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Conservation, Preservation, and the National Parks ActivityConservation, Preservation, and the National Parks Activity
Publisher
Constitutional Rights Foundation
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Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Types
Activities & Projects
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
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Technology
Internet Access
Year
2013
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Conservation, Preservation, and the National Parks

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Going green? Scholars investigate the creation of the US National Park program. Through diary entries as well as expert testimony, they synthesize information and analyze the need for conservation and preservation. Finally, they display their new knowledge in final essay responses. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

theodore roosevelt, conservation, national parks, yellowstone national park, yosemite national park

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Split the class into teams and assign a National Park to research and present 
  • Create a series of questions to guide the class through the reading material

Classroom Considerations

  • Constitutional Rights Foundation is on Facebook 

Pros

  • Includes lesson extension opportunities
  • Resource contains discussion and writing prompts 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.11-12.9.a SL.11-12.4

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