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Bears Ears Stakeholder Summit!

10/4/2018

END OF CLASS THOUGHTS

Ashley's note on tomorrow's readings and really the purpose of the Bears Ears trip: To reflect on the ways forming a stronger connection to a place can contribute to a more personally sustainable life as well as stronger connections with your community!!!
So, based on that goal, I've created a rubric for this trip that attempts to measure your effort to work toward that goal: Bears Ears Participation Rubric (FYI)

Summit Preparation (30 minutes)

Finish your note-taking guide
Get together with your stakeholder group and write the final analysis together (last page of the note guide)

Summit Preparation: Evidence and Proposal Planning (20 minutes)
In your group, you need to work together to develop a proposal to present to the rest of the group. Your proposal needs to include:

3-5 concerns (how does this group define the problem?)
3-5 specific quotes from your documents that support your concerns (
3-5 Potential solutions that your group would support

Bears Ears Summit (35 minutes)
As a Utah state official, Emma (morning pod) and Alma (afternoon pod) will be facilitating this discussion.

Present your proposals
Find common grounds and sticking points
Try to find a common solution that balances the 3 spheres (economic, environmental, social/cultural)
Make sure you stay in character as the group you are supposed to represent!

Summit Debrief (remainder of class)

Get out of character and now discuss as a whole class:

Were you able to find a solution? Why/why not?
Where were you able to find common ground? Why/how?
What were the sticking points? Where did this get contentious? Why?
Ultimately, where do you stand right now on the Bears Ears controversy?

Wednesday: Stakeholder Summit + Andrew Gulliford Speaker

10/3/2018

1st Period Starter: Read about Andrew Gulliford and come up with 2-3 questions for him for 4th period presentation. Write your questions on a "note" on your phones or in your notebook. If you're free 4th period, please attend his talk!

Announcement: We have a modified schedule today due to a NEST meeting. Schedule posted on whiteboard.

Time for Questions about the Bears Ears Trip

What questions do you guys have about the trip?
Today in advisory-- make sure you're dialed on gear/food/menus

1st, 2nd and 3rd Periods: Stakeholder Summit Work Time
If you're done early, I'd strongly encourage you watching/reading a source from a few of the other perspectives!

4th: Guest Speaker-- Doctor Gulliford, meet in the Commons!

Tuesday: Stakeholder Summit Begins

10/2/2018

Announcement

Turn in Ch. 2 reading notes if you were absent Friday!
Not going on Bears Ears Trip? You are required to read ALL stakeholder resources + the readings for our trip + an essay defending your ultimate perspective on to what extent the monument should exist.
At 11:30, I need roughly 4 volunteers to help set-up the commons for our guest speaker.

Starter: Review your notes from the National Geographic article

Fill in the t-chart on the white board: Arguments for and against the monument?
Put your name on the "Where I stand" map on the board
Chat with a partner about why you

Read through the Stakeholder Summit Guidelines and make note of questions you have.

Make a copy of the document
Bookmark your assigned stakeholder readings (See assignments below)
If you absolutely need me to make you a copy of the readings and note form, and don't have printer access of your own, please let me know!
Students not coming on the trip- be sure to either print or read digitally all the stakeholder perspectives.

This Week's Schedule Overview

Tuesday (3rd, 4th and 6th periods): Stakeholder Summit Work Time
Tuesday (5th period): Guest Speaker, Danielle Murray from Conservation Lands to discuss her involvement in Bears Ears litigation process- all seniors in the Commons
Wednesday (1st, 2nd and 3rd periods): Stakeholder Summit Work TIme
Wednesday (4th period): Doctor Andrew Gulliford, professor of History and Environmental Studies at FLC to speak about the archaeological significance of Bears Ears and the role of Mormonism in the debate
Thursday (3rd and 5th periods): Prepare for the summit!
Thursday (4th and 6th periods): Summit!
Friday (3rd, 4th, 6th periods): Topic: Impacts of time in nature on our well-being AND the need to cultivate a "sense of place"
Friday (5th period): Group Gear Check in the Commons with Lori and Kyle! ALL SENIORS THERE!
Monday: NORMAL Morning classes; 12:45 meet in upper parking lot READY to go and load vehicles!

Get to work on your assigned stakeholder!

Bears Ears Monument Timeline and Overview of Arguments For/Against

10/1/2018

Announcements

Tomorrow at lunch: community-building/games group meets in my classroom
Advisory this week: Make sure you've gone through the individual AND group gear list and that you have EVERYTHING you need!
Send me and Lori your menu plans and be sure you're including enough food for your adopted advisor(s)
Bring group gear on Friday for your group gear check.
Link to the Bears Ears itinerary and packing lists (emailed as well)

Starter 1.0: Results of the extra credit challenge.

Debrief results as a class (why did you/we choose the way we did? How might we ensure Lori's class act the same way in the future?)
Read Washington Post article on Tragedy of Commons-- connections to our project? connections to Bears Ears?

Starter 2.0:

What do you already know about Bears Ears? List anything you know, or think you know!
What questions do you have about Bears Ears? No question too big, too small, or too ignorant!

