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Oil Pipelines: Indigenous Water Rights & Safe Energy Transport



This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze an article and a web page for conflicting perspectives on the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near Standing Rock native land.



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Relevant Subject Area(s)

Health, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Grade Level(s)

Middle School, High School, College

Media Type(s)

News - Print, Webpage

Author(s)

Laurie VanVleet & Sox Sperry

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Resource Standard Common Core ELA Strand
Reading For Science and Technical Subjects (RST), Reading: Informational text (RI)