Show students the cover and read the title. Ask students to discuss what they think is happening in the picture.

Read the first page. Ask students to predict how they think Teddie and Johnnie will change America.

Read to the end of page 5, ask students to predict how Johnnie will react to President Roosevelt’s request.

Read to page 9, ask students to predict how well the President will do camping in the wilderness.

Read to page 27, ask students to predict what the President will do to help save America’s national wildlife.

Use a Venn diagram to compare characteristics between President Roosevelt and John Muir.

• How are the two men similar? 
• How are the two men different? 
• How did the two men help save our national wildlife?

Show students the cover and read the title. Ask students to discuss what they think is happening in the picture.

Read the first page. Ask students to predict how they think Teddie and Johnnie will change America.

Read to the end of page 5, ask students to predict how Johnnie will react to President Roosevelt’s request.

Read to page 9, ask students to predict how well the President will do camping in the wilderness.

Read to page 27, ask students to predict what the President will do to help save America’s national wildlife.

Use a Venn diagram to compare characteristics between President Roosevelt and John Muir.

• How are the two men similar? 
• How are the two men different? 
• How did the two men help save our national wildlife?

P. 5 “Was John Muir right? Could the forests disappear?” 
P. 7 “By George I’m going camping! Pack me one small sack!” 
P. 8 “Didn’t the president want to see the wilderness?” 
P. 11 “I feel like a runaway schoolboy!”

P. 5 “Was John Muir right? Could the forests disappear?” 
P. 7 “By George I’m going camping! Pack me one small sack!” 
P. 8 “Didn’t the president want to see the wilderness?” 
P. 11 “I feel like a runaway schoolboy!”

Possible words: brawny, naturalist, vanishing, impatient, galloped, massive, glorious

Possible words: brawny, naturalist, vanishing, impatient, galloped, massive, glorious

Some words may be unfamiliar to the students. Choose a few unfamiliar words and use an online dictionary or a printed dictionary to define the words. Discuss the best definition of each word, for this story. Possible unfamiliar words: sequoias, glaciers, granite, prospectors