Assignment Ideas

Creative writing – Descriptive paragraph/essay/poem describing the place they love or a time/event that took place somewhere they love. *Note this could be used as a pre-writing exercise in any discipline

Research – “The Places We Love” is a great theme to use in any discipline. Students could look at issues for specific places they love and write a researched essay from many perspectives (social, economic, environmental, etc.). These could be problem/solution type essays or Cause/effect

Look at “A Tribute to Steward of the Past” section of the book and students could choose a steward and research him/her and the particular issue he/she championed.

Students choose one of the Top 10 most influential Environmental organizations in the U.S.(see links in module below) (p. 231-232) and research why it was created, what it's mission is and do a proposal or causal argument based on the organization.

Students could look at local efforts to improve any of the areas mentioned in the book.

An argument essay on pros/cons of one of the different types of energy (see pages 211-221).