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Gaylord Nelson and How Earth Day Got Started
Provided by: The Kid Should See This |Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This animated video provides information about Gaylord Nelson, the politician and environmental activist who invented Earth Day.
- Students will learn about Nelson's lifelong mission, beginning in Clear Lake, WI, to protect the environment and spread awareness about environmental issues.
- This resource also includes teaching resources, including a teacher guide and Slides presentation.
Subjects: Biology, Civics, History
Authors: The Kid Should See This, PBS Wisconsin Education
Region: Global, WI - Northwoods (CESA 9, 10, 11, 12)
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- Students will learn how environmental ideas started entering into the American consciousness and were translated into legislation during the 1970s.
- The video description contains a variety of helpful links to learn more about Gaylord Nelson and Earth Day.
Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with the following terms: civics, government reform, social justice, conservation, and teach-in.
- This resource also includes a Google Slides presentation with audio and a lesson plan to use with the video.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Social studies classes can use this video and lesson plan to discuss the role that the government plays in monitoring the environment and keeping it healthy.
- History students can expand on the timeline of significant environmental policies and link them to other historic events at each time.
- Science classes can prepare a presentation on Earth Day and present it during a school assembly in order to get the school community excited and prepared for the holiday.
- Other resources on this topic include this lesson plan on creating an environmental-awareness mural, this activity on making plantable seed paper, and this media literacy activity on the government's role in protecting natural resources.
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The Kid Should See This
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