Positives

• This video will remind students that humans are responsible for taking care of the natural world.
• The gentle animation style pairs well with Jane Goodall's calming voice.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with the following terms: tenacious, prevail, rebirth, and renewed.
  

Differentiation

• English language arts classes could annotate the poem, noting the rhyme scheme, meter, figurative language, and literary devices.
• Younger students could draw before and after pictures to show what changed from the beginning of the poem to the end.
• Writing classes could write personal reflections about a natural place that feels peaceful. Students could incorporate sensory images to help the reader understand what it feels like to be there.
• Other resources on this topic include this animated video on the importance of biodiversity, this video that takes students to a silent rainforest in Washington, and this interactive map that shows the restoration potential of land in different parts of the world.