M11 link road protest

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/m11-link-road-protest

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the official road scheme designation?A12 Hackney to M11 link road
2. What is the geographic focus of protest?East London, United Kingdom
3. Why did people want to stop the M11 road?They were worried about the environment and wanted to keep busy streets and trees safe. They also saw that building big roads could make traffic worse.
4. How did the protesters try to stop the road?They first protected a tree at George Green, then made tiny countries on houses that were going to be taken down, and finally stayed in a building for a long time to show how serious they were.

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