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TITLE:  MAKE A STATEMENT!

AUTHOR:  DeEtta Lessar, Lathrop Park Youth Camp;
         Golden, CO

GRADE LEVEL:  INTERMEDIATE  -  LANGUAGE ARTS

OVERVIEW:  The major purpose of this activity is to examine
and create environmental bumper stickers  and how they
influence people.

OBJECTIVE(s):  Students will:
*  discuss bumper stickers that make a statement about
   some issue affecting natural resources and the
   environment.
*  create their own bumper sticker followed by a
   descriptive paragraph explaining their work

MATERIALS:
Vocabulary:
     attitudes, impact, media, implications

Materials and Resources:
material pens
crayons
white drawing paper
strips of construction paper

ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES:
1.   Instruct the students to spend some time at home or in
     the library looking for examples of bumper stickers
     dealing with an environmental issue.  Each student
     should bring at least one bumper sticker to share for
     class discussion.  These can be brought in whole,
     photocopied, or if necessary, sketched by hand.
2.   Designate an area in the classroom for bumper sticker
     display.  Allow class time for students to freely look
     them over.
3.   Begin class discussions with questions such as
     these:
     *  What are the main ideas addressed in these
        examples?
     *  What are your feelings after reading these bumper
        stickers?
     *  Do you think these will have a positive effect on
        a person's thinking?
4.   Have the students design and make their own bumper
     sticker with an environmental statement, perhaps
     inspired by some issue of particular concern to them.
5.   Instruct your students to compose a descriptive
     paragraph.  The paragraph should include an explanation
     of the theme expressed by the bumper sticker and
     reasons of its importance to society.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES:
1.   Send a few examples of your students' work to local
     newspapers or local environmental  organizations for
     future publication.
2.   Cut and past existing magazines or newspaper photos and
     write captions for them.