Grade Level:
Middle/High
Overview:
This PowerPoint presentation uses modern environmental images juxtaposed with historic images and facts, and then asks students: Is Going Green new? While it is clear that environmentalism and the environmental movement, even environmental law, are historic, it is worth discussing how today’s movement is different from the past. Today there are stricter laws, policy initiatives, social networks, and new technologies.
Time needed:
10-15 minutes
Materials required:
Environmentalism Then and Now Lesson Plan
Environmentalism Then and Now PowerPoint
National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies, National Council for the Social Studies:
Theme 2: Time, Continuity, and Change