| Guiding Thought Question: Do an internet search of one of the following people to find out more information about them and write up an explanation of why people should know about them in the context of the modern environmentalism movement. In your explanation include their background, what type of work did they do/how did they effect the environmental movement, and a theory on why they are not as well known in the environmentalism discussion. - Mardy Murie - Biologist - Anna Lee Rain Yellowhammer - Activist - David Archumbault II - Activist - George Washington Carter - Agricultural Scientist - Majora Carter - Urban Revitalizationist - George Masa - Photographer Today's Learning Objective: Students will examine how the actions of non-politicians can have an effect on the development of governmental policy by examining the work of past and present conservationists. Central Question: What actions can people take to effect change within the government? (1.2.b) |  |
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Haley Bates
8/26/2020 12:39:22 pm
Mardy Murie was also known as Margaret Murie. Murie was a biologist who did research in Alaska to determine the importance of different species' federal protection. She fought for the creation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Her work was essential in protecting Alaskan wildlife and their natural habitat. Murie was one of the first females on the forefront of the conservation movement in the United States. I had never heard of her work before, this may be due to the fact Murie worked closely with her husband. Often throughout history, the work of women is downplayed. Or this may just be because not much is taught on the history of the conservation movement.
Kyler H
9/10/2020 02:11:59 pm
Carver worked with plants from a young age and eventually he went to school and go a bachelors became a professor teaching poor farmers and running a school, he learned that crops like sweet potatoes or peanuts have a high nitrogen content so they could be used to put nutrients back into the soil. instead of using crop rotations he also used used the peanuts since they were essentially a by product and made things like oils and milk with them.
Virginia
9/11/2020 07:40:47 am
Anna Lee Rain Yellowhammer is a activist who started a petition to prevent construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. She was 13 years old when she did this. Anna also ran 2,000 miles from South Dakota to Washington D.C. to raise awareness. I think she is not well known because she is a young female Native American. Additionally there has been conflicts between the protesters and the government, and not a lot of media coverage.
Slacker
9/11/2020 07:41:51 am
David Archambault II (Lokata: Tokala Ohitika) is part of the University of Colorado's First People's Worldwide, and the former chairman for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. He's led many Indigenous peoples' rights leading protests marches during 2016. He also helped to Sioux Tribe stand against the oil industry to block the Dakota Access Pipeline this was to protect their sovereignty and ancestral heritage as well as the surrounding environment.
Milner
9/11/2020 07:42:53 am
Tiny man and Japanese immigrant he had major impact on Smokey mountains. His many photos were used as protures to promote travel. He also was a key figure in the conservation of forest.
Rydl
9/11/2020 07:43:30 am
George Masa was born in Osaka, Japan. He moved to California in 1901 to study mining. Not much is known about him except that he hopped on a train from San Francisco to North Carolina. In North Carolina he worked at a hotel, but he was quickly promoted for his pleasant smile and hard work. Masa took pictures for the hotels guests until he met Horace Kephart. The two worked closely together to photograph nature and mapped out the Appalachian trail.
Sienna
9/11/2020 07:43:44 am
Mardy Murie was a pretty cool lady. In 1924 she was the first lady to graduate from the Alaska Agriculture College and School of Mines. In the same year she graduated she married and went on a 550 mile long journey to study caribou as there honeymoon.When Mardy and her husband would study animals she kept detailed and neat records about what they observed. She also campaigned for the Wilderness Act and the Alaska National Interest Act. She has been coined the "grandmother of the conservation movement."
liv
9/11/2020 07:44:08 am
Anna Lee Rain Yellowhammer is an activist who, started the petition to prevent the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and came up with its slogan. It is important that people learn about her because she is only 13 years old. Learning about her could show young people that they can still help even if they aren't 40 years old.
donovan smith
9/11/2020 07:44:23 am
george masa was a photographer and he took pictures of wildlife. he problably isnt known because people dont understand how that helps
Emma Brown
9/11/2020 07:45:10 am
Anna Lee Rain Yellowhammer is an activist who started a petition with her friends to prevent the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. She came up with the slogan "Mni wiconi" which means water is life. Her petition got over 150,000 signatures. She and a group of Native American youth ran from Standing Rock to Washington, DC to raise awareness for the DAPL. I think that one reason she isn't well known is because she was only 13 when she started protesting against the construction of the pipeline, so people might've assumed she didn't really know what she was talking about.
Wattles
9/11/2020 07:45:19 am
George Masa was an immigrant from Japan, and worked multiple small jobs until he started taking pictures in a hotel. From there he got his own photography studio. This is when he began taking nature pictures. His pictures inspired others to become naturists and conversationalists, one person even buying park land to protect it.
Ava McQuillen
9/11/2020 07:47:14 am
George Washington Carver was an agricultural scientist who developed more than 300 products made from peanuts. He was also the first African American to earn a bachelors degree in science and he developed an agricultural school of science. Mr.Carver also invented the idea of crop rotation, which is when farmers switch nitrogen rich crops with non-nitrogen rich crops every other year. This would allow the soil to be restored and have a better yield.
