Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781760867348
Year: 2020
Publisher: ECPP


Description:
This pack includes six copies of the student book (9781760861506 – as described below) and a lesson plan (9781760862046).Title Information:­Powerful Ideas: Establishing National Parks: Powerful Ideas outlines the history and facts about some of the world’s most famous national parks, and how they were established. It recounts the stories of passionate environmentalists John Muir, and Myles and Milo Dunphy, who spent their lives campaigning to protect natural wilderness areas. It also explains how they shared their passion for nature and convinced others of the importance of creating national parks and protecting wilderness areas.Content vocabulary:activist, botany, campaign, ecosystem, environmentalists, fossil fuels, geology, glaciers, preserve, rangers, shell middens, sacred, tundra, vegetation, World Heritage SiteKey concepts:Influential people have campaigned to establish national parks all around the world, so that wilderness areas are protected  John Muir and the Dunphys spent their lives fighting to protect wilderness areas, and sharing their passion and knowledge about nature  The ideas of environmentalists and activists have inspired people and governments to establish national parks, and to change laws to protect the environmentReading Strategies: Using written text and visual information to order events chronologicallyRelated resource: Lesson Plan - Powerful Ideas: Establishing National ParksSeries Information: WorldWise is a high-interest literacy program that encourages inquiry and questioning while extending knowledge in science and a range of STEM topics linked to the curriculum. This engaging progra