prize laureate. Image source: Kingkongphoto & http://www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA / CC BY-SA ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) The government sells a lot of land to big companies. They cut down forests for timber and clear land for coffee plantations.I didn't like Kadir Nelson's illustrations in this book as much as I've liked his illustrations for other books. However, the text was beautiful. Remind students that throughout the lesson, they listened to a text, acted out portions of the text, and discussed different places where people plant trees and why they plant them there. Ah, Dolly Parton... (happy sigh) A woman who has put millions of books into the hands of millions of children; invested her own money into saving the world from Covid-19, and who has never shied away from speaking about the poverty she and her family suffered as a child. But her true legacy, besides all the prizes and titles, are the preserved forests of Kenya and the inspiration of a whole generation of activists. Her core conviction was the connection of wellbeing of the nature and the wellbeing of human communities. Forests around springs and water sources protect the soil from eroding and the water from drying up. Consequently the communities living in that area have safe access to water.

Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli, Kadir Nelson | Waterstones Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli, Kadir Nelson | Waterstones

Kadir Nelson's artwork is very different in this one compared to some of his others but I still LOVED it. The different textures just really made different parts of the pictures stand out. Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc.)?Remind students that they can show respect in many ways: for themselves, for others, and for materials. Lexile ® AD610L The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics® SL.K.1a : Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion). Review Questions We Can Ask during a Language Dive anchor chart as needed (begun in Module 3, Unit 1, Lesson 5).