Lesson Plans Environments - Social Studies or Science (Ecology) SEMESTER: Anytime. RELATED VIDEO: The Life and Times of Charlie Chestnut video DAY ONE - Recommended background Video: - Charlie Chestnut (running time 18 minutes). - Discuss the video. DAY TWO - Online Environments Component (diseases, quarantine Laws) Online Component under CAREERs - read the Botanist profile. DAY THREE ACTIVITY: TUNE INTO YOUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT - map or sketch a general description of your local environment, including landscape, animals, parks, plants, water, roads, etc. DAY FOUR - Discuss parallel stories relating to diseases and quarantines. (NY immigrants in early 1900s; introduced species such as Zoo animals; historic plagues such as Smallpox and the Native American, The Black Plague, The Great Flu Epidemic, etc.) http://www.Britannica.com DAY FIVE - GUEST VISITOR SUGGESTION - if possible, invite a Research Biologist, a local environmental group member or a local Natural History Curator/Educator to visit the class or schedule a class trip to their lab/museum.