Developed through: MIT CATE
Developed by: Michael Kozuch, History/Sustainability Teacher at Newton South High School in Newton, MA
For Grades: 7-12
How did the Baby Boom influence a country’s expansion of roads and carbon emissions?
See, think, and wonder about the exponential growth of post-WW2 U.S. population and how that influenced the development of roads, and rising concerns about the atmospheric health of the planet. Through an environmental movement jettisoned by Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, learners explore the first Earth Day and the accomplishments of environmental activism.