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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Daring, Defiant, Free: Mark Jenkins' essay on superclimbers in Yosemite

Grade Level: High School

Objective: Students will analyze Mark Jenkins' article Daring. Defiant. Free. A new generation of superclimbers is pushing the limits in Yosemite in the context of the writers they've read in environmental literature.

Today we:
-Looked at some of the first photographs and paintings of Yosemite
-Wrote about the climbers in Mark Jenkins essay comparing and contrasting them to John Muir
-Watched a short video clip about Alex Honnold
-Discussed Mark Jenkins' article 








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