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Activities to accompany Chapter 6:Give Me a Break.15. Have students read current and archived newsstories on PETA and its members’ activities. Ifnecessary, show students how to search fornews using Internet search engines such asgoogle.com. Students can retell news stories toclassmates. After discussing a PETA activity orstatement, students might vote on whether itseems justified or too extreme.16. Have students visit PETA’s website and that of the ASPCA (the American Societyfor the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). After they peruse the two sites,have students write an essay comparing andcontrasting the two organizations.ResourcesIf you have access to the Internet, here are somesources of information on issues that John Stosseldiscusses on the DVD:All About Earth DayThis website includes a history of Earth Day, a kids’page, and a “Teachers’ Lounge.”< http://earthday.wilderness.org/history/>GeneWatch United KingdomAccording to its mission statement, “GeneWatch UKis a not-for-profit group that monitors developmentsin genetic technologies from a publicinterest, environmental protection and animalwelfare perspective.”Greenpeace USAPew Initiative on Food and BiotechnologyAccording to its mission statement, this organization“was established in 2001 to be an independent andobjective source of credible information on agriculturalbiotechnology.... [The group] advocates neitherfor, nor against, agricultural biotechnology.... [It] iscommitted to providing information and encouragingdebate and dialogue....”Tampering with Nature—a Partial Transcripthttp://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/2020/stossel_tamperingwnature020614.html.~10~©Disney