Educator Workshop On State’s Environmental History

MIDDLEFIELD — The Connecticut Forest & Park Association has slated a “Places We Live” workshop for educators of high school students and talented and gifted middle school students.  This professional development workshop will run from 9 am to 2 pm on Friday, August 24. The workship is designed to help engage students in the signature role of Connecticut in the birth of United States environmental history, and to bring debate about environmental issues into the classroom and help students understand the implications of land policy that is part of Connecticut’s heritage.

This workshop will illuminate three important historic figures in the conservation movement of the 19th Century: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Connecticut native Gifford Pinchot. This workshop will also help prepare students for the November 9 staged dramatic reading about these conservationists at the Bushnell Center for Performing Arts in Hartford.

Places We Live will help students apply their knowledge and understanding of land use to current issues as responsible citizens. Participants receive the Project Learning Tree Places We Live curriculum; 0.5 CEUs. The curriculum meets the following Connecticut Social Studies Content Standards: Local, United States and World History and Human and Environmental Interaction. The fee is $35 per participant; financial assistance is available.

To register, contact CFPA at 860-346-2372 or info@ctwoodlands.org

Connecticut Forest & Park Association, founded in 1895, is a nonprofit organization working to conserve the lands and natural resources of Connecticut through education, advocacy, and stewardship. For more information, visit the website ctwoodlands.org.