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This lesson is designed to teach kids to ask a critical thinking question that you can’t just put into a search box to
solve. To do that, we encourage them with smaller questions that search can help them answer. Make sure that
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can help the kids if they are having trouble.
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Ja'Dell Davis is a Los Angeles native who currently divides her time between New York City and Madison, Wisconsin. She is
currently a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, pursing a PhD in Sociology. Ja’Dell previously taught
high school in Philadelphia public schools, and implemented college access and academic enrichment programming in
Chester, Pennsylvania and New York City in Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood. Ja’Dell received her B.A. from
Swarthmore College with a special major in History and Educational Studies, and a minor in Black Studies. She completed
her M.S.Ed in Secondary School Education at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her studies and work in the
education field, Ja’Dell is a dancer, musician, avid people watcher, and Scrabble enthusiast.
This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Reading: Informational Text
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.8Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are
not.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.6Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.2Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or
judgments.
What role does hunting play in our ecosystem?
© Paul Horsley/Corbis
What role does hunting play in our ecosystem?
The “island” portion of Elk Island National Park is purely metaphorical.
Established in 1913 in the wilderness east of Edmonton, Alberta, the Canadian
park is surrounded by farmland and other development. It provides an island of
safe haven to dwindling populations of elk and beaver, which had been overhunted. Later, wood bison joined the population in an effort to help bolster
their numbers as well.
Canada geese use the park’s many lakes as a stopover during their migration.
They’re part of a population of at least 250 different bird species that make
either a permanent or temporary home in this oasis of northern prairie just
beyond the bustling city.
What role does hunting play in our ecosystem?
1
Web Search
How has hunting developed throughout human history?
2
Web Search
What is “hunting season”? What purpose does this concept serve?
3
Thinking
Have you or anyone you know been hunting? If so, what was the
purpose and what was your experience? If not, would you hunt? Why or
why not?
4
Web Search
What are benefits to hunting? What are the dangers or drawbacks?
5
Web Search
Which U.S. states are big hunting states?
What role does hunting play in our ecosystem?
5
Minutes
What role does hunting play in our ecosystem?
1
Web Search
How has hunting developed throughout human history?
2
Web Search
What is “hunting season”? What purpose does this concept serve?
3
Thinking
Have you or anyone you know been hunting? If so, what was the
purpose and what was your experience? If not, would you hunt? Why or
why not?
4
Web Search
What are benefits to hunting? What are the dangers or drawbacks?
5
Web Search
Which U.S. states are big hunting states?
What role does hunting play in our ecosystem?
1
Web Search
How has hunting developed throughout human history?
What role does hunting play in our ecosystem?
2
Web Search
What is “hunting season”? What purpose does this concept serve?
What role does hunting play in our ecosystem?
3
Thinking
Have you or anyone you know been hunting? If so, what was the
purpose and what was your experience? If not, would you hunt? Why or
why not?
What role does hunting play in our ecosystem?
4
Web Search
What are benefits to hunting? What are the dangers or drawbacks?
What role does hunting play in our ecosystem?
5
Web Search
Which U.S. states are big hunting states?
What role does hunting play in our ecosystem?