Students read a play to determine ways people have influenced the Monterey Bay and the surrounding water. They write a conversation between Rachel and themselves, giving her advice about her career. Students read about Margaret Owings to determine some values she holds about nature. Students evaluate advertisements on the basis of the value descriptors identified in Lesson 14. Cooperative groups review and correlate value descriptors with the literature from several organizations concerned with protecting and enhancing habitats and saving endangered species.
Students write a commercial to inform people of ways to enhance healthy habitats.
Hawk, I'm Your Brother and Amigo . They compare and contrast these works as they identify examples of people's actions that show respect for living things. They determine which animals make good pets and which do not. Students develop a list of actions that can be taken to help species survive. They select some of these actions to illustrate and implement.