The National Parks: Index 1989
.
The National Parks: Lesser-Known Areas 1989
.
The National Parks: Shaping the System 1985
.
These books are all published by The Division of Publications, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. They are invaluable guides to the entire park system and its history.
Bailey, Ronald.
Planet Earth Glacier
. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books,1982.
Chorlton, Windsor.
Planet Earth Ice Ages
. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1983.
Jackson, Donald Dale.
Planet Earth Underground Worlds
. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1982.
Lewis, Thomas A. (Editor).
Planet Earth Volcano
. Alexandria, VA: TimeLife Books, 1982.
The Planet Earth series of books is an outstanding source of photographs and illustrations for use with your students. The series is especially good at providing interesting bits of information and short human-interest stories to explain geologic events. These volumes have become my “high use” books that the students regularly choose to read.
Ballard, Robert.
Exploring Our Living Planet
. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1983.
Bennett, Ross, (Editor).
The New America’s Wonderlands
. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1980.
This book is a good resource for many of the larger, well-known parks.
Bradley, Peter. “Great Basin National Park”,
Nevada
. June, 1987.
Because of its relative newness to the park system very little has been written in standard texts about this park. Nevada magazine has been an on-going source of information on this area.
Chronic, Halka.
Pages of Stone
. Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers, 1984.
This particular book is of the highest value in understanding the geologic events that took place in the development of the park formations.
Dunn, Margery (Editor).
Our Federal Lands
. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1984.
This book gives brief sketches about 167 units in the park system.
Harris, Ann and Tuttle, Esther.
Geology of the National Parks
. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/ Hunt Publishing Co., 1977.
Extremely valuable resource for understanding park formations.
Harris, David and Kiver, Eugene.
Geologic Story of the National Parks and
Monuments
. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 1985.
Another very valuable resource for geologic information.
Martin, Paul (Editor).
Window on America
. Washington, D.C.; National Geographic Society, 1987.
Photographs and illustrations are presented by regions in this book.
Melham, Tom and Murie, Margaret and Ramsey, Cynthia and Sugar, James.
Alaska’s Magnificent Parklands
. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1984.
This book has outstanding maps and photographs of the Alaskan parks.
Mellon, Richard King Foundation (Sponsor).
National Parks for a New Generation: Visions, Realities, Prospects
. Washington, D.C.: The Conservation Foundation, 1985.
This book gives great insight into the problems of the National Parks.
Newhouse, Elizabeth (Editor).
National Geographic’s Guide to the National
Parks
. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1989.
This book offers detailed information on 50 Scenic parks, and maps.
Sax, Joseph L.
Mountains Without Handrails
. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1980.
This book is particularly helpful in understanding park use.
Video Resources
Hawaii, Discover; the World of Science
. Angier, John and Chedd, Graham, PBS.
This Land
. Gordon, Douglas. Shell Oil Company Film.
Yellowstone on Fire
. Nature, PBS, 1989.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
. Columbia Pictures.
Touring America’s National Parks
. Encounter Productions, Portland, OR 1986.
Grand Canyon; Amphitheater of the Gods
. Reader’s Digest and International Video Network. 1988.
Yellowstone; The First National Park
. Reader’s Digest and International Video Network.1988.
Yosemite; A Gift of Creation
. Reader’s Digest and International Video Network. 1988.
