Book: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
This is the story of William Kamkwamba who helped his village by creating a windmill to help bring water to the crops to help them grow so people in his village had enough to eat.
Links to Goal: Goal 9 Innovation and Infrastructure
Activities:
Sit back, relax and listen to the story! Senior primary can listen to the version of the story below, which is an audio file, and children are encouraged to do the doodling activity below while listening
A version of the book reading, possibly for junior primary students, can be found below:
Character Profile
Once you have listened to the story you are ready to fill out the Character Profile sheet here.
Now get ready to meet William himself describing his project and the impact it had for his family and community:
If you would like to know how William is doing now have a look at the following short video:
Persuasive Writing Activity
If you could choose one thing to change about the world , what would it be? Fill in the persuasive writing activity sheet here.