Here Comes the Garbage Barge!
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11 min1st2nd3rd4th5thReading & Writing (ELA)ScienceSocial Studies
Summary
Based on a true 1987 story, a barge piled with trash sails port to port -- and nobody will take it. The journey is a memorable lesson about garbage and where it goes. Read by Justin Theroux.
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Discussion
Based on a true 1987 story, a barge piled with trash sails port to port -- and nobody will take it.
- Why won't anyone accept the barge's trash?
- What does the story show about making too much garbage?
- What can people do to make less trash?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: barge, garbage, recycle.
Try it: List two things you threw away today that could have been reused or recycled.