Filmed during more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular parks - from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska - the National Parks: America's Best Idea, is a story of people who devoted themselves to saving a portion of the land they loved, and thereby reminded their fellow citizens to the full meaning of democracy. It is a story of struggle and conflict, high ideals and opportunism, and adventure. This six epidosode series begins on PBS on September 27, 2009.
Printed and online educational materials created around the film support formal and informal classroom settings with lesson plans and hands-on learning activities. View a preview and find out more on PBS's National Parks page website: www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
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