Download - By Ms. Peskin Title: How John Muir’s Contributions to Preservation Shaped the Growth of Our Nation
Introduction - Big Picture, include a map
• In the late 1800s westward expansion
• land development• Preservationists -
preserve land in natural state
• John Muir helped the preservationist cause
• Started the Sierra Club• Influenced President
Roosevelt to establish our National Park System.
National Parks - http://www.nps.gov/
Introduction - Thesis
• John Muir’s passion for and work to protect the environment led to the establishment of the national park system.
• The wildlife and open space we have in the United States today is an important part of our culture and our success as a nation.
Timeline of Important events - 5 items
• 1890- 1000 mile walk
• 1903- Showing Roosevelt Glacier Point
• 1910 - President of Sierra Club
Significant Achievements
• 1892 - John Muir was the first Sierra Club president (a volunteer role!)
• Influenced Roosevelt
• Started National Park System
Perspectives: Quote, Philosophy Other Views
• Muir: People need wildlife and open land.
• Environmentalists vs. Conservationsists
• Land use issues
Place in History:
• Primary Source image or document.
• Cite the primary source on this page.
John Muir and President Roosevelt in 1906 at Yosemite. See the full photo at memory.loc.gov. Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-110212]
Overall effect on the U.S. growth or identity
• National Parks• Interest in Wildlife• Respect for the land• Environmental
Organizations• Sierra Club
Resources
• http://memory.loc.gov: Muir Woods, Slide 3• http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/in
tro.html; Sierra Club John Muir Exhibit
• http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/a_thousand_mile_walk_to_the_gulf/chapter_1.html: 1000mile walk map,Slide 2
• http://mail.colonial.net/~bpeskin/, Slide 9• http://mail.colonial.net/~bpeskin/, Slide 9