In addition, the boarder illustrations serve as text features that support key practices of people at that time with regards to the river.īy the end of the book the reader will come away with a deeper understanding of what it means to be a responsible citizen and how their actions affect their surrounding world and can build up over time. The illustrations also provide excellent visual representation of how the river changed throughout time based upon the types of pollution that were affecting it and the activities of the people that surrounded it. People Today (pages seventeen through to the end)
Industrial Revolution (pages twelve through sixteen)
Native Americans (pages one through five)Īgricultural/Hunting (pages six through eleven) Beginning with the Natives and through today, this text supports the theme of human pollution.
Human effects on the environment are a significant concept, A River Runs Wild provides both text and illustrations that show the changes of pollutions throughout history and how people in each period affected the Nashua river. This book centers upon these significant themes: human effects on the environment, pollution and being a responsible citizen.
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