Mia Lang
9/11/2020 07:48:12 am
George Masa is a japanesse immigrant who found an interest of photgraphy while working as a bellhop on the Grove Park inn. He fell in love with the Smoky Mountains and was his main focal point to his photograohy. He worked closely with the writer, Horace kephart to advocate to preserve the Smoky Mountains and become a National Park. He was recognized pictorially for the movement of saving the Mountains he loved. My theory to why he is not widely known because his contributio of environmentalism is mostly the black and white pictures he displayed. Many photographers don't get enough credit for their work and how it can help with the movement
Colby Hehnke
9/11/2020 07:49:02 am
Anna Lee Rain Yellow hammer she was an activist against the oil pipeline, she actually lived along a pipeline and said that when it leaked it would wipe out all the plants and animals that lived along it
Amelia
9/11/2020 07:51:38 am
Marjora grew up in New York and attended Wesleyan University and New York University where she received a Masters in the Arts. She founded Sustainable South Bronx where she advocated the development of the Hunt's Point Riverside Park. I think she is not as well known because she is a black women working in an already not very acknowledged career. Her job is one of those jobs that isn't in front of the camera and is more behind the scenes.
Emma Broshar
9/11/2020 07:53:20 am
George Masa was born in Osaka Japan. he arrived in the US in 1901 to study mining in California. He gained his photography skills working for the Grove Park Inn. He met Horace Kephart and together they helped develop maps for what would eventually be The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian trail.
Hannah Reynolds
9/11/2020 07:54:40 am
Mardy Murie grew up having adventures in Alaska and then continued on to marry a scientist. She wrote several books about her adventures and some are still in print today. She studied the importance of plants federal protection. She helped with the passing of the Wilderness Act, and was a major part in creating the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She may have been covered up by her husband because he was a man and that tends to happen in history. She is also known as the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement"
Julia Garcia-Deabreu
9/11/2020 07:55:45 am
Anna Lee Rain Yellowhammer is a young activist who worked to protest the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Her and her friends organized protests and events to raise awareness about the issue. she also argued about how detrimental it would be to native american sacred grounds if the pipeline broke. She might not be that well known because she was a really young native american girl at the time, and people usually don't take young women as seriously as they should
Alex Foltz
9/11/2020 12:35:32 pm
The main reason we should know about Mardy Murie is because not only was she a woman activist who passed the Wilderness Act, but her influence over how the modern environmental acts today is portrayed from her Presidential Medal of Freedom and became an Honorary Park Ranger. She helped create the Arctic National Wildlife Range and many environmental protection laws.
Cariena Murray
9/11/2020 12:36:08 pm
Margaret Murie was often called the Grandmother of the Conservation Movement. This was because she helped in the Wilderness act, and was super important in the creation of the artic national wildlife refuge. She was born in 1902. She did a lot of really great work in conservation, and even received the presidential medal of freedom.
Raven Winter-Barden
9/11/2020 12:36:58 pm
George washington carver was a agricultural scientist and inventor that researched different crops from cotton, trying to prevent soil depletion. The reason he isn't as well known is because at the time he was alive the racism was still very much normal and prominent, and he was a black man. Without him we would not have the wide variety of products we have today. He made 300 items out of peanuts, including but not limited to flour, paste, paper, insulation, wallboard, soap, and shaving cream.
Alexa Oswald
9/11/2020 12:38:12 pm
George Masa was a photographer from Japan. He came to the US and never returned to Japan. When he came to the US, he photographed different places all over the states. He's seems to not be well known because of his black and white pictures and his pictures did not get enough credit.
Riley Martin
9/11/2020 12:40:26 pm
Mardy Murie was known as the Grandmother of the Environmental movement. She worked to pass the Wilderness Act, and worked towards many other environmental issues. She was against the oil pipeline and said it would ruin the wildlife around it.
Alyssa Dillon
9/11/2020 12:43:32 pm
George Masa was born in Japan in 1881. He was a photographer and a cartographer. Once he moved to the US in 1901, he instantly fell in love with the Smokey Mountains. George Masa met his best friend Horace Kephart who was a local journalist. Together, they developed maps for what is now the Great Smokey Mountains National Park and the Appalachian trails.
Izzy Martin
9/11/2020 12:45:28 pm
George Masa was born in Japan in 1881, and immigrated to the US in 1901. He developed an intense love for the Great Smokey Mountains in North Carolina and used his photography to catalogue the peaks of the mountains. He also fought for a large portion of the mountain range to be made into a national park. He is probably not very well known historically because United State History has a trend of ignoring people of color. He also died of Influenza in 1933 and had no surviving family, which might have something to do with his work not being widely known.
Forget
9/11/2020 12:54:05 pm
George Washington Carver was an agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts (though not peanut butter, as is often claimed). For example, he invented numerous products edible products like flour and vinegar and non-food items such as stains, dyes, paints and writing ink. This helped many people later on during his years. Leave a Reply. |
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