Ansel Adams
Please view to minute 8 to get an aspect of what nature can be to a very evocative artist in our history.
If you have time, watch until 17:15 about his father.
His experience in Yosemite follows, enjoy as you can
National Parks
NP1: Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons
Please watch from 1:10-1:22
Listen about Rockefeller and how political attitudes about conservation changed, and how it changed our sense of Democracy.
What did Yard mean by "in the national parks, all are just Americans"?
NP3: 0:00-8:00
John Muir-what does he mean by "human poetry", and what is he contrasting it against?
Transcendence is discussed: how does this make you feel?
What do you notice about the listing of parks at about 3:00? What drove this and why?
What is the difference between a "set" and a "system" and how is this important?
What happened at Hetch Hetchy? Are we still living with the impact of this?
One of the railroad barons in the photo (5:30) started a minor college in the South Bay area-who is this?
How did Steven Mather's philosophy of the parks differ from Muirs?
What did he mean when he said "America's best idea"? Is this uniquely American?
NP5: 1:19-1:33
How did Ansel Adams come into the picture (pun intended)?
"The army must find a different nesting place" demonstrated what sea-change?
"Manzanar" means something in Spanish (what?) and means something else for Japanese Americans (known as AJAs-why?). Explain.
Before the California aqueduct was built to take water to Los Angeles, Manzanar was different. How?
NP6: 0:00-16:00
What does the word "wilderness" really mean?
We return to the ideas of John Muir again-why?
What did Stegner sense about our future?
How is tension healthy in a Democracy? Is this "dynamic equilibrium? Explain.
"Homes for our finest dreams"…explain.
Hertzog speaks about the brotherhood of man. Where else have you heard of this?
Mount McKinley was named after one of our presidents. The true name of this mountain is what?
Murie's work is similar to something mentioned in our last chapter-explain.
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