Modern inventions used to make lives easier harm the planet.  There are several predictions about how towns of the future will be built in order to keep the planet’s environment healthy.  Some predictions are: electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles, organic farming, solar powered energy, and recycled waste water. (McGraw-Hill Treasures, 2009)

This lesson was created as part of the Basal Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in basal readers. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the basal reader named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.