The National Parks System administers 390 national sites preserved
because of their aesthetic, historical, and scientific value.
These are lands that you as a United States citizen will always have
access to as long as they remain preserved within the National Park
System. Of these sites, 58 are large tracts of land set aside for
public use primarily because of their beauty, geologic, and archeologic
significance. These
are ournational parks. Similar
to the national parks are the national
monuments, also valued for their beauty,
cultural, scientific geologic significance. We will
visit on national monuments, such as Craters of the Moon National
Monument.
Content Assignment and Exercises
Read the following and answer the
questions below: (If these links don't work, cut and
paste the address in your browser)
Just
for fun (optional): These 1936 National
Archive videos is about the Civilian Conservation Corp and
development of the National and State parks. These
videos embody the concept of park preservation and the people
who worked on them.
First Parks:
Identify the first
national park in
the United States.
State the year was it
created. List the
five parks followed. State the basic premise behind declaring these areas National
Parks.
Name the legislative branch has always
been responsible for designating National Park.
State the significance of the American
Antiquities Act of 1906? State
the reasons why this act was enacted. Under
whose administration was it
passed?
Name the legislative branch designates national
monuments and describe how
a monument assigned National Park status.
Identify the first President was to use
the Antiquities
Act to expand the size of existing
parks.
(challenge) What area(s), if
any, has President Bush designated as a national monument?
Return to your WebCt home
page to take Section A Quiz
On to
Section B: Introduction of the Colorado
Plateau / Grand Canyon National Park
