Details
Pages
7 Pages
Subject
History/Social Studies, US History, Environment & Ecology
Languages
English
Product
Digital
Grade
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Resource Type
Activities, Printables, Worksheets
Standard
Not standard specific
Description
John Muir is one the most important and influential figures of the environmental and conservation movement. This is Muir's life story, with an emphasis on his environmental interests and activities, including Yosemite Valley, the Sierra Club, and Hetch Hetchy Valley.
This resource includes a two-page biography of 1050+ words (with images) on John Muir and is followed by close reading questions requiring your students to sequence key events of his life, recognize some important people, places, and events of his time, understand cause and effect statements about his activities, and interpret statements Muir made about the environment and life. There is also an extra crossword puzzle that allows further practice for students.
This 'printable/no prep" resource is an ideal way for a middle-grade audience to learn important facts about a very important figure in American history.
This resource includes a two-page biography of 1050+ words (with images) on John Muir and is followed by close reading questions requiring your students to sequence key events of his life, recognize some important people, places, and events of his time, understand cause and effect statements about his activities, and interpret statements Muir made about the environment and life. There is also an extra crossword puzzle that allows further practice for students.
This 'printable/no prep" resource is an ideal way for a middle-grade audience to learn important facts about a very important figure in American history.
John Muir is one the most important and influential figures of the environmental and conservation movement. This is Muir's life story, with an emphasis on his environmental interests and activities, including Yosemite Valley, the Sierra Club, and Hetch Hetchy Valley.... more
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