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The Natural World…use or appreciate?

Sarah Lewis Period 2. The Natural World…use or appreciate?. Is the natural world to be viewed as something to use or to appreciate?. My Big Question:. Rachel Carson was a marine biologist and conservationist. Had a passion for nature and began career as a marine biologist.

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The Natural World…use or appreciate?

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  1. Sarah Lewis Period 2 The Natural World…use or appreciate?

  2. Is the natural world to be viewed as something to use or to appreciate? My Big Question:

  3. Rachel Carson was a marine biologist and conservationist. • Had a passion for nature and began career as a marine biologist. • Became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. • Her most famous work is “Silent Spring” in 1962. A Fable for Tomorrow from Silent Spring- pg.370-1 Rachel Carson

  4. The cultural decade. • Events: The Cold War, Vietnam War, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Communism and Nuclear threats. • JFK starts the Peace Corps and advancing technology. • Carson’s concerns with damage of pesticides in environment. • JFK called for investigation that banned DDT use in the U.S. Silent Spring and the early 60s.

  5. Give people a wake-up call. Don’t take the nature we live in for granted. What is the point?

  6. “…No enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves.” pg 371 People shouldn’t take their community for granted and be careful with actions. Quote:

  7. My Comm 1010 class project. • Students clean up trash in/outside of school. • Child in day care • Trash story • Help community Connections

  8. In the news: WWF • Pollution on land and in sea have harsh effects • Over 80% pollution comes from land • Oil, fertilizer, solid garbage, sewage disposal, toxic man-made chemicals, etc. • Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill 2010: explosion of the oil rig caused accidental spill. • Spread across hundreds of miles of beaches • Took 86 days to contain • Bay of Campeche Mexico 1979- 3.3 million barrels Connections cont.

  9. Harriet Rohmer is a children’s book author. Puts together anthologies of artists, families and issues of the world. Themes have to do with the arts, families, ancestors, etc. Second Text: Heroes of the Environment – Safeguarding the California Coast pg.98 Harriet Rohmer

  10. Stories show how people really come together to make their community a better place. Her stories inspire children and young adults to make a difference. Life today

  11. The point that she is trying to make is that it is up to you to make a difference. What’s the point?

  12. “We are the future. The future is ours.” pg. 98 • I agree, if you want there to be a change, you have to be the one who makes it. • Reminds me of the quote from Ghandi- “Be the change that we want to see”. Quote

  13. Grade school lunch recess • Kids could pick up the trash on the playground • Always encouraged kids to help their community Connection

  14. I think that we should appreciate our natural world around us. People tend to take it for granted and they don’t know what they had until it is gone or ruined. My Answer

  15. Do you think that nature is something we should appreciate or use? Why? How do you think our natural world will be down the road in 20 years? Explain your answer. Discussion Questions

  16. Pocahontas Film Clip

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