Grade Range: 4-6Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, WorksheetsDuration: 20 MinutesDate Posted: 9/24/2012
Examine examples of persuasive writing from Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, then composepersuasive statements about an environmental cause. Part of an OurStory module entitled Discover and Protect Nature, this activity includes student handouts and background information. OurStory is designed to help children and adults explore history together through the use of children's literature, museum objects, and hands-on activities.
Museum education, Thematic approach
The U.S.D.A. Forest Service introduced Woodsy Owl in 1971 as an anti-litter and anti-pollut...
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In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Silent Spring, here is a biograp...
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