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SL.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: An essay of a current news event is provided for discussion to encourage participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the article. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event within the news, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support. FOR THE WEEK OF APR 20, 2009 Earth Day brings reminders of progress -- and environmental challenges![]() ![]() Find Earth Day coverage in any section. Does it tell how to get involved, learn more or do something at school or home to safeguard the environment?
![]() Some ads promote energy savings or other "green" benefits. Can you spot a company embracing an environmental theme?
![]() Look for an article or photo that's indirectly about environmental protection without mentioning it. (Example: A feature on parks or fishing.)
Tree plantings, park cleanups, recycling drives, energy-saving demonstrations and other events with environmental themes take place this week in schools, on campuses and in villages, towns and cities around the world to observe Earth Day on Wednesday.
At a kickoff event Sunday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the Flaming Lips, moe and Los Lobos performed at a free concert where the Environmental Protection Administration's top official addressed the crowd. President Obama plans to speak Wednesday about renewable energy in Newton, Iowa, where two plants make towers and blades for wind turbines that generate pollution-free electricity
Events this year also include distribution of free tomato plant seeds by the Campbell Soup Co. for backyard gardens and public broadcast network presentations Wednesday of a play called Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau, based on conversations between nature writer Henry David Thoreau and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson at a cabin alongside Walden Pond near Concord, Mass., during the mid-1800s.
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