Thoughtful history from the National Humanities Center of important figures in the early conservation movement in America: Bradford, Morton, Edwards, Thoreau, Emerson, Muir, and Leopold. Follow-up study suggestions include students imagining themselves in the wilderness.

Concepts

conservation, henry david thoreau

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Additional Tags

wilderness act of 1964, american wilderness movement, nhc: wilderness: the puritan origins of the american wilderness movement

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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