Process Paper
Our research started by looking for topics with a social impact. The topic list narrowed as we looked at issues that had a good connection to the theme, involved influential leaders with a strong legacy and interested us. The topic we finally chose was Rachel Carson, because she was a different leader, who mobilized the world with a pen.
Once we decided on our topic, we began researching by going to our local libraries and finding informative videos and websites online. We also made a trip to the LBJ Presidential Museum where there was an exhibit on 60 in the 60's where Rachel Carson was featured and visited the reading room to look through the archives. Seeing the large number of organizations that continue her legacy today, we interviewed the President of the Rachel Carson foundation and Linda Lear, the definitive biographer of Rachel Carson. The Rachel Carson Institute was a valuable source of information. We reached out to the former Vice President Al Gore, who is a strong advocate for the environment and cites Rachel Carson as a major influence.
We chose the website category because it appealed to all of our interests. It allowed us to show written information and pictures along with videos. The Weebly platform helped our team because we could develop content in parallel while letting all the teammates look at the overall progress on each section. A website seemed to best fit our project, since we would easily be able to post videos and quotes from the internet, increasing the diversity of our primary sources.
Leaders inspire, create, and produce. As an author and biologist, Carson challenged the idea that man could conquer nature and forced the world to confront the problems that faced the environment. Her elegant yet simplistic style spoke to the American public and galvanized them to defend their environment. Her novels and activism left a footprint that can be seen in the creation of the EPA, environmental legislation, and the idea that man and nature coexist. They even increased the credibility of women scientists. From television to songs to stamps, her legacy is immortalized in the American culture and around the globe. She awoke people to their responsibility to the environment and challenged the idea of blindly trusting science. We now have a new generation of activists carrying the torch of vigilance in actively working to protect the Earth.
Word Count: 399
Once we decided on our topic, we began researching by going to our local libraries and finding informative videos and websites online. We also made a trip to the LBJ Presidential Museum where there was an exhibit on 60 in the 60's where Rachel Carson was featured and visited the reading room to look through the archives. Seeing the large number of organizations that continue her legacy today, we interviewed the President of the Rachel Carson foundation and Linda Lear, the definitive biographer of Rachel Carson. The Rachel Carson Institute was a valuable source of information. We reached out to the former Vice President Al Gore, who is a strong advocate for the environment and cites Rachel Carson as a major influence.
We chose the website category because it appealed to all of our interests. It allowed us to show written information and pictures along with videos. The Weebly platform helped our team because we could develop content in parallel while letting all the teammates look at the overall progress on each section. A website seemed to best fit our project, since we would easily be able to post videos and quotes from the internet, increasing the diversity of our primary sources.
Leaders inspire, create, and produce. As an author and biologist, Carson challenged the idea that man could conquer nature and forced the world to confront the problems that faced the environment. Her elegant yet simplistic style spoke to the American public and galvanized them to defend their environment. Her novels and activism left a footprint that can be seen in the creation of the EPA, environmental legislation, and the idea that man and nature coexist. They even increased the credibility of women scientists. From television to songs to stamps, her legacy is immortalized in the American culture and around the globe. She awoke people to their responsibility to the environment and challenged the idea of blindly trusting science. We now have a new generation of activists carrying the torch of vigilance in actively working to protect the Earth.
Word Count: 399