Background Knowledge Two memorials honor rachel Carson 1. Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Maine 2. Rachel Carson homestead in Autumn sunrise Springdale, Pennsylvania, the home she lived in when she was a child Education programs are offered Rachel Carson' s voice is alive in her writings that express the wonder there that teach children and adults and beauty of the natural world. And about her environmental values her worldwide influence continues through the activities of the environmental protection movement she startedBackground Knowledge ▪ Two memorials honor Rachel Carson: 1. Rachel Carson National ▪ Wildlife Refuge in Maine. ▪ 2. Rachel Carson Homestead in Springdale, Pennsylvania, the home she lived in when she was a child. Education programs are offered there that teach children and adults about her environmental values. ▪ Rachel Carson's voice is alive in her writings that express the wonder and beauty of the natural world. And her worldwide influence continues through the activities ▪ of the environmental protection movement she started