Concept+3

=Concept 3:= = What do you think will happen to the environment during your lifetime? = //Approximate Length: 1 week//

Resources: __Success Stories: Preserving Endangered Species__
 * Lesson 1:**
 * Pre Reading:** Ask students why animals are endangered and what could be the cause of the endangerment?
 * Using pictures of endangered and not endangered animals, have students classify the animals.
 * Provide links


 * During Reading**:
 * Provide a link for the world map and have the students map where the endangered animals are located
 * Have students verify their guesses from the Pre Reading activity


 * After Reading:**
 * Research animals to see if they are endangered or not
 * Show discovery.net shows about environmental issues
 * Go back and look at the other articles we have already seen in this unit
 * Answer the concept question after viewing

**Lesson 2:** Resource: __A Fable for Tomorrow, Form the Book__ __//Silent Spring//__ Assessment: Completion of [|Story Map] and [|Sum It Up] activities, [|Visualization worksheet], [|Visualization Rubric] **Pre Reading:** **During Reading:** >
 * Analyze the last sentence of the introduction. Speculate what “strange blight” could have been descending on a “healthy, prosperous town”?
 * Students complete handout Story Map of the key events of the fable.
 * After Reading: **
 * Students will complete the handout Sum It Up (referring to the Story Map for key ideas) and a Visualization handout for the "before" the blight and one for "after" the blight.

**Because this topic is now finished, look back at the three responses, and figure out where their thoughts are in relation to the MAIN question: Why should people care about the environment?** **In a KWL chart as a class for more guidance** **Individually for less guidance**