Fable for Tomorrow and Today -- Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

Article with questions for discussion and group activity in which students explore the ideas brought forth by Rachel Carson in her book, Silent Spring.

Scholars analyze the environmental movement started in the 1960s. Through excerpts from Rachel Carson's books as well as diary entries, they take a look at the reason for the modern movement to save the planet and then create final...

Rachel Carson catalyzed the global environmental movement with her 1962 book "Silent Spring".

An in-depth biography of Rachel Carson which gives background on her interest in biology and her eventual writing of the seminal book on ecology Silent Spring. Many hyperlinks for additional information.

The home page for the Rachel Carson organization provides information on her life, work, and legacy.

A biography of the life of Rachel Carson.

Resource for teachers and students on Rachel Carson and environmental consciousness in which author Linda Lear discusses Carson's work, Silent Spring, and how it changed public perception and raised evironmental awareness. Lots of...

Outlines the impact of Carson and her book upon the environmental movement and the elimination the use of DDT and other pesticides.

This article discusses Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and its impact upon environmentalism and pesticide use in the United States.

This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel Silent Spring by Rachel Carson including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.