Title: Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to Change the World…One Child at a Time
Author: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Publisher: Penguin Group
Genre: Children’s nonfiction, biography
Age level: 9-12
Themes: Helping others, generosity, promoting peace
Synopsis: in 1993, Greg Mortenson tried to climb K2. On the way down, he became lost in the mountains of Pakistan and stumbled into a poor village. There, the village chief and his people offered Greg even more than three cups of tea: They nursed him back to health. Moved by their kindness, he promised to return and build a school for their children. This is the story of that promise’s extraordinary result. Despite death threats, a kidnapping, and more, Mortenson has build over sixty schools-especially for girls- in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He has dedicated his life to promoting peace through education, one child at a time.
Synopsis: in 1993, Greg Mortenson tried to climb K2. On the way down, he became lost in the mountains of Pakistan and stumbled into a poor village. There, the village chief and his people offered Greg even more than three cups of tea: They nursed him back to health. Moved by their kindness, he promised to return and build a school for their children. This is the story of that promise’s extraordinary result. Despite death threats, a kidnapping, and more, Mortenson has build over sixty schools-especially for girls- in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He has dedicated his life to promoting peace through education, one child at a time.
About the author: Greg Mortenson is the cofounder and director of the nonprofit Central Asia Institute and founder of Pennies for Peace. A former mountaineer, nurse and military veteran, he is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Three Cups of Tea, and spends several months each year building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He lives with his wife and two children in Montana.
David Oliver Relin is an award-winning journalist and coauthor of Three Cups of Tea. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Pre-reading activities: Ask the students why they think it is important to change the world. The teacher will list several songs on the board that are popular because of the artist’s desire to change the world. After listening to each song, the students will vote on the ones they like the most, then rewrite the lyrics to the winning song.
Post-reading activities: Have the students write a paragraph about the major events of the book. Then the students will write another paragraph discussing how they would have changed the world and promote peace just like Greg Mortenson.
Reflection: This book would be a great read-aloud for older students, so they could visualize the scenes in the book while someone else read it aloud to them. It would take several days since it is a longer book, but it gives the students the feeling that they could do something as powerful as Greg did to change the world and make it a better place.
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