INTRODUCTION
In 1970 Senator Gaylord Nelson organized the first Earth Day in the United States on April 22nd as a time to learn about our environment. The movement built from that day to clean up our nation’s water, to reduce smog in the air and finally to begin to protect our atmosphere.
Read this poem outdoors or at least with open windows if possible to encourage thinking about the world outside human made structures.
POEM
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT
By Anna Grossnickle Hines
It was a great day for clouds
And I wanted to tell someone.
So I said it
a couple of times,
And just when I thought
No one was listening
A raindrop fell
On me.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hines, Anna Grossnickle. 2001. PIECES: A YEAR IN POEMS AND QUILTS. New York: Greenwillow Books. ISBN 0688169643
EXTENSION
Have each person choose a cloud to sketch. Under the sketch have them list words that popped into their heads as they viewed their cloud. They may be descriptive, scientific or purely fantastic. Encourage them to see if the lists suggest a poem about the cloud.
Photo courtesy of http://images.google.com/.
In 1970 Senator Gaylord Nelson organized the first Earth Day in the United States on April 22nd as a time to learn about our environment. The movement built from that day to clean up our nation’s water, to reduce smog in the air and finally to begin to protect our atmosphere.
Read this poem outdoors or at least with open windows if possible to encourage thinking about the world outside human made structures.
POEM
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT
By Anna Grossnickle Hines
It was a great day for clouds
And I wanted to tell someone.
So I said it
a couple of times,
And just when I thought
No one was listening
A raindrop fell
On me.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hines, Anna Grossnickle. 2001. PIECES: A YEAR IN POEMS AND QUILTS. New York: Greenwillow Books. ISBN 0688169643
EXTENSION
Have each person choose a cloud to sketch. Under the sketch have them list words that popped into their heads as they viewed their cloud. They may be descriptive, scientific or purely fantastic. Encourage them to see if the lists suggest a poem about the cloud.
Photo courtesy of http://images.google.com/.
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