United States Department of the Interior

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/united-states-department-of-the-interior

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was United States Department of the Interior built?March 3, 1849
2. What is the location?Headquartered at the Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, D.C
3. What is the federal land percentage?Manages approximately 75% of all federal public land
4. What does the Department of the Interior do?It takes care of America's parks, lands, and special places. It looks after most of the public lands and helps protect nature and history.
5. How many parks does the National Park Service manage?It manages 433 national parks, monuments, and historical sites.

Federal Public Land: Land owned by the United States federal government, managed for various public purposes.
Trust Responsibility: The legal and moral obligation of the U.S. government to protect tribal lands, assets, and rights for Native Americans.
Insular Areas: U.S. territories in the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans that are inhabited but not states.
Resource Management: The process of overseeing and utilizing natural resources in a sustainable and responsible manner.