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A lesson plan for Grade 8 Social Studies and Science

Provider: Forest History Society

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8

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science (environmental science), social studies (United States history)

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Forest History Society

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In this lesson from the Forest History Society in Durham, North Carolina, students analyze the influence of diverse forms of public opinion on the development of environmental public policy and decision making from the early industrial age through the postwar era. Students will understand the effects of rapid industrialization on the environment and the emergence of the conservation movement and then compare it to the modern environmental movement.

Students will:

• understand the effects of rapid industrialization on the environment and the emergence of the first conservation movement;
• compare the environmental movement with the conservation movement; and
• relate personal changes to social, cultural, and historical contexts.

Visit the Forest History Society's Education Table of Contents for other modules in this series.