Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Yukon Horse

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the Yukon Horse, an extinct animal that covered much of North America at one time.
Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Carving a Memorial to Chief Crazy Horse

For Students 3rd - 5th
This Harcourt Publishing site is all about the memorial carved in the Black Hills of South Dakota in honor of Chief Crazy Horse.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Horse and His Ways

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Horse and His Ways, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Little Margaret's Ride: Wonderful Rocking Horse by Mrs. Brown

For Students K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Little Margaret's Ride or The Wonderful Rocking-Horse by Mrs. Fredrick Brown, an illustrated children's poem.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Horse

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of The Horse, a picture book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Our Horses

For Students 1st - 3rd
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Our Horses, a fiction book for children.
Website
Oklahoma State University

Chronicles of Oklahoma: Custer's Hunting Horse [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical sketch of a Kiowa Native American named "Hunting Horse" who lived from 1846 to the 1950's and for a time served with General George Custer as a scout. The article gives cultural details on the life of the Kiowa.
Graphic
Other

Tomb Figure: Horse: China Han Period

For Students 9th - 10th
Fantastic images of a bronze statue of a horse from Western Han period (25-220). This site is from the Miho Museum in Japan. Click on the thumbnail-sized image of the horse to see it from other angles and in detail.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Horses, Carriages, and Wagons

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about transportation in the past. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury + a Farmer's Grey Mare by E. Evans

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury + A Farmer Went Trotting Upon His Grey Mare by Edmund Evans, two illustrated nursery rhymes.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Story of a White Rocking Horse by Laura Lee Hope

For Students 4th - 6th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Story of a White Rocking Horse, the second book from the early 1900's series, "Make Believe Stories." This series was written by the author who went by...
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: The Wooden Horse

For Students K - 1st
This is an interactive ebook of the Greek Myth "The Wooden Horse". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of a Horse's Tale

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for Mark Twain's story, A Horse's Tale.
eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Black Horse

For Students 2nd - 4th
This ebook version of Carl Louis Kingsbury's The Black Horse has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
eBook
Starfall

Starfall: Greek Myths: The Wooden Horse

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
The story of the how men hid inside a wooden horse in order to get into the city of Troy. Look at the illustrations and read the text, or click on a button to hear the story read aloud.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Horse and Cart

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about Newton's third law of motion, calculations in two dimensions, and the interaction of multiple objects in the context of a horse pulling a cart.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Jaws and Teeth of Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
This image from Biology by Kenneth R. Miller and Joseph Levine illustrates the relationship between structure and function by comparing the jaws and teeth of two animals with very different ways of life: the wolf and the horse.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Fossils

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Researchers studying the history of life on Earth spend hours digging, examining, pouring over fossils. What can fossils reveal about the past? Find out what fossils...
Unit Plan
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: George Bird Grinnell: Dun Horse

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of a Pawnee folk tale, as written by George Bird Grinnell, who was an ornithologist who also had a deep interest in Native American culture. The text can be read online or downloaded in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, the story...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Beautiful Breeds

For Students Pre-K - 1st
There are many breeds of horses around the world. Eighteen breeds are featured in this reference resource. Understand how horses are measured, their coat colors, and body types.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Cloud

For Students 9th - 10th
A round up of wild horses proves too strenuous for a young colt in this video segment from Nature. Watch a video about this and follow up with discussion and writing prompts. [7:06]
Website
Other

Crazy Horse Memorial: Crazy Horse Black Hills, South Dakota

For Students 9th - 10th
Official website of the carving in progress. A moving memorial to the spirit of Native Americans. Be sure to view the carving through the live webcam. Beautiful!
Website
Other

Crazy Horse Memorial: Crazy Horse Black Hills, South Dakota

For Students 9th - 10th
Official website of the carving in progress. A moving memorial to the spirit of Native Americans. Be sure to view the carving through the live webcam. Beautiful!
Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: High Horse [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of measurement.

Other popular searches