Plastic Bags
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 plastic bags be banned?
Text Set Articles:
• "Good news: Bag bans are reducingbillions of single-use plastic bags" (By Celeste Meiffren-Swango)
• “Fact Sheet” (from Bag the Ban)
• “Bagging Plastic” (article from Upfront Magazine, March 2014) NEED A LIBRARY CARD FOR
• “Putting Plastic In Its Place” (from Junior Scholastic, April 2014) NEED A LIBRARY CARD FOR
• “Floating Junkyard” (By Britt Norlander, Scholasic News, April 19, 2010)
• Learn the facts. *may be one that you want to steer students toward during Session 12 “Who Said What?
WEBSITE TO USE: Ban the Bag
Studying Perspective”
• “Are Reusable Bags Dangerous?” (Time for Kids)
• NYC’s Grocery Bags: Myth vs. Fact (from Bag the Ban)
• Toronto Bans Plastic Shopping Bags
• Environment (from Bag the Ban)
• Jobs and the Economy (from Bag the Ban)
• The Debate of Banning Plastic Bags
• Plastic Bags: To Ban or Not To Ban
A petition against the bag ban (*this is a real petition and you will see places where people can sign. ) http://www.bagtheban.com/take-action/petition/
Big Glob of trash hurts animals and the sea
Multimedia:
• “Edward Norton: Bag the Bag”
• “Bag the Ban Rally” (video clip created by Bag The Ban)
• California: The Inconvenient Truth Behind Banning Plastic Bags
• “California’s Bag Ban Hurting the Job Market” (video from Fox News interviewing American Progressive Bag Alliance Chairman Mark Daniels.) (0–1:38); (2:40–3:09).
• “Edward Norton: Bag the Bag”
• “Bag the Ban Rally” (video clip created by Bag The Ban)
• California: The Inconvenient Truth Behind Banning Plastic Bags
• “California’s Bag Ban Hurting the Job Market” (video from Fox News interviewing American Progressive Bag Alliance Chairman Mark Daniels.) (0–1:38); (2:40–3:09).
“The Bay Vs. The Bag”PSA from Save the Bay April 13, 2009
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Books:
• The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming by Laurie David and Cambria Gordon
• Human Footprint: Everything You Will Eat, Use, Wear, Buy, and Throw Out in Your Lifetime (National Geographic Kids) by Ellen Kirk
• Garbage and Recycling: Environmental Facts and Experiments (Young Discoverers: Environmental Facts and Experiments) by Rosie Harlow
• Too Much Trash! (Rookie Read-Aloud Science) by Fay Robinson (L)
• Recycle!: A Handbook for Kids by Gail Gibbons (M)
• Recycling (A True Book) by Rhonda Lucas Donald (N)
• Plastic, Ahoy!: Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch By: Patricia Newman
• Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion By Loree Griffin Burns (W)