Title: How John Muir’s Contributions to Preservation
Shaped the Growth of Our Nation
By Ms. Peskin
Introduction - Big Picture,
include a map
• In the late 1800s
westward expansion
• land development
• Preservationists preserve land in natural
state
• John Muir helped the
preservationist cause
• Started the Sierra Club
• Influenced President
Roosevelt to establish
our National Park
System.
National Parks - http://www.nps.gov/
Introduction - Thesis
• John Muir’s passion for and work to protect the
environment led to the establishment of the
national park system.
• The wildlife and open space we have in the United
States today is an important part of our culture and
our success as a nation.
Timeline of Important events 5 items
• 1890- 1000 mile walk
• 1903- Showing
Roosevelt Glacier
Point
• 1910 - President of
Sierra Club
Family Education Background
• Strict father
• Escaped through
being out in the land
• Farmer
Significant Achievements
• 1892 - John Muir
was the first Sierra
Club president (a
volunteer role!)
• Influenced
Roosevelt
• Started National
Park System
Perspectives:
Quote, Philosophy Other Views
• Muir: People need
wildlife and open
land.
• Environmentalists
vs.
Conservationsists
• Land use issues
Place in History:
• Primary Source
image or
document.
• Cite the primary
source on this
page.
John Muir and President Roosevelt in 1906 at Yosemite.
See the full photo at memory.loc.gov. Credit Line: Library
of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
[reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-110212]
Overall effect on the U.S.
growth or identity
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National Parks
Interest in Wildlife
Respect for the land
Environmental
Organizations
• Sierra Club
Conclusion with Bullet Points
• Honor John Muir
• Appreciate him
• National Parks
Resources
• http://memory.loc.gov: Muir Woods, Slide 3
• http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/in
tro.html; Sierra Club John Muir Exhibit
• http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/w
ritings/a_thousand_mile_walk_to_the_gulf/ch
apter_1.html: 1000mile walk map,Slide 2
• http://mail.colonial.net/~bpeskin/, Slide 9
• http://mail.colonial.net/~bpeskin/, Slide 9