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Postviewing QuestionsAsk these questions after viewing Chapter 1:Environmental Education?1. According to John Stossel, what would it belike to live a “natural life”?2. What are some examples of “tampering withnature”? Do you agree with John Stossel thataltering nature makes our lives better? Explainyour opinion.3. What does indoctrination mean? Do you thinkthe kids shown in this segment are beingeducated or indoctrinated? Did your teachersteach similar lessons when you were inelementary school? How did you feel about itthen? How do you feel about it now?4. After John Stossel interviewed one group ofkids, their parents rescinded permission forStossel to use the children’s images or voices.Why do you think the parents did this?Ask these questions after viewing Chapter 2:Global Warming.5. What is Greenpeace? Why does Patrick Moore, aformer Greenpeace director, criticize today’senvironmental activists? How does he answerthose who say that our forests are threatened?John Stossel mentions that Moore receivesmoney from the lumber industry. Do you thinkthis affects Moore’s opinions?6. Is the world’s climate actually warming? Howmuch? What does the acronym IPCC stand for?What does the IPCC chairman say about globalwarming? Do most scientists in the world agreewith the chairman’s views? Explain how youknow.7. According to Stossel and the scientists heinterviews, what are some arguments againstthe idea that global warming is a terriblethreat to humans? Why do some scientiststhink we should do to stop global warming?Why might taking such steps threaten the U.S.economy?8. What do you think about global warming? Is ita major threat or not? Explain why you think asyou do.Ask these questions after viewing Chapter 3:The Good Old Days?9. Would you like to make the Waipio Valley yourpermanent home? Why or why not? Why don’tmore people live there today?10. What does John Stossel hope to show in hisinterview with two Native Americans whoreenact Native American life long ago? What doyou think of Stossel’s questions and the interviewees’responses?11. What does the term romanticize mean? Do youthink most people romanticize “the old days”?Do you? Why or why not?Ask these questions after viewing Chapter 4:Genetically Engineered Food.12. What is plant crossbreeding and how does itcompare with today’s genetic engineeringprocesses? According to Stossel and his interviewee,which is safer? How can geneticengineering reduce the amounts of pesticidesthat farmers use?13. What are “Frankenfood” and “crack for cows”?Why do activists and others use these terms?14. Why do activists want dairy farmers to stopgiving growth hormones to their cows? What doyou think about this issue? Give reasons foryour opinion.15. What are some of the ways that environmentalactivists protest against genetically engineeredfood? Are these sorts of protests right orwrong? Explain why you think so.~5~©Disney