{"id":1971,"date":"2020-04-27T10:58:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T10:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=1971"},"modified":"2020-12-30T15:22:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T15:22:09","slug":"the-wilderness-war-social-studies-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-wilderness-war-social-studies-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wilderness War Social Studies Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wilderness War<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read\u00a0 \u00a0The Wilderness War – Introduction<\/a>\u00a0 if you do not know or have a copy of the book.<\/p>\n

Social Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why Do We Need Wild Spaces?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why are wild spaces important?\u00a0 Who\/what benefits from wild spaces?<\/p>\n

Read the newspaper quote below and then watch the video clip.<\/p>\n

A two-hour \u201cdose\u201d of nature a week significantly boosts health and wellbeing, research suggests, even if you simply sit and enjoy the peace.<\/em><\/p>\n

The physical and\u00a0mental health benefits\u00a0of time spent in parks, woods or the beach are well known … two hours in nature could join\u00a0five\u00a0a\u00a0day\u00a0of fruit and veg and 150 minutes of exercise a week as official health advice.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Guardian, 13th June, 2019<\/p>\n

BBC Bitesize St Abb’s Head Nature Reserve<\/a><\/p>\n

List of 2 reasons why people need wild spaces and 2 reasons why wildlife need wild spaces.<\/p>\n

We Need Houses vs We Need our Wilderness<\/strong><\/p>\n

Noah takes his argument for saving the Wilderness to his local council.\u00a0 He has to explain why the Wilderness should be saved.\u00a0 He prepared his argument – made a list of the points he would make.<\/p>\n

The builders would also prepare themselves for speaking in front of the council officers.\u00a0 \u00a0they would have a list of reasons why the houses should be built.<\/p>\n

Ask someone in your household if they would do this activity with you.\u00a0 One person can make the arguments for houses, the other for the Wilderness.<\/p>\n

Below is a link to a table you can copy or print to set out your arguments for both sides.<\/p>\n

Homes vs Wilderness<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.globalgoals.org\/11-sustainable-cities-and-communities<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Wilderness War Read\u00a0 \u00a0The Wilderness War – Introduction\u00a0 if you do not know or have a copy of the book. Social Studies Why Do We Need Wild Spaces? Why are wild spaces important?\u00a0 Who\/what benefits from wild spaces? Read the newspaper quote below and then watch the video clip. A two-hour \u201cdose\u201d of nature … Continue reading The Wilderness War Social Studies Activities<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20798,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1971","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6325,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1971\/revisions\/6325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}