Chapter 1

Introduction to Hunter Education (pages 4-5 in "Today's Hunter" guide book)

1. Guiding Questions

   • Why is Hunter Education so important to people of all ages?

   • What are the primary funding sources for Hunter Education?

2. Learning Targets(Objectives)

   • I can describe the behaviors of a responsible hunter.

   • I can cite multiple funding sources for Hunter Education and describe the importance of Hunter Education.

3. Key Vocabulary

   • Pittman-Robertson Act

4. Optional Ideas for Instructional Practices

   • Teacher led discussion

   • Flipped Classroom

     1. students are assigned reading prior to classroom and teacher facilitates discussion

   • Problem Based Group Discussion or Think-Pair-Share

     1. Small groups debrief and describe their ideas to answer the following question:

        • If there was not adequate funding for the Wildlife Restoration Act, what would be the immediate and long term impacts?

        • Name three local lands or parks that you think may have been funded by the Wildlife Restoration Act. How are those parcels positively impacting folks in your community?

5. Supplemental Questions or Activities

   • Math Connection: If an 11% Federal Excise Tax exists to help fund the Wildlife Restoration Act, how much funding would come from $4,564,240 in total sales of sporting arms, ammunition, and archery equipment? (answer: $502,066.40)

6. Supplemental Videos

   • What is the Pittman-Robertson Act?

     1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfvEQEeTOiw

   • Hunter Safety Education, Iowa DNR

     1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ClVHWfKjrM

   • How to get a hunting license

     1. https://www.hunter-ed.com/videos/5qa28qvmyj/

7. Optional Props

   • Sample Hunting Licenses

     1. Use to convey the need for Hunter Education and the legal benefit of obtaining proper licenses.

   • Western US BLM and State Game Lands Maps

     1. Use to show the land acquired by revenue generated by hunters through Pittman-Robertson Act

8. Additional Resources

   • Article from US Department of the Interior on 2020 Revenue from Pittman-Robertson Act.

     1. https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/sportsmen-and-sportswomen-generate-nearly-1-billion-conservation-funding

Pittman-Robertson Revenues from Ammunition, Firearms, Pistols and Revolvers, and Archery Equipment, FY2007-FY2016