HIS 20020 SNHU Environmental Science Shaping Current Circumstances Presentation

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In this project, you will select a major global issue to study. You’ll learn more about the history of your chosen issue, and explain how this history can inform how the issue is approached today. You’ll create a presentation (8-12 slides) to share your findings.Directions (also attached)During your first meeting, Dr. Turner was so impressed by your enthusiasm that she asked you to create part of the presentation for the United Nations.Use the following directions to guide your historical analysis and develop your presentation.Choose the issue that you want to investigate for your presentation. Select one issue from the following list to research:

Climate changePollutionDeforestation
Research your issue.Read and analyze the resources about your chosen issue in the the Primary and Secondary Sources for United Nations Briefing PDF document (attached. These resources provide important historical context for current discussions about these issues that you’ll want to discuss in your presentation.
Note: You can do some of your own research to add to the resources provided. If you decide to do so, make sure that you choose reliable sources.
Present your issue. For this project, create 8–12 slides with speaker notes. To learn more about creating a presentation, refer to the Supporting Materials section. Remember to cite your sources.

In your presentation, Dr. Turner has asked you to do the following:

Describe your chosen issue.
Describe your research approach.

How did you analyze primary and secondary sources on the issue? What questions did you ask about the documents?
How did you identify the facts to make your point? What did you learn from the documents about the history of your issue?
Analyze your issue.

What is the history of the issue? Describe the issue based on your analysis of the primary and secondary sources that you researched.
How have historians described and interpreted this issue in the past? How has this changed over time? (Note: Be sure to discuss multiple perspectives and focus on how these perspectives changed over time.)
How did various groups present the issue throughout history (including social, economic, and political interests)? Have these presentations changed or remained the same over time?
Relate your issue to the present.

How does the history of your issue relate to current circumstances?
What are the similarities and differences between past and present?
Explain how history informs current discussions about the topic.

How could historical context and inquiry inform current discussion and future decisions about your issue? Historical context refers to the norms and values of a particular time in history. For example: Take the current issue of expanding voting rights to prisoners in the United States. When analyzing this issue, it’s important to consider the historical context of voting rights in this country. In 1865, the 15th Amendment to the Constitution gave African American men the right to vote. In 1920, women were given the right to vote by the 19th Amendment. Understanding this context can help inform your discussion of the issue.

