| 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? |  |
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Blake McNeill
9/11/2019 09:01:36 am
Majora Carter was born in the Bronx when the whole, "white flight" occurred. She noticed funding towards certain neighborhoods and the Bronx River was becoming polluted so she wanted to fight against it.She founded the SSBx to help create a greener and more active community to help improve the situation they live in.
Haley E
9/11/2019 09:05:39 am
Anna Lee Rain Yellowhammer
Hayden Hegwood
9/11/2019 09:06:04 am
George Masa was a big role in the creation of Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian Trail. He took pictures of the mountains to perserve them and map them out. He showed the importance of preserving national land
Emily Fast
9/11/2019 09:07:49 am
Mardy Murie worked for the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey in Fairbanks Alaska. She also went on a 8 month expedition to study caribou. Mardy is best known for her detailed work on animals and being highly involved in conservation efforts at the time. She was also involved in the establishment of the Arctic Wildlife Range.
uncool
9/11/2019 09:08:31 am
People can take action to effect change in the government even with something that they're passionate about. Like George Masa, he took his passion for photography and promoted the Smokey Mountains.
Matilda Loftus
9/11/2019 09:09:34 am
George Masa was born in Osaka, Japan in 1881 and moved to the United States in 1901 to study mining. George Masa worked with local journalist Horace Kephart to preserve nature, creating maps of what would later be the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian Trail. Masa’s photography motivated John Rockefeller Jr. to donated five million dollars to purchase park land. Perhaps Masa is not as well known because of historical racial bias and his poor English skills and lacking financial stability when he first arrived in America.
grace
9/11/2019 09:09:52 am
George Washington Carver developed ways to replenish depleted soils from harsh plantings of cotton, encouraged poor farmers to farm alternative crops to improve their quality of life, and developed an immense amount of uses for peanuts.
pepperonies
9/11/2019 09:11:28 am
Robert Marshall is the principal founder of The Wilderness Society. He was one of the first to suggest that large portions of Alaska to be preserved. He is known as the mountain man because he has climbed all 46 of the Adirondack peaks. He was also one of the first people that explored unknown land in Alaska. He helped preserve a lot in the 1930s and died in 1940.
Jakdaw
9/11/2019 12:31:19 pm
Mardy Murie helped to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She studied caribou for most of her life, and doubled the size of the protected area in the arctic. She accomplished this by writing letters and campaigning, something anyone can do. She also lived to be 101!
Teagan Roorda
9/11/2019 12:35:37 pm
Marry Murie was best known for her work with animals and being involved in conservation issues. she was involved with the Arctic Wildlife Range as well.
Rehgan Gardner
9/11/2019 12:36:59 pm
George masa imigrated to the US at a young age from japan and not much is known about his early life. He joined the nomenclature committee and recorded everything in the mountainous range he explored. Helped develop maps for different mountain ranges and trails.
Sam Petersen
9/11/2019 12:37:44 pm
Anna Lee Rain Yellowhammer is a Native American environmental activist who is trying to prevent the Dakota Access Pipeline. She is fighting against the pipeline because if it broke, it would pollute their main source of water and destroy the plants and wildlife of the area.
Claire Nalty
9/11/2019 12:38:37 pm
Anna Lee Rain Yellowhammer is a 13-year-old Native American who is protesting against the construction of an oil pipeline. If the pipeline would burst, it would leak into her tribe’s main water source.
Jayme Cox
9/11/2019 12:38:59 pm
Mardy Murie studied Elk and other animals in Yellowstone, attempting to determine what was decreasing populations and later studied animals around the world. She helped to set up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. She also did many studies on animals in Alaska.
Sabrina
9/11/2019 12:39:06 pm
George Masa took a lot of pictures of mountains in western North Carolina. He calculated a bunch of peaks, the distance between them, and what they are locally called. After he died the Great Smokey Mountain National Park was established. A peak was named Masa Knob in his honor.
Sophie
9/11/2019 12:39:09 pm
George Washington Carter was born into slavery and attended college at Iowa State. He helped poor southern farmers vary their crops and improve their diets. As well found more than 300 uses for soybeans and peanuts.
Annie Feden
9/11/2019 12:39:47 pm
Anna Lee Rain Yellowhammer is a Native American teen activist who protested the Dakota Access Pipeline from going near the Missouri River. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe got many signatures against the pipeline along with meeting with the Army Corps to convince them to move the pipeline somewhere else.
Robert
9/11/2019 12:41:17 pm
George Washington Carver
Cali Engel
9/11/2019 12:42:05 pm
Margaret Murie was a very important part in persuading Eisenhower to set aside 8 million acres for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and she was known as the grandmother of the conservation movement. She also was a consultant to the wilderness society.
Haley Light
9/11/2019 12:43:23 pm
George Masa arrived in America in 1901 and later began working at Grover Park Inn, soon becoming a favorite of guest due to his upbeat attitude and photography skills. He helped develop maps for what would later become national parks and record what existed in those areas. His photos brought in people who would later donate money toward purchasing the land for parks. However, Masa is most likely not well know due to him not looking for much publicity and him passing with out having earned a large fortune.
Claire B
9/11/2019 12:44:14 pm
George Masa (1880-something to 1933) was extremely passionate about the Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina and gave up a lot to preserve them. He was a traveler and once worked at an inn. He photographed and catalogued names of many mountains and wanted to establish a national park. He was a very private person, but still managed to leave a legacy. He died, surprisingly, of influenza. But many of his photos are not accounted for, because they were bought off by another photographer Leave a Reply. |
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