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National Museum of Natural History: Does Our Background Shape Our Thinking About Environmental Issues? [Pdf] Lesson PlanNational Museum of Natural History: Does Our Background Shape Our Thinking About Environmental Issues? [Pdf] Lesson Plan
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
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Grade
9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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1310L
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National Museum of Natural History: Does Our Background Shape Our Thinking About Environmental Issues? [Pdf]

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A lesson where students explore the positive and negative impacts of human activities on the environment today and in the distant past, and examine how attitudes towards the environment might be shaped by one's experiences growing up. After much discussion, students are asked to write an essay. [PDF]

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Concepts

sustainability

Additional Tags

attitude to environment, environmental awareness, environmental degradation, environmental education, environmental management, environmental transformation, human impact on environment, negative impact on environment, positive impact on environment, protecting environment, smithsonian institution

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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