Name _____________________________________________

EES- Mr. Dillman

Date ___________
Period _________

The Lorax
1.

Who does the Once-ler represent?

2.

Who does the Lorax represent?

Mother Nature
3. The Once-lers business failed. What happened to cause the failure of his business?
There were no more trees to make thneeds
4. The Once-ler learned that he had made a serious mistake. What, in your opinion, was his mistake?
He didnt listen to the Lorax and realized that he was right
5. Why is it important to have people like the Lorax in the world?
To help protect indangered species and help the world natural process
6. What seems to be the intent of Dr. Seuss in writing this story?
To show the awareness of how people use resources that are nonrenewable
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 with things like shark week and the people how try to save indangered species like elephants
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?
Saving the environment.
9. Does this story appear to have been written for young children, for their parents, or for both? Explain.
Both are used to show that you should listen. And that not all resources will last forever
10. Do you find this video to be appropriate for young children? Why or why not?
Yes it shows them on how we can use things

The Truax
1. Why did the Guardbark want people to leave trees alone? Give at least two reasons.
He was the protector of the trees. The future also depends on them as he said.
2. Why did Truax think it was reasonable to cut some trees? Give at least two reasons.
For every tree he cut down 5 more were planted. He takes care of them and not all trees are cut down
3. Name three ways that Native Americans depended on trees. How did early American settlers use trees? Do we still need trees today?
They used trees when building houses and to hunt animals. We do still need trees today for the productions of homes and buildings
4. Make a list of at least six products we use that come from trees.
Wood, Paper, Cardboard, 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.
Parchment Paper, Concrete, Plastic
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?
Theres is only so much of it and we deplete and will run out
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?
Plant 5 trees for every one that is chopped down
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?
That they care about the environment and want the production of trees to last