Preserving a Sense of Wonder, the Life of Environmental Activist Rachel Carson

Fifty years ago today, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring about the deleterious impacts that widespread and uncontrolled pesticide use in the U.S. was having on the environment. The publishing of the book was one of the pivotal moments in the development  of the U.S. environmental movement and facilitated the U.S. ban of the pesticide DDT and further research into the disruptive effects of pesticides in the human body. Here is a children’s book about Carson’s work: http://bit.ly/OWSp2E

Fifty years later, the need to teach about threats to the environment is even greater. Here are lessons and other classroom resources:http://bit.ly/PHQXOM

Rachel Carson: Preserving a Sense of Wonder zinnedproject.org

Book By Thomas Locker and Joseph Bruchac. 2004. The life of environmental activist Rachel Carson for upper elementary.