National Parks: A Research Project K. Prahl and K. Sutter

Photo Analysis- Class Example Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, REPRODUCTION NUMBERLC-USF D DLC (b&w film neg.)

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What do these sites have in common? They are all part of the National Park Service.

Have you ever visited a National Park? National ParkState

To preserve habitats for plants and animals To preserve aesthetic value To prevent development Honor accomplishments of citizens Why are National Parks needed?

Timeline of the National Park Service 1872 Yellowstone National Park created in the Wyoming & Montana. Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden explored the Yellowstone area Antiquities Act was passed The National Park Service was created. First parks established due to national history The Historical Sites Act was passed

"There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks is native. It is, in brief, that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us. The parks stand as the outward symbol of this great human principle." Franklin D. Roosevelt