Mt. Everest
These sets can be given to research clubs during Session 2 of the unit. They can also be reread by clubs during Bend II, along with the additional Bend II texts. During Bend III, these sets can be given out to clubs who have not yet studied the issue. You can also note a few texts marked which you might find particularly helpful to steer students to read/ reread during Session 12 “Who Said What? Studying Perspective.”
Should people be climbing Mount Everest?
Text Set Articles:
• Mt. Everest (From The New Book Of Knowledge)
• “Has the Summit of Mt. Everest Become an Overcrowded Tourist Trap?” (By: Stephen Williams, New York Daily News, May 28, 2013)
• “How People Die on Mount Everest: Infographic”
• “Tourism” From Mount Everest 3D
• “Mt. Everest: Why do People Keep Climbing It?”
• “Interview with Sir Edmund Hillary”
• “Anniversary at Everest” (Time for Kids)
• “Death on Everest” scienceworld.scholastic.com/Earth-Science-News/2015/03/death-on-everest NOT AVAILABLE
Should people be climbing Mount Everest?
Text Set Articles:
• Mt. Everest (From The New Book Of Knowledge)
• “Has the Summit of Mt. Everest Become an Overcrowded Tourist Trap?” (By: Stephen Williams, New York Daily News, May 28, 2013)
• “How People Die on Mount Everest: Infographic”
• “Tourism” From Mount Everest 3D
• “Mt. Everest: Why do People Keep Climbing It?”
• “Interview with Sir Edmund Hillary”
• “Anniversary at Everest” (Time for Kids)
• “Death on Everest” scienceworld.scholastic.com/Earth-Science-News/2015/03/death-on-everest NOT AVAILABLE
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Mount Everest Fun Facts (by Mocomi Kids)
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“The Time I … Climbed Mount Everest” (Disney Channel, November 5, 2010) |
Books:
• To the Top!: Climbing the World’s Highest Mountain By: Sydelle Kramer (N)
• You Wouldn’t Want to Climb Mount Everest!: A Deadly Journey to the Top of the World by Ian Graham • The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest By: Steve Jenkins (R)
• Danger on the Mountain: Scaling the World’s Highest Peaks by Andrew Donkin
• No Summit Out of Sight: The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits by Jordan Romero
• Mountains by Seymour Simon
• Can You Survive Extreme Mountain Climbing?: An Interactive Survival Adventure by Matt Doeden
• To the Top!: Climbing the World’s Highest Mountain By: Sydelle Kramer (N)
• You Wouldn’t Want to Climb Mount Everest!: A Deadly Journey to the Top of the World by Ian Graham • The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest By: Steve Jenkins (R)
• Danger on the Mountain: Scaling the World’s Highest Peaks by Andrew Donkin
• No Summit Out of Sight: The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits by Jordan Romero
• Mountains by Seymour Simon
• Can You Survive Extreme Mountain Climbing?: An Interactive Survival Adventure by Matt Doeden