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OverviewFor the author, the natural enviroment offers countless ways to engage students in significant reading, writing and thinking. She breaks down the barriers between school and life and rasies complex educational questions. Beginning with readings and exercises about perception, the book explores nature writing activites, the history of people's relationship with nature from mythological times to the present, case studies of enviromental issues and action projects, enviromental themes in fiction and poetry and the potential of outdoor adventure. The book is packed with descriptions of literature, classroom activites, student responses and lists of resources. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emma Wood RousPublisher: Heinemann USA Imprint: Boynton/Cook Publishers Inc US Dimensions: Width: 18.70cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9780867095685ISBN 10: 0867095687 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 21 September 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of Contents"- Introduction: Why Teach Environmental Literature? - Perception - Nature Writing and Journal Keeping - Myths, The Golden Age, and ""The Tempest"" - The New World - Issues and Actions - Fiction and Poetry - Adventure Epilogue: Opening the Doors - Appendixes - A. Schedule - B. Land Journal Data Collection and Research Entries - C. Monitoring. Restoration, and Other Volunteer Programs - D. Environmental Simulation Games - E. Calculating Carbon Dioxide Released by Burning Gasoline - F. Calculating the Species-Area Curve - G. Useful Websites and Organizations"Reviews?This is a book so rich with the what and how and why. Readers will marvel at the way Emma shares so much practical information.?-Linda Rief This is a book so rich with the what and how and why. Readers will marvel at the way Emma shares so much practical information. -Linda Rief ?This is a book so rich with the what and how and why. Readers will marvel at the way Emma shares so much practical information.?-Linda Rief -This is a book so rich with the what and how and why. Readers will marvel at the way Emma shares so much practical information.--Linda Rief -This is a book so rich with the what and how and why. Readers will marvel at the way Emma shares so much practical information.--Linda Rief Author Information"EMMA WOOD ROUS has taught for twenty-eight years at every level from preschool to college, most recently at Oyster River High School n Durham, New Hampshire, where she received three outstanding performance awards and has developed and taught ""Literature and the Land"" for fifteen years. She has been a curriculum developer for the Education Development Center, a CBE National Fellow for Independent Study in the Humanities, an ITV Master Teacher, and a workshop presenter on nature writing." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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