![]() This film is great for providing historical context for environmental studies, the environmental movement/ecology, and showcasing an inspiring female scientist/writer who changed the world.Ī thinking student's film guide includes 3 pages of short answer questions to accompany the 2017 PBS American Experience documentary Rachel Carson (as of April 2020, streaming on Amazon Prime) and a detailed key. The documentary contains powerful images that will likely stick with students long after the film, such as flies when exposed to DDT and housewives happily spraying DDT around their homes. My students were inspired by her courage to speak truth to power. Rachel Carson is widely considered a founding mother of the environmental movement her fascinating and tragic personal story will engage students, especially those familiar with Silent Spring. ![]()
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