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How Does Preserving Wilderness Enhance Forestry
Students identify events of the environmental movement in the United States. For this environment lesson students study Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir, who had a great impact on the environmental movement.
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Champions Of The Land
Students write an abstract of a book concerning conservation. In this environmental activism lesson, students explore books such as Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. Students choose a book about conservation from a suggested book list and...
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Revise for Parallel Structure
In this parallel structure activity, students revise a set of 20 sentences for parallel structure. Page has links to additional resources.
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Oh, California: Understanding Primary Sources: What Did John Muir See?
Students read a selection from the writings of John Muir. They discover his view on California and its natural resources. They create a display of images that show what California has to offer.
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Glaciers
Seventh graders summarize how Earth processes today are similar to those that occurred in the past, and explain how slow geologic processes have large cumulative effects over long periods of time.
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Chief Sealthe's Speech
Students explain the conflict over land between Native Americans and the United States government. They evaluate Native American values and the results of the U.S. expansion into Native American lands.
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Planning a Railroad
Students use a topographical map to plan a route from Doknner Summit to Truckee, then compare it to the route selected by Theodore Judah.
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Language Arts: Mississippi River Brochure
Students create brochures about recreational activities along the Mississippi River. Focusing on points of interest, they research attractions and create maps of the surrounding area. Once students write descriptions of their...
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Possible Causes
Students review any materials from two previous lessons on emissions. As a class, they use a graphic organizer to review their stakeholder's hypothesis. They identify possible causes of global warming and discover how to solve this problem.
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National Parks
In this geography activity, learners examine the names of 15 National Parks in America. Students locate the names in a word search puzzle.
The Newberry Library
Newberry: Environmental History: Map 9: Conservation, Yosemite Ntl. Park, 1935
Lessons for learners K-12 in which they study original map of Yosemite National Park, ca. 1935 and explore appropriate human uses of the environment.
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Sierra Club: How Yosemite Was Formed
A lot of information on the glaciers that were once covering Yosemite. Be a detective and discover the evidence of glaciers in Yosemite. This is Chapter 11 from The Yosemite by John Muir, published in 1912.
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Sierra Club: Yosemite Glaciers
John Muir was in the Yosemite Valley in 1871. These notes describe his journey, explaining much about Yosemite glaciers and the progress they've made over time.
University of California
University of California: Bampfa: Yosemite Winter Scene by Albert Bierstadt
Learn about different qualities of landscapes, such as degree of realism versus exaggeration, from this activity that pushes viewers to think about different aspects of Bierstadt's seasonal landscape titled Yosemite Winter Scene.
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Yosemite Online: Handbook of Indians of California: Chapter 30: The Miwok
A very scholarly article on the Miwok from the Handbook of Indians of California, written in 1919. Learn about the geography of where they lived, their culture, arts, religion, and social practices.
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Pioneer Yosemite History Center Online Tour: Wagons and Stagecoaches
Travel back in time to see what the pioneers used for transportation and to do their daily work. Great pictures of wagons of the west including the chuck wagon, spring wagon, farm wagon, and freight wagon. There is a link at the bottom...
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Yosemite Online Library: Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims
Here is the entire text of Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins' definitive work on the Paiutes and their claims against the U.S. government.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Yosemite Valley, 1911
A contour map from 1911 of a typical portion of Yosemite Valley, showing cliffed margins, waterfalls, flat floor, and meandering stream.
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Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Yosemite Half Dome
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Yosemite Half Dome."
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Kids Art's Art History Albert Bierstadt
This is an article about Bierstadt's painting of the western frontier. Also includes a copy of his painting "Yosemite Valley".
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Science Kids: Science Images: Yosemite National Park
This picture was taken in Yosemite National Park. Found in California, USA, Yosemite National Park became a World Heritage Site in 1984.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Picturing America: Bierstadt: Looking Down Yosemite Valley [Pdf]
Information and analysis of a characteristic western landscape by Bierstadt communicates the essential qualities of his work.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Conservation Movement at a Crossroads
The debate over damming the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park marked a crossroads in the American conservation movement. Until this debate, conservationists seemed fairly united in their aims. San Francisco's need for a...
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Web Gallery of Art: Yosemite Valley at Sunset
An image of "Yosemite Valley at Sunset", created by Albert Bierstadt in 1864 (Oil on cardboard, 30 x 49 cm).
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