Unit 2:  Deep Thoughts

Activity 4:  Points of View (GLEs:  01, 02, 03, 08, 15, 19c, 36d, 41a, 42, 43c, 43d, 43e, 43g, 44, 45, 50)

CC:  Read current articles concerning the destruction of rainforests. Investigate this problem from the point of view of (1) loggers who make a living cutting wood, (2) animal rights groups, and (3) environmentalists, etc.

Web Sites:

EBSCO (Kids Search - Search term: destruction of rainforest.  Students can read magazine and newspaper articles about the rainforests.)

http://web.ebscohost.com/

Sample Resources:

'Good wood' labeling: Can it save Asia's tropical forests? (cover story) By: Murphy, Dan. Christian Science Monitor, 8/23/2001, Vol. 93 Issue 189, p1, 0p, 1c; (AN 5042105)
 

Rain Forests. Junior Scholastic, 4/8/2002, Vol. 104 Issue 16, p11, 1/2p, 1c; Reading Level (Lexile): 1050; (AN 6516051)
 

Amazon's illegal loggers know we can't see the lost wood for trees By: Sam Lister. Times, The (United Kingdom), 10/21/2005; (AN 7EH1457612820)