Worksheet 3: Teacher Instructions

  • Discuss the following questions with students:
    • Why do you think people would want to own private forestlands? (write the reasons on the board/overhead/etc)
    • Would you want to own a private forest? Why or Why not?
  • Pass out Worksheet 3 and have students look over the charts.
  • As a class, define a few words: Aesthetic, Land Investment, and Family Legacy.
    • Aesthetic – “of or relating to beauty or what is beautiful” Forestland may be thought of as beautiful or pleasing to look at and that is the reason to own it.
    • Land Investment –“purchasing land that may increase in value in the future” The land itself may have resale value and the trees on the land may increase in value as well.
    • Family Legacy – “From a previous generation.” Forestland is passed down from one generation of a family to the next.
  • Discuss the choices listed in the chart and compare them with the choices you as a class came up with. Discuss the following:
    • Do you think the survey missed any important reasons?
    • Would you have given different choices?
    • If yes, why would you have given different choices?
  • Assign: Worksheet 3