What have been the costs of the decisions of people in the past?

Download Primary Source Set: Costs and Consequences

This inquiry set can be used to explore the ways in which people chose to harvest the redwoods throughout the nineteenth century. The set’s investigative question — What have been the costs (consequences) of the decisions of people in the past?— can be used to guide students through the images to understand what some of the costs are of choosing to log or preserve redwoods.