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AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE
SPRING TERM
MAJOR ASSESSMENTS:
1 Found Poem on Thoreau and Emerson
2 Canyonlands Poster on Desert Solitaire
3 Salmon Recovery Persuasive Editorial
4 Wolf Reintroduction Slide Narrative Editorial
5 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Oil, and National Security Oral Presentation
Spring Term Exam
Minor Assessments:
-Graded Class Discussions
-Reading Quizzes
Term Average:
Papers: 50%
Class Discussion / Debates: 20%
Quizzes / Tests 20%
Homework / Google Doc Journal: 10%
Honors: (two options)
1. Research an environmental issue on your own and write a persuasive editorial with counter argument, concede, and converse rhetorical moves and send it into a paper of your choice. You must use four passages from four texts in this course.
Possible topics:
-Keystone Pipeline Proposal,
- Grazing on Public Lands: www.freestone.com/westernwatershed/
-Global Climate change Agreement (Paris).
-Copper River Mine Proposal (Alaska).
2. Complete the following chapters in the Community School English Test Prep Guide:
-One AP Literature and Composition Test (Due FRIDAY April 8)
-One AP Language and Composition Test (Due MONDAY April 25)
MARCH 28-APRIL 1
WEEK TWO: B - F
Tues:
Read Ralph Emerson’s “Nature” on the course site.
By the end of class, have notes that reflect how nature serves the purpose of commodity, beauty, language / thought, spirit.
Please purchase ALL of the following books:
The Portable Thoreau, Henry Thoreau, ISBN-13: 978-0143106500
Encounters with the Archdruid, John McPhee, ISBN-13: 978-0374514310
Never Cry Wolf, Farley Mowat 0-316-88179-1
The Practice of the Wild ISBN 10: 1 59376 016 7
Wed: In The Portable Thoreau, read “Where I Lived” and “Solitude”
Please purchase ALL of the following books:
The Portable Thoreau, Henry Thoreau, ISBN-13: 978-0143106500
Encounters with the Archdruid, John McPhee, ISBN-13: 978-0374514310
Never Cry Wolf, Farley Mowat 0-316-88179-1
The Practice of the Wild ISBN 10: 1 59376 016 7
Thur: In The Portable Thoreau, read “Sounds” and “Spring”
QUIZ GRADE: Please bring ALL of the following books to class:
The Portable Thoreau, Henry Thoreau, ISBN-13: 978-0143106500
Encounters with the Archdruid, John McPhee, ISBN-13: 978-0374514310
Never Cry Wolf, Farley Mowat 0-316-88179-1
The Practice of the Wild ISBN 10: 1 59376 016 7
THREE: G - D
MON: In The Portable Thoreau, read “Conclusion”.
Complete four outline body paragraphs (four passages with four difference concepts) for the Emerson-Thoreau Found Poem outline.
TUES: Read Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire:
Author's Introduction
The First Morning
Solitaire
The Serpents of Paradise
THUR: Read Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire: “Down the River”
FRI: Emerson-Thoreau Found Poem Paper Due! “Your Name Found Poem Paper”
On your Canyonlands Trip, finish and keep a journal in which you respond to key passages from Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire in the following chapters:
Cliffrose and Bayonets
Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks
Water
The Heat of Noon: Rock, Tree and Cloud
"The Dead Man at Grandview Point"
"Tukuhnikvats: The Island in the Desert"
"Episodes and Visions"
"Terra Incognita: Into the Maze"
"Bedrock and Paradox"
SPRING TRIPS
FOUR: C - G
MON:
Read in class John Muir’s “Hetch Hetchy Valley” and Gifford Pinchot’s “The Fight for Conservation.” (handouts)
-Watch film “Battle for Wilderness” and “Patagonia Rising” on course site.
-WORK ON CANYONLANDS POSTER ON DESERT SOLITAIRE
TUES:
Write a compare and contrast paragraph that connects the Hetch Hetchy Dam to the Patagonia Dams Issue.
FIRST PARAGRAPH:
-What was the issue in damming Hetch Hethcy Valley? Result?
-What land policy was involved?
-How was John Muir in battle with Gifford Pinchot over environmental policy?
-How did Muir lose the battle but win the war?
SECOND PARAGRAPH:
--What was the issue in damming the Rios Baker and Pascua? Result?
--What land policy was involved?
-How did the preservationists win the battle in Patagonia?
-What are the similarities and differences between the loss of Hetch Hetchy Valley and the Preservation of Patagonia?
-WORK ON CANYONLANDS POSTER ON DESERT SOLITAIRE
WED: Read pages 151-191 in John McPhee’s Encounters with the Archdruid
-Watch part of the film Cadillac Desert in class. See course site for video links.
