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Automobile Resources: Car Culture Through Teacher In-Service, Ronald V. Morris, Denise Shockley
Automobile Resources: Car Culture Through Teacher In-Service, Ronald V. Morris, Denise Shockley
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
Teachers learned about the automobile industry and car culture in a half day professional development meeting. Teachers had a guest content expert, teachers who constructed materials presented their materials. The website parts including primary sources, lesson plans, podcasts, virtual field trip, readings, videos, and interactive maps were reviewed. Lesson plans supported the C3 framework and the materials examined controversial issues in the auto industry. Teachers examined the website where the materials where housed and examined resources for classroom use. Teachers learned more about the automobile industry, car culture, and historic preservation.
Winding Down River Road, Gillian Harper
Winding Down River Road, Gillian Harper
LSU Master's Theses
As a mechanism to explore my temporary home in Louisiana, Winding Down River Road is a collection of artworks that integrates natural materials collected from landscapes in southern Louisiana with steel and petroleum-based products. My interest in researching environmental issues, ecology, and industry has shaped my vehicles for observation and how I generate data. Through a variety of methodologies, I am considering how climate change is forcing many of us to re-contextualize how our home can be affected by the very industries we rely on. Personal engagement with residents living in the dystopian atmosphere of southern Louisiana’s industrial corridor and …
Imperiling Our Children: An Interview With Fred Stenson About Who By Fire, Jon Gordon
Imperiling Our Children: An Interview With Fred Stenson About Who By Fire, Jon Gordon
The Goose
This interview with Alberta novelist Fred Stenson focuses on his most recent novel, Who By Fire. The discussion examines the role of environmentalists and the legal system in responding to the oil and gas industry in Alberta, as well as other issues connected to Stenson's work.
Environmental Problems Of Industrialization And Sustainable Development In Nigeria - A Review, Adejoh Iyaji
Environmental Problems Of Industrialization And Sustainable Development In Nigeria - A Review, Adejoh Iyaji
Confluence Journal Environmental Studies (CJES), Kogi State University, Nigeria
The main objective of this paper is to examine the impact of the quest for industrialization on the environment in Nigeria; others include, the identification of the objectives of sustainable development as well as making recommendations that will lead to the much needed sustainable environment both for the present generation and generations yet unborn. The researcher relied principally on secondary sources of data for this paper which is theoretical in approach. Findings revealed the emergence of a host of environmental problems such as air pollution, deforestation, desertification, solid and hazardous waste problems in the wake of the quest for industrialization. …
Ua3/3 Bowling Green Chamber Of Commerce Speech, Kelly Thompson
Ua3/3 Bowling Green Chamber Of Commerce Speech, Kelly Thompson
WKU Archives Records
Speech given by President Kelly Thompson at a Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce dinner honoring major industries of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
The Shiner, And Its Use As A Source Of Income In Worcester, And Southeastern Worcester County, Massachusetts, Robert William Spayne
The Shiner, And Its Use As A Source Of Income In Worcester, And Southeastern Worcester County, Massachusetts, Robert William Spayne
Honors Papers
The City of Worcester, and Worcester County, Massachusetts are quite heavily populated. This population needs recreational facilities, and a high percentage turn to fishing the many lakes and ponds in the area. As a result of this desire to go fishing, a need for bait arises. The best all-around live bait for the game fish in this region is the shiner. Since the demand exceeds the supply, the game fishermen are quite willing to pay for their live bait. In this way a shiner fishing industry has developed, an industry which is local and peculiar to the region in which …
Kingfield, 1923, Sanborn Map Company
Kingfield, 1923, Sanborn Map Company
Sanborn Maps of Maine
Map of Kingfield, Maine, at a scale of 1:1200 or 100 ft to 1 inch. The original color map is 64 x 54 cm. Map includes the area of downtown along the Carrabassett River and shows the locations of the Wing Spool and Bobbin Company, Jenkins and Bogert Manufacturing Company's Novelty Wood Turning Works, and the Roy C. Huse Bull Spool and Bobbin Mill.
Bangor, Brewer, And South Brewer, 1906, Sanborn Map Company
Bangor, Brewer, And South Brewer, 1906, Sanborn Map Company
Sanborn Maps of Maine
Insurance maps of Bangor, including Brewer and South Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, at a scale of 1:600, or 50 ft. to an inch. Dated December 1906, copyright 1907. The original color maps are on sheets 64 x 54 cm. Sheet 1 includes an index of the area covered on subsequent sheets.