Goals for Today

Have a general understanding of the major events surrounding Bears Ears
Understand the roots of the political controversy
Be able to summarize the main ideas in the original proposal
Be able to list the major pro and con arguments surrounding Bears Ears

Timeline

Each student is assigned a major date for Bears Ears. Using the resources linked below, create a small (SUPER QUICK!) poster that includes:
1. Title
2. Date
3. Symbol/picture that represents the event
4. 1-2 sentence description of the event
After posters are done, students get in order of date. Each person quickly states the year, title, and what happened.
DEBRIEF:
1. What patterns do you see here?
2. What are the roots of the political controversy here?
  1. What do defenders of the monument want?
  2. What do people who oppose the monument want?

Timeline Dates:

1906- President Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act of 1906 into law
1971-BLM establishes Grand Gulch Primitive Area to protect archaeological resources and ends grazing in the canyon.
Sept. 7, 1996 -- A news report says President Bill Clinton is considering a proposal to designate a huge swath of federal land in southern Utah as a national monument
Sept. 18, 1996 -- Clinton announces Grand Staircase/Escalante Monument in Arizona
Sept. 26, 1996 -- Rep. Bill Orton, D-Utah, introduces a bill to strip the power of presidents to create permanent national monuments.
May 8, 1998 -- Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Leavitt sign a historic agreement to swap out a checkerboard of state lands — designed to raise money for schools — that have been buried within national parks, forests and lands.
Feb. 21, 2000 -- The long-awaited final Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument management plan, which governs everything from how scientific research is conducted to which roads will remain open to the public, is unveiled.
April 19, 2004 -- U.S. District Judge Dee Benson rules that former president Clinton had the authority under the Antiquities Act to designate the monument in 1996.
2009- Operation Cerberus (giant anti-looting operation) in Blanding
2010- Utah Diné Bikeyah forms to protect culturally significant ancestral lands, including the Bears Ears region.
2013: The Public Lands Initiative is launched by Rep. Rob Bishop and Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah as a legislative solution to protecting the Bears Ears area.
2015- Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition Formed
October 15, 2015- The BEITC submits a proposal to President Barack Obama, seeking the designation of 1.9 million acres as a National Monument
July 15-16, 2016 — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell tours Bears Ears Region
Dec. 28, 2016 — Obama declares Bears Ears Monument
Feb. 3, 2017 — Utah Senate votes to unravel monument designation
Feb. 16, 2017 — Outdoor Retailer organizers end trade show in Utah
April 26, 2017 — President Trump signs an executive order calling for a review of national monument designations over the past 21 years.
May 10, 2017 — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke tours Bears Ears National Monument by vehicle, foot, helicopter and horseback before turning his attention to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Zinke's visit is part of the review ordered by Trump.
June 12, 2017 — Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke issues an interim report as requested in Executive Order 13792 in which he proposes a significant reduction of Bears Ears National Monument
December 2017- President Trump creates Presidential Proclamation 9681 to modify the Bears Ears National Monument by creating two smaller Monuments.

Timeline Resources

https://www.scribd.com/document/372072545/bears-ears-timeline
https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/the-long-history-and-uncertain-future-of-bears-ears-national-monument-a-timeline-w467841/
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900000042/timeline-the-battle-over-two-of-utahs-national-monuments.html (this one has a ton of editorializing...dig through the bias to get to the facts!)
https://durangoherald.com/articles/124458

Let's scope out the Maps of Bears Ears Monument boundaries
OOOOH. AHHHHH!

Watch Sacred Strides (11 minutes)

On Friday, we heard one (pretty extreme) perspective from a rancher, now we’re going to look briefly at different perspective; that of Native Americans
After film, discuss: how do the perspectives here compare (any similarities?!) to those in Bundyville about use of/protection of public lands?

Reading #1: The Bears Ears Intertribal Proposal: Summary
Full Text for those who want to learn more! Go on, get that education!
As you read the summary, be ready to answer these questions:

What are the main reasons for why the intertribal coalition wants the monument? (Summarize)
How does the coalition plan on managing the land for a diverse array of users (i.e. ATVer, hikers, historical buffs, future generations, etc.....)
What groups are excluded?

Reading #2: National Geographic Overview of Arguments for and against the monument

Printable version
As you read the above article by National Geographic, make a t-chart of the arguments FOR and AGAINST the monument.
Where do you stand right now?: Do you think the monument should exist as originally created, as modified, or not at all? Explain.

Stakeholder Summit guidelines and this week's schedule

Tuesday (3rd, 4th and 6th periods): Stakeholder Summit Work Time
Tuesday (5th period): Guest Speaker, Danielle Murray from Conservation Lands to discuss her involvement in Bears Ears litigation process- all seniors in the Commons
Wednesday (1st, 2nd and 3rd periods): Stakeholder Summit Work TIme
Wednesday (4th period): Doctor Andrew Gulliford, professor of History and Environmental Studies at FLC to speak about the archaeological significance of Bears Ears and the role of Mormonism in the debate
Thursday (3rd and 5th periods): Prepare for the summit!
Thursday (4th and 6th periods): Summit!
Friday (3rd, 4th, 6th periods): Begin assigned readings for our trip!
Friday (5th period): Group Gear Check in the Commons with Lori and Kyle! ALL SENIORS THERE!
Monday: NORMAL Morning classes; 12:45 meet in upper parking lot READY to go and load vehicles!

HOMEWORK: NONE, unless you didn't finish the in-class readings and responses

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