The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Resource Materials
The reading guides and assignments are to be used in conjunction with the summer reading program.
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Summer Reading Guide
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Group ProjectThis assignment is for all 9th grade Humanities students. Created by Mark Johnson.
- Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Assignment BookmarkRunning reading record. Each bookmark requires the student to keep a written record of words that are new. The directions ask to also supply a synonym for each word. Created by Eileen Bach.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Call Number: 609.2 KAMISBN: 0061730327Publication Date: 2009-09-29William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger, and a place where hope and opportunity were hard to find.Here is the remarkable story about human inventiveness and its power to overcome crippling adversity. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind will inspire anyone who doubts the power of one individual's ability to change his community and better the lives of those around him.
William Kamkwamba's old windmill
This was shot by Tom Rielly after TEDGlobal in Tanzania. Source: Flickr