By Emily T
I recently viewed Ken
Burn’s documentary “America’s Best Idea”. This documentary is about the
history, mission, and purpose of America’s National Parks. It displays the beauty
of the parks, the unique opportunities they offer the United States, and the
people that made them possible. Ken Burns created this documentary with Dayton
Duncan, who actually did the writing for the documentary.
Watch the following video to get a preview of
the documentary:
As you can see, this documentary was made to display the excellence behind the idea of the National Parks. The mission of the parks was to
preserve the most unique and beautiful areas of our country for the benefit and
enjoyment of all American citizens. The National Park Service does truly
provide so many opportunities for Americans all over the United States.
Ken Burns clearly has a very positive attitude
toward preserving land to be national parks. He believes that it should be a
right as an American citizen to be able to enjoy these parks, as we own them as
a public. Some may argue that the park system should be privatized instead. There are people who believe that the tax money we spend to preserve the parks could somewhere else,
or that the taxes are just not worth it. 
What is my opinion? Growing up going to the
parks, I am going to have to side with Ken Burns. Hiking the trails and learning about the parks gave me a certain appreciation for the United States in general. The National Parks are truly
treasures of the United States, and they have been part of our history for over
100 years. It is so important for us to preserve these for the sake of the
history, ecosystems, landscapes, and opportunities they provide. Giving everyone
ownership to these beautiful locations regardless of status, income, etc. is
something that is so important to our country, and it was an idea that was originally
unique to America.
Work Cited:
"The National Parks: America's Best Idea." PBS.
PBS, 2009. Web. 27 Mar. 2016.
PBS. "THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA |
Americans Own ..." YouTube. YouTube, 30 July 2009. Web. 27 Mar. 2016
Photos:
"Ken Burns America." PBS. PBS, 2009. Web. 27
Mar. 2016.
"Ken Burns, Director/Producer." PBS. PBS,
2009. Web. 27 Mar. 2016.
It was a quick read and with the video and images it broke it up well so it didn't seem like I spent too much time reading before a visual. You may want to move your video one line down to make it look a little more symmetric on the page.
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