1. What prompted the creation of the first Earth Day in the United States? 2. Is Earth Day celebrated worldwide?

3. What are some things that are being done to help protect the planet?

4. What else can we do to reduce our impact on the planet and protect it from further damage?

5. Why is Earth Day important?

Anagnos: . . it will no doubt be difficult for you there, annie. but it has been difficult for you at our school too, hm? gratifying, yes, when you came to us and could not spell your name, to accomplish so much here in a few years, but always an irish battle. for independence. (he studies annie, humorously; she does not open her eyes.) this is my last time to counsel you, annie, and you do lack some – by some i mean all – what, tact or talent to bend. to others. and what had saved you on more than one occasion here at perkins is that there was nowhere to expel you to. what do anagnos's words reveal about annie in this excerpt