Problem: Companies often destroyed the environment and natural resources were not being preserved.
Key Terms that need to be included in your project:
Aldo Leopold
John Muir
Yellowstone National Park (National Park System)
Theodore Roosevelt
National Park Service
National Wildlife Refuges
Resources:
Protecting the Environment (Answers all 3 questions)
Citation: Author: Boyer and Stuckey et al.; Date : 2001; Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Problems with the Environment (Answers all 3 questions)
Citation: Author: Diane Hart; Date: 2008; Publisher: TCI
John Muir: Protector of the Environment (Answers all 3 questions briefly)
Citation: Author: Diane Hart; Date: 2005; Publisher: TCI
Aldo Leopold Biography (Answers all 3)
John Muir Biography (Answers all 3)
Conservation Movement (Answers all 3)
Essential Research Questions
What was the problem that your activist group was trying to improve? (Standard #1B)
What methods/strategies did they use to try to solve this problem? (Standard #1B)
How effective/successful was this group at creating change and why? (Standard #1A and #1C)
How are activists today trying to solve problems that are similar or related to your topic? (Standard #4)
Modern Day Connections for Question #4: