Name _____________________________________________

EES- Mr. Dillman

Date ___________
Period _________

The Lorax
1.

Who does the Once-ler represent?

Businesses that destroy nature

2.

Who does the Lorax represent?

Conservatives

3.

The Once-lers business failed. What happened to cause the failure of his business?
He cut down all the trees

4.

The Once-ler learned that he had made a serious mistake. What, in your opinion, was his mistake?
Not replanting the trees

5.

Why is it important to have people like the Lorax in the world?

They speak for the trees

6.

What seems to be the intent of Dr. Seuss in writing this story?

To show the long term effects of Urbanization

7.

Do you equate the ideas, people, places, or events in the story with real-life situations in our present-day society? If so, with whom or what?
Yes, any business that requires destroying habitats.

8.

What values appear to be important in the story? Are any of our present-day societal values in conflict with these? If so, which ones and for
what reasons?
Nature is more important than business in the long run, yes, everywhere, businesses that destroy habitats are awful & should be more natural.

9.

Does this story appear to have been written for young children, for their parents, or for both? Explain.
For both, it tells a good story with a good moral, but also helps kids understand whats going on

10. Do you find this video to be appropriate for young children? Why or why not?
Yes, its a Dr. Suess story

The Truax
1.

Why did the Guardbark want people to leave trees alone? Give at least two reasons.
They clean the air and give shrub birds a rest

2.

Why did Truax think it was reasonable to cut some trees? Give at least two reasons.
Because he replants 5 for every 1 he cuts down, & they set aside 95 billion acres of trees

3.

Name three ways that Native Americans depended on trees. How did early American settlers use trees? Do we still need trees today?
Weapons, shelter, medicine; To build houses; yes

4.

Make a list of at least six products we use that come from trees.
Paper, Fruit, Lumber, Syrup, Oxygen, Pencils

5.

Go back to your list. If we could not cut trees, we would have to use something else to make the products you listed. Beside each product, write
down what we could use to replace the product made from trees.
Synthetic paper, Candy, Bricks, Sugar & water, *nothing*, pens

6.

A "renewable" resource is something that can be "made new again". In other words, we can make more of the resource so that it never has to run
out. What does "nonrenewable" resource mean?
You cannot replace it, once you use it all up its gone forever

7.

On your list of replacement products, did you have some products made from oil (like plastics)? Is oil a "renewable" resource or a "nonrenewable" resource?
Non-Renewable

8.

Did you have some replacement products made from metal? Is metal a "renewable" resource or a "non-renewable" resource?
Non-renewable

9.

What does Truax and his friends do to make sure there are plenty of trees?
They plant 5 trees for everyone they cut

10. Truax and other US timber cutters do many things (like replanting and controlling forest fires) to make sure we have plenty of trees for the
future. How does that make you feel?

Name _____________________________________________
EES- Mr. Dillman
Real glad

Date ___________
Period _________