Rachel Carson

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Rachel Carson
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Rachel Carson Silent Spring
This is an advertisement from a magazine in the
1950s. It tells readers, mostly moms and
women, that DDT kills insects which makes food
safer to eat and tastier.
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This is an advertisement for DDT, a chemical that
kills insects. This ad shows how DDT is now
available in stores. Image from the Tallahassee
Democrat of Florida, c. 1946. (Florida State
Archives)
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Who is this? How do you think she feels in
this picture? Why would someone draw her
looking like this?
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Look at the following political cartoons and
artwork about Rachel Carson and Silent Spring,
her book . Try to figure out the messages behind
each picture.
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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson the Pesticide
ThreatCartoonistNorris, cartoonJune 9, 1964
Published inVancouver Sun
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Think about

• Why do people create political cartoons?

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"... that just leaves pills, pesticides, traffic,
smoking, fatty foods, and banned books for Ethel
to worry about.CartoonistNorris, July 27,
1963 Published inVancouver Sun
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Here is a Cartoon from 2007.What is its message?
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Here is another cartoon from 2007. How is it
different from the last one?
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Here is the cover of time magazine from Feb.
1970. What is the message?
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Conservation Magazine Article 2009 Not So Silent
SpringAs humans drown out natures precisely
partitioned symphony of cries, clicks, and calls,
researchers may be witnessing the first steps in
an evolutionary shakeup. (birds are imitating
sirens etc)
What message does this illustration portray?
http//www.conservationmagazine.org/articles/v8n2/
not-so-silent-spring/
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What is the message here?
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What is this cartoon saying?
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This one is tricky. What do you think?
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Assignment

• This week we will be-
• Watching a film about Rachel Carson
• Reading a few pages from a memoir written by a
  world famous entomologist , my father in law
  Andrew Spielman
• Reading an excerpt by Jane Goodall
• Reading some poems about nature
• Your assignment is to create a political cartoon,
  piece of artwork, article, or nature poem to
  represent this unit on Rachel Carson and
  Environmentalism.

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Joyce Kilmer. 18861918    Trees  

• I THINK that I shall never see 
• A poem lovely as a tree.    
• A tree whose hungry mouth is prest 
• Against the sweet earth's flowing breast    
• A tree that looks at God all day,         5
• And lifts her leafy arms to pray    
• A tree that may in summer wear 
• A nest of robins in her hair    
• Upon whose bosom snow has lain 
• Who intimately lives with rain.  10   
• Poems are made by fools like me, 
• But only God can make a tree.