American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Beautiful Breeds: Thoroughbred
Detailed description of the thoroughbred, a racing horse originally from England.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Beautiful Breeds: Paint
Detailed illustrations and description of the paint horse, an American stock horse. Choose Paint from the list on the right.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Kentucky Derby
This page offers vocabulary puzzles and activities using 40 vocabulary words pertaining to the Kentucky Derby. It also provides an extensive Vocabulary Word List for Kentucky Derby-Horse Racing and information about Kentucky Derbies.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Beautiful Breeds: Selle Francais
Detailed illustrations and description of the Selle Francais, a show-jumping horse from France. Choose Selle Francais from the list on the right.
Glenbow Museum
Glenbow Museum: Teacher Resources: Mounties
Many students view Mounties as simply policemen on horses. But it is important to understand the Mountie not only as a Canadian symbol, but also for the role they took in shaping the development of Western Canada. This site has many...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Meet the Zooarchae O Logist
An interview with Sandra Olsen, a zooarchaeologist studying the history of horses in Kazakhstan. Discover what zooarchaeologists work on in the interview.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Create and Play: Riding Ripley
Learn what is involved in riding and taking care of a horse. Includes audio narration in English and Turkish with text in English.
Other
Secretariat: Official Web Site of Secretariat
Welcome to the official homepage of Secretariat, thoroughbred racing's 1973 Triple Crown Champion. History, performance statistics, and more can be found here.
Language Guide
Language Guide: Los Animales De La Granja
This interactive vocabulary site on farm animals includes not only the correct Spanish pronunciation of nouns, but some verbs, as well as sounds that the animals make. Pop-ups of the correct spelling are included.
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev
Olga's Gallery: George Stubbs
A biography of George Stubbs. Includes links to pictures of some of Stubbbs' paintings. Among them, "Horse Attacked by a Lion".
Read Works
Read Works: Big Hope
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a miniature horse called Thumbelina that is helping children with cancer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit: Repetition
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on repetition using Carla Running Horse's "Star Pattern Quilt." The animation demonstrates the constant repetition.
Other
Fish Base: Spotted Seahorse
This site from FishBase provides information on the Spotted species of sea horse, also known as the Hippocampus kuda. The information on the subject is great and worth checking out with links to additional information.
ESPN Internet Ventures
Espn: Man O' War
Description of Man o' War's career including how he rescued horse racing and became a shining star in the roaring twenties.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Brogue" by H. H. Munro
This is the text of the short story "The Brogue" by H. H. Munro, a story of an infamous horse named Brogue.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Book: On Horsemanship by Xenophon
This site features the full text of the treatise On Horsemanship by Xenophon, deals with the selection, care, and training of horses.
Other
Wall Builders: A Black Patriot: Wentworth Cheswell (1746 1817)
A brief biography of Light Horse Volunteer, Wentworth Cheswell, who was a black patriot during the American Revolution. Cheswell played several roles including archaeologist and is thought to be the first black elected to a public office.
Sea World Parks & Entertainment
Sea World: Clydesdales
Outlines the characteristics of horses and the Clydesdale breed, including classification, history, behaviors, and diet. Information at a level of upper intermediate elementary but easily adaptable for all teachers.
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Artopia: Painting Critic: The Life of John Brown, No. 11 by Jacob Lawrence
A painting of antislavery fighter John Brown leading an attack on horseback against settlers who supported slavery. Provides a short biography of the artist, Jacob Lawrence, questions about the painting for students to answer, and an...
Read Works
Read Works: What's in the Oceans? Amazing Ocean Animals
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about some of the animals found in the ocean including: sea turtles, sea urchins, starfish, sea