-WORK ON CANYONLANDS POSTER ON DESERT SOLITAIRE
FRI: Read John McPhee’s Encounters with the Archdruid (191-The End.) Come to class ready to discuss.
-Watch part of the film Cadillac Desert in class. See course site for video links.
CANYONLANDS POSTER ON DESERT SOLITAIRE DUE!
FIVE: A - E
MON: Review the course site link “Salmon Recovery Project”:
Review the course site link “Lower Snake River Dams Research”: https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/lower-snake-river-dams-resources
Read PRO DAM REMOVAL: SOURCES # 1-7 (Phil will assign roles and sources for students to read and report to class with a summary).
We will watch the film on Salmon Recovery: RUNNING THE GAUNTLENT in class.
WORK ON PERSUASIVE EDITORIAL ON SALMON RECOVERY (DUE FRI)
WED: Assign roles for the Salmon Recovery Debate: see course site link:
https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/lower-snake-river-dams-resources/snake-river-dam-debate
Read ANTI- DAM REMOVAL: SOURCES 1-9 (Phil will assign roles and sources for students to read and report to class with a summary).
WORK ON PERSUASIVE EDITORIAL ON SALMON RECOVERY (DUE FRI): HALF OF OUTLINE DUE
THUR: DEBATE ON “Salmon Recovery Project”:
Prepare your role and be in character.
See roles on course site.
Remember: You need one quotes from Encounters with the Archdruid
-one quote from Ed Abbey’s Desert Solitaire and
- two facts / quotes from the "Lower Snake Dam Research" page.
I take notes on each statement and rebuttal / statement. One side will make a statement for five minutes, and then one from the other side gets to have a rebuttal and then launch into his / her statement and so forth down the line. Phil keeps score.
It is a great idea to take notes on all of the statements and rebuttals, so when it comes time to write your persuasive editorial on dams and salmon recovery, you can address the counter view in detail and concede!
FRI: PERSUASIVE EDITORIAL ON SALMON RECOVERY DUE: “Your Name Salmon Recovery Paper” (maximum 5 pages double spaced) Include a Works Cite Page (see the Writing Guide for help with this).
SIX: F - C
TUES: Bring Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf to class and read 3-50. The extra pages of reading account for the ease with which this book reads.
Review the Wolf Depredation Act:
https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/idaho-wolf-management-resources
WED: Read Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf to class and read 51-98
(Read / Watch through Source #6 on the Idaho Wolf Depredation Act on the course site). Phil will assign students to summarize specific sources.
https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/idaho-wolf-management-resources
FRI: Read Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf to class and read 99-148.
SEVEN: D - A
MON: Read Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf to class and read 148-198.
Read through Source #10 on the Wolf Research Page on the course site. Phil will assign students to summarize specific sources.
TUES: Read Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf (199- The End).
Finish watching / reading all of the "Sources" on the Wolf Management Research Page.
Persuasive VIDEO Documentary on Wolf Depredation in Idaho is due Friday in www.movenote.com E-mail me both the narrated slides and send me a copy of your "editorial script."
Also, send the VIDEO Documentary to Governor Otter Governor@gov.idaho.gov
Yes, I am serious.
THUR: Half of outline for Persuasive Editorial on Wolf Depredation due. (See outline Guide on course site). Phil will grade and assist you in your outlines).
FRI: Persuasive VIDEO Documentary on Wolf Depredation in Idaho is due. (We will watch a few in class).
BRING GARY SNYDER’S THE PRACTICE OF THE WILD TO CLASS
Read “The Etiquette of Freedom"
EIGHT: B - F
TUES: Read in the Practice of the Wild: "Place Regions and Commons" and “Tawny Grammar"
In class we will read the Boulder White Clouds Research page and apply Snyder's concepts to the wilderness proposal you favor most.
Research the Boulder White Cloud land policy debates: Boulder White Cloud Wilderness and Northern Rocky Mountain Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA), on the course site. Be ready to debate you most favored proposal.
WED: Review the Arctic National Wildlife Wilderness Proposal: review sources #1-5. Phil will assign you to summarize specific sources.
https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge
THUR: Read in the Practice of the Wild: “Blue Mountains Constantly Walking"
Review the Arctic National Wildlife Wilderness Proposal:
https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge
NINE: G - D
MON: Read in the Practice of the Wild: “Good, Wild, Sacred”
---Work on Oral Presentation on ANWR Wilderness Proposal
TUES: Read in the Practice of the Wild: “Survival and Sacrement”
---Work on Oral Presentation on ANWR Wilderness Proposal
THUR: Oral Presentations on ANWR Wilderness Proposal
FRI: Oral Presentations on ANWR Wilderness Proposal
FINAL EXAMS
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