US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Epa History: Epa's Position on the Energy Crisis
This is an EPA position paper written in January 1974 about the Environmental Protection Agency's position on the American energy crisis. The paper gives the roots of the problems of the energy crisis, the impact of the U.S.'s...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability
Through this interactive module, history has shown that the multifaceted aspects of nature have been overlooked many times in the past. And thus, our pursuit to control our environment has failed and left us wanting. What does the future...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Ask a Scientist
A browsable collection of environment-related questions posed by elementary- and middle-school students to the scientists of the American Museum of Natural History in honor of Earth Day. Great questions and great answers.
Other
Teaching the Jah: Earth Day and the Environmental Movement
As part of a larger lesson plan on the the environment and the environmental movement, this instructional activity focuses on the movement as part of a larger emphasis on social movements in the 1960s. Find information about the history...
NOAA
Noaa: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory: What Is El Nino?
This page tells you what El Nino is, provides links to animations and videos on El Nino, explains how to recognize El Nino, and discusses the history of significant El Nino events.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson catalyzed the global environmental movement with her 1962 book "Silent Spring".
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Natural History Museum
This site provides general information, exhibits, museum news, etc. about the San Diego Natural History Museum.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 10: Understanding American History
This extensive learning module looks at how themes of American history can create a better understanding of the big picture of the nation's history.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: World His: Technological and Environmental Transformations
World History learning module explores the concept of civilization while examing the culture and contributions of the Ancient River Valley Civilizations.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Earth and Life History
In this amazingly comprehensive tutorial you will learn about the geological and environmental changes that occurred during the geologic time scale.
Other
Green Living Answers: History of Hybrid Vehicles
What do you know about the invention and the history of hybrid cars? Here's a look at its beginnings in the early 1900's, modifications made over time, various kinds of hybrids, and finally, the events that lead to the present growth and...
Digital History
Digital History: The Peace Corps
Some 150,000 Americans have served in the Peace Corps since it was formed in 1961. Peace Corps volunteers live and work for two years in communities in the developing world. They must learn the languages of the people they serve. They...
Population Connection
Population Connection: World Population History
Explore the peopling of our planet from multiple perspectives- historical, environmental, social, and political.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's Air Got to Do With It?
Learners are introduced to the concepts of air pollution and air quality. The three lesson parts focus on the prerequisites for understanding air pollution. First, students use M&Ms to create a pie graph that expresses their...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Lowdown: Brief History of the First Earth Day and What We Can Learn From Its Success Lesson Plan
Earth Day grew out of the environmental movement in the late 1960s in response to a series of environmental disasters that took lives, marred natural beauty and threatened animal species. An estimated 20 million Americans participated in...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Environmentalism
Brief overview of the Environmental Movement and the growing concern about the environment spurred on by the mid 1960s push for civil rights in America.
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University: Environmental Movement
Discover background details about the history of the social movement dealing with environmentalism. Lists key environmental legislation from 1963-1980.
Science Struck
Science Struck: The Theory of Environmental Determinism
Explains what is meant by the theory of environmental determinism, its origins and history, and its decline in popularity. Also presents examples of environmental determinism.
A&E Television
History.com: How Mesopotamia Became the Cradle of Civilization
Environmental factors helped agriculture, architecture and eventually a social order emerge for the first time in ancient Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia's name comes from the ancient Greek word for "the land between the rivers." That's a...
NOAA
Noaa: History: Galveston Storm of 1900
Read an account of the worst natural disaster in American history in terms of loss of life, the Galveston hurricane of 1900. View historic photos of the devastation that resulted.
A&E Television
History.com: 7 Groundbreaking Inventions by Latino Innovators
From entertainment devices to lifesaving medical technologies, Latino inventors have advanced humankind through their contributions. Latino inventors have created revolutionary devices that have transformed our everyday world - and often...
Other
Natural Resources Defense Council: The Environmental Justice Movement
A summary of the environmental justice movement in America that targets people of color and the poor. Lists milestones in environmentalism from 1960-2005.
Digital History
Digital History: The Earth First, 1960's
This excellent resource provided by Digital History contains a wealth of information on the environmental movement of the 1960s in America, as well as the rest of the century.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Environmental Reform
Environmental awareness in the United States became more focused upon the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Read about student protests, presidential legislation, and a new desire to protect the environment.