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Primary and Secondary Sources for United Nations Briefing
Climate Change
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Pollution
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Deforestation
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Climate Change
Primary Sources
Bush, George. “White House Statement on the Ministerial Conference on Atmospheric Pollution
and Climate Change November 7, 1989.” American Reference Library – Primary Source
Documents 1. History Reference Center, EBSCOhost from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=k
hh&AN=32381609&site=eds-live&scope=site
Clinton, William J. 2005. “Global Climate Change.” Vital Speeches Of The Day 72, no. 5: 154-158.
History Reference Center, EBSCOhost from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=kh
h&AN=19893025&site=eds-live&scope=site
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 1998. “Kyoto Protocol to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.”
https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/kpeng.pdf
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2018. State of the Climate: Global
Climate Report January 2018, https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201801.
Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress, Global Climate Change Treaty:
Negotiations and Related Issues, 97-1000 ENR, (November 21, 1997), ProQuest Congressional
from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://congressional.proquest.com/congressional/docview
/t21.d22.crs-1997-enr-0039?accountid=3783 .
United States Environmental Protection Agency, “Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
and Sinks”, Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Updated April 16, 2018.
https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks .
Secondary Sources
Bailey, Ronald. 1997. “Bill and Al’s global warming circus.” Forbes 160, no. 10: 346-354. Business
Source Ultimate, EBSCOhost from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=b
su&AN=9710282450&site=eds-live&scope=site
Accessible version
Curson, Peter. 2018. “Climate Change and Population Health.” Geodate 31, no. 2: 9. MasterFILE
Premier, EBSCOhost from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f
5h&AN=129882440&site=eds-live&scope=site
Maslin, Mark. “Climate Change and World Trade.” In The Sea in History – The Modern World,
edited by Rodger N.A.M and Buchet Christian, 680-92. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK; Rochester, NY,
USA: Boydell and Brewer, 2017. JSTOR from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1kgqw0g.71 .
“KP Introduction,” United Nations Climate Change, United Nations, updated 2018,
https://unfccc.int/process/the-kyoto-protocol .
Glassberg, David. “Place, Memory, and Climate Change.” The Public Historian 36, no. 3 (2014):
17-30. JSTOR from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/tph.2014.36.3.17 .
Sabin, Paul. “”The Ultimate Environmental Dilemma”: Making a Place for Historians in the
Climate Change and Energy Debates.” Environmental History 15, no. 1 (2010): 76-93. JSTOR
from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20749644
Pollution
Primary Sources
Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Senate, Memorial for investigation of
pollution of rivers: Pollution of rivers, etc, S.doc.194, (March 17, 1898). ProQuest Congressional
from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://congressional.proquest.com/congressional/docview
/t47.d48.3600_s.doc.194?accountid=3783
U.S. District Court of the District of Montana, Tailing pipes at Colorado Smelting and Refining
Co., Mountain View operation, 1906. Photograph. National Archives, Montana,
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/298126 .
Johnson, Lyndon B. “602 Statement by the President in Response to Science Advisory
Committee Report on Pollution of Air, Soil, and Waters. November 6, 1965.” American
Reference Library – Primary Source Documents 1. History Reference Center, EBSCOhost from the
Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=k
hh&AN=32356531&site=eds-live&scope=site
Roosevelt, Franklin D. “31 Message to Congress on Water Pollution. February 16, 1939.”
American Reference Library – Primary Source Documents 1. History Reference Center, EBSCOhost
from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=k
hh&AN=32347731&site=eds-live&scope=site
UN Conference on the Human Environment, Report of the United Nations Conference on
Human Environment, A/CONF.48/14/Rev.1, (June 5-16, 1972),
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED065319.
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, The Paris Agreement, (2015),
https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/english_paris_agreement.pdf .
Secondary Sources
Haward, Marcus. 2018. “Plastic Pollution of the World’s Seas and Oceans as a Contemporary
Challenge in Ocean Governance.” Nature Communications 9 (1): 667.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29445166.
UN Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme, Towards a
pollution-free planet: Report of the Executive Director, UNEP/EA.3/25, (December 4-6, 2017),
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e
ih&AN=130762943&site=eds-live&scope=site.
Thorsheim, Peter. “Coal, Smoke, and History.” In Inventing Pollution: Coal, Smoke, and Culture
in Britain since 1800, 1-9. ATHENS: Ohio University Press, 2006. JSTOR from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1j7x9p1.5.
“The Paris Agreement,” United Nations Climate Change, United Nations, updated July 3, 2018,
https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement .
Otero-Pailos, Jorge. “Pollution.” In Bending the Future: Fifty Ideas for the Next Fifty Years of
Historic Preservation in the United States, edited by Page Max and Miller Marla R., 194-200.
Amherst; Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 2016. JSTOR from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1hd19hg.38 .
Deforestation
Primary Sources
Bariweni, P. A., and C. E. Andrew. 2017. “Land use/Land Cover Changes and Causes of
Deforestation in the Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.” Journal Of Applied Sciences &
Environmental Management 21, no. 6: 1063-1066. Environment Complete, EBSCOhost from the
Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e
ih&AN=127065661&site=eds-live&scope=site
Gillis, Malcolm. 1996. “Tropical deforestation.” Vital Speeches Of The Day 62, no. 12: 373.
MasterFILE Premier, EBSCOhost from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f
5h&AN=9604090351&site=eds-live&scope=site
Jusys, Tomas. 2018. “Changing patterns in deforestation avoidance by different protection
types in the Brazilian Amazon.” Plos ONE 13, no. 4: 1-16. Academic Search Ultimate, EBSCOhost
from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a
sn&AN=129265547&site=eds-live&scope=site
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand. Preserve your forests from destruction, and protect your country
from floods and drought. January 9 1884. Illustration chromolithograph. Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012645164/
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. July-August 1948. “Forest
resources of the world.” Unasylva 2, no. 4. FAO of the UN
http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5345e/x5345e00.htm
Secondary Sources
Sample, Ian. 2012. “National: Dozens of rare Amazon animals heading for extinction as
deforestation takes toll: Years of clearing said to make demise inevitable: Losses so far only 20%
of total doomed, says study.(Guardian Home Pages).” The Guardian (London, England), 2012.
Business Insights Global, EBSCOhost from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e
