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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the world of horses using web sites. They research the history of horses. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students research horse racing, Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby at a number of websites. They examine images that tell the story of horse racing at Churchill Downs. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students watch a video about wild stallions and conduct research about wild horses and wildlife photography. Students explore the relationships between animals and humans and conduct Internet research about the treatment of wild horses in the United States. Students create a mock newscast about their findings. Full Review »
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- 5th - 9th
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Students discuss the importance of the horse as a "beast of burden" animal in Japanese culture and create a legend, myth or tall tale set in Japan with a horse as the central character. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students perform a webquest to research information about the horse industry. They look at economic and the cultural impact of the industry on Central Kentucky and then create a group presentation that addresses all essential questions. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students view a PBS Nature program about a wild stallion and research about the history, treatment, and behavior of wild horses. Students create a mock news broadcast focusing on the care of wild horses in the United States. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students study about the history and significance of Remington's sculptures during his lifetime. They assess the importance of the relationship of the horse and rider during the time of the old west and during the Old American West time period and then practice the process of creating a three-dimensional relief sculpture. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students identify key elements of folktales and the countries in which they are told. They compare and contrast folktales they have previously heard with the Haitian folktale Horse and Toad. Reading materials and maps are included. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students examine the art of Deborah Butterfield and create drawings of their own depicting horses in motion. First, they inspect the photographs of Edward Muybridge and Butterfield's sculptures, focusing on the physiology of motion. Then, students draw their own horse pictures and compare them to the work of Muybridge and Butterfield. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students are asked what they think is happening in the picture of "If Wishes Were Horses." They are told that sometimes people who have no money ask other people they do not know for money. Students are told that a beggar would not have not enough money to have a horse to ride, that a turnip simply be found in a filed, but a watch would cost money. Full Review »
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