English Lesson Two | Nature Labs

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Chapter Two

The Context of It All

Part One

CONTEXTUALIZING CONTEXT

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For a little context on why context is important, continue the story below!

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Hot Takes

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Art Carson

Art Carson is a throwback. He’s a true mountain man, relying heavily on his own skills to live at the edge of an unforgiving...

Reflection Activity

Option One: Write a self-reflection on the story. Did you enjoy it? What did you learn? How did it make you feel and think?
Option Two: Design a poster that celebrates the most interesting fact you learned in this story.
Option Three: Find three websites or articles that relate to themes presented in this story. Explain why you selected them.

Part Two

THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES WILL HELP YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS YOU NEED TO LEARN IN THIS CLASS. YOUR TEACHER WILL SELECT WHICH ACTIVITIES YOU NEED TO COMPLETE BELOW.

Defining Your Community

Who are your people? Why do you need them? Get to know yourself and your communities.

Define

Mapping Biodiversity

What's your natural context? Find and map the biodiversity hotspots in your community.

Map it!

Understanding Your Views

How has your upbringing shaped who you are? Why is it important to understand the context of others?

Begin

What's Your Context?

How do you think we should balance people and nature? Start brainstorming your ideas and questions. * Recommended

Brainstorm

How To Research

You get that research matters, but how to actually do it? And how can good research drive good storytelling? We have the answers!

How?

The Curated Library

Understand the context. Use the Curated Library to compare and contrast different perspectives on an issue that interests you.

Find resources

Part Three

HOW DOES THIS CLASS RELATE TO REAL-WORLD ISSUES?

Inquiry Media

Can we save every species?

Go!

Featured Hot Take

We all need a little context. How to get it? Pollsters help! And few are as informed as Shachi Kurl, the Executive Director of the Angus Reid Institute. She took time away from analyzing the news – and our opinions on the news – to join us in conversation.

We’re featuring this podcast across all five Nature Labs subjects. You might not like every course you take in school, but they are all related. By listening to this podcast, hopefully you’ll better understand why.

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Chapters

Chapter One

The System of Things

Chapter Five

Here’s How

Chapter Nine

Own Your Hypocrisy

Chapter Two

The Context of It All

You are here!

Chapter Six

Your Turn

Chapter Ten

Keep Going

Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Chapter Seven

Dig Deeper

Chapter Eleven

One Last Thing

Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

Chapter Eight

Be Better

Chapter Twelve

The End (of the Beginning)

Chapter Two

The Context of It All

Part One

Continue Chapter Two

Hot Takes

Reflection Activity

Part Two

Defining Your Community

Mapping Biodiversity

Understanding Your Views

What's Your Context?

How To Research

The Curated Library

Part Three

Inquiry Media

Can we save every species?

Featured Hot Take

We all need a little context. How to get it? Pollsters help! And few are as informed as Shachi Kurl, the Executive Director of the Angus Reid Institute. She took time away from analyzing the news – and our opinions on the news – to join us in conversation.

We’re featuring this podcast across all five Nature Labs subjects. You might not like every course you take in school, but they are all related. By listening to this podcast, hopefully you’ll better understand why.

Latest News

Resources From the Curated Library

Additional Resources

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