dsbig&AN=edsbig.A296219873&site=eds-live&scope=site
“More logging, deforestation may better serve climate in some areas.” Space Daily, December
25, 2013. General OneFile from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A353932445/ITOF?u=n
hc_main&sid=ITOF&xid=825f4490.
Williams, Michael. Deforesting the Earth : From Prehistory to Global Crisis, An Abridgment.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), EBSCOhost from the
Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n
lebk&AN=327782&site=eds-live&scope=site
Seymour, Frances, and Jonah Busch. “How to Stop Deforestation: Experience from Brazil and
Beyond.” In Why Forests? Why Now?: The Science, Economics, and Politics of Tropical Forests
and Climate Change, 185-218. Brookings Institution Press, 2016. JSTOR from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/j.ctt1hfr179.13 .
McNeill, John R., and Mauro Agnoletti. “Where Is Environmental History Going?” Global
Environment 7, no. 2 (2014): 517-35. JSTOR from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43201717 .
Bourgeon, Gérard, K. M. Nair, B. R. Ramesh, and Danny Lo Seen. “Consequences of
Underestimating Ancient Deforestation in South India for Global Assessments of Climatic
Change.” Current Science 102, no. 12 (2012): 1699-703. JSTOR from the Shapiro Library
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24084827
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Seventy years of the FAO’s Global
Forest Resources Assessment: Historical overview and future prospects, (2018),
http://www.fao.org/3/I8227EN/i8227en.pdf
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Project Overview
In this project, you will select a major global issue to study. You’ll learn more about the history of your chosen issue,
and explain how this history can inform how the issue is approached today. You’ll create a presenta!on to share your
findings.
Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:
Explain the role of history in shaping current circumstances
Scenario
You work for Agua Sin Fronteras (ASF, or “Water without Borders”), an interna!onal nonprofit commi”ed to
providing access to clean drinking water, improving sanita!on facili!es, and delivering health educa!on programs
around the globe.
Dr. Paige Turner, a historian, has asked ASF for help wri!ng a policy brief for the United Na!ons (UN). Dr. Turner’s
organiza!on gives presenta!ons about the history of current issues.
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Since ASF has studied issues like climate change, pollu!on, and deforesta!on for a long !me, she wants to
collaborate. Your supervisor, Sue Edge, knows you’re interested in history and has asked you to work with Dr. Turner
on the presenta!on.
Direc!ons
During your first mee!ng, Dr. Turner was so impressed by your enthusiasm that she asked you to create part of the
presenta!on for the United Na!ons.
Use the following direc!ons to guide your historical analysis and develop your presenta!on.
1. Choose the issue that you want to inves!gate for your presenta!on. Select one issue from the following list to
research:
Climate change
Pollu!on
Deforesta!on
2. Research your issue.
Read and analyze the resources about your chosen issue in the the Primary and Secondary Sources for
United Na!ons Briefing PDF document. These resources provide important historical context for current
discussions about these issues that you’ll want to discuss in your presenta!on.
Note: You can do some of your own research to add to the resources provided. If you decide to do so,
make sure that you choose reliable sources.
3. Present your issue. For this project, create 8–12 slides with speaker notes. To learn more about crea!ng a
presenta!on, refer to the Suppor!ng Materials sec!on. Remember to cite your sources.
In your presenta!on, Dr. Turner has asked you to do the following:
Describe your chosen issue.
Describe your research approach.
How did you analyze primary and secondary sources on the issue? What ques!ons did you ask about
the documents?
How did you iden!fy the facts to make your point? What did you learn from the documents about
the history of your issue?
Analyze your issue.
What is the history of the issue? Describe the issue based on your analysis of the primary and
secondary sources that you researched.
How have historians described and interpreted this issue in the past? How has this changed over
!me? (Note: Be sure to discuss mul!ple perspec!ves and focus on how these perspec!ves changed
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over !me.)
How did various groups present the issue throughout history (including social, economic, and poli!cal
interests)? Have these presenta!ons changed or remained the same over !me?
Relate your issue to the present.
How does the history of your issue relate to current circumstances?
What are the similari!es and differences between past and present?
Explain how history informs current discussions about the topic.
How could historical context and inquiry inform current discussion and future decisions about your
issue? Historical context refers to the norms and values of a par!cular !me in history. For example:
Take the current issue of expanding vo!ng rights to prisoners in the United States. When analyzing
this issue, it’s important to consider the historical context of vo!ng rights in this country. In 1865, the
15th Amendment to the Cons!tu!on gave African American men the right to vote. In 1920, women
were given the right to vote by the 19th Amendment. Understanding this context can help inform
your discussion of the issue.
What to Submit
Every project has a deliverable or deliverables, which are the files that must be submi”ed before your project can be
assessed.
Presenta!on
For this project, you will create a presenta!on with 8-12 slides and speaker notes.
Suppor!ng Materials
The following resource(s) may help support your work on the project:
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The following rubric will be used to assess your project. The rubric is a detailed list of the specific expecta!ons your project submission
must meet to demonstrate mastery of the competency. You may resubmit the project un!l you have demonstrated mastery of each
rubric row.
This competency has a Learning Resources area. This area includes units with resources such as readings and videos, which have been
provided to help support your work on this project. You may be wondering how what you’re working on in the project fits together
with these units. The following table shows how the different rubric rows align to the units.
If you need more help with a par!cular rubric row, you can use the resources in the matching unit to help support your work.
Project Rubric: Pr
Presenta!on
Describes the history of the issue based on an interpreta!on of primary and secondary sources
☐ Mastered
☐ Not Yet
Discusses research approach, including how you analyzed primary and secondary sources and used them to inform
your claims
☐ Mastered
☐ Not Yet
Examines how historians and other (social, economic, poli!cal) groups perceived and recorded their interpreta!ons
of the issue over !me
☐ Mastered
☐ Not Yet
Demonstrates how the history of the issue relates to current circumstances, including the similari!es and
differences between past and present
☐ Mastered
☐ Not Yet
Explains how historical context and inquiry could inform current discussions and future decisions related to the
issue
☐ Mastered
☐ Not Yet
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General
Wri#en answers are clear; use correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling; and show an understanding of
audience and purpose
☐ Mastered
☐ Not Yet
Lists sources where applicable using cita!on methods with no major errors
☐ Mastered
☐ Not Yet

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