Earth Day Writing Assignment

Earth Day Writing Assignment


Due: March 18th, 2015 (Wednesday)

In celebration of Earth Day, each student is to research an environmentalist who has made major contributions to our planet. Students are to write a 2-3-page paper about the person they have chosen. Paper can be hand written or typed. Each assignment must have a cover page (persons name and a picture).

Students are to include information about:

• Early life

• Education

• Major contributions

• Opinions about their contribution

• Pictures

They are also required to write letters to the environmentalists asking for their opinions on a current environmental issue or to share ideas on how to protect the earth. Students can write a friendly or business letter.



I have attached a list of environmentalist students can choose from but are NOT obligated.

• Edward Abbey

• Alan Chadwick

• Henry Thoreau

• Rachel Carson

• John Burroughs

• John Muir

• Aldo Leopoid

• Archie “Grey Owl” Belaney

• David Brower

• John Denver

• William O. Douglas

• Rosalie Edge

• Celia Hunter

• Robert “Bob” Marshall

• Eugene Odum

• Ed Ricketts

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Lois Gibbs

• Julia Butterfly Hill

• Ruth Patrick

• Pete Seeger

• Gary Snyder

• Terry Tempest Williams