In this article, Mr. Koffi Annan spoke to world leaders on the issue of protecting our environment. He states that since the beginning of time, people have constantly used resources from the Earth for survival, but now it is time for the citizens of the world to conserve the Earth’s resources to improve our standard of living. (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.