Genre - ALTERNATIVE Summary – Dr. Seuss’s best-selling book, The Lorax, is in production to be created into an animated film in March 2012. The film is based off of the book, but adds a bit more story to it. The movie is set in the future, when a town is made out of metal and plastic, with no grass, flowers, or trees. A young boy and his lady friend wish to see a real Truffola tree, so the boy sets out to find out what happened. He then comes across the Once-ler, who tells the original story about the Thneed factory that caused the deforestation of the Truffola trees. The original picture book ends with the little boy receiving the very last Truffola tree seed, but the movie extends the story. Will the boy save the town and bring back vegetation? You’ll have to watch the movie!
Teaching Points – Teachers who use the original Dr. Seuss book The Lorax could use this movie to accompany lessons about deforestation. Kids will like watching an exciting, funny, heart-felt, that sends out a great message about deforestation and how it affects our world. Students can relate to the young boy and his friend in this movie and feel compassion for the loss of the Truffola tree forest.
Citation - See the movie trailer at - http://www.theloraxmovie.com/. There are also free downloads and activities that you can access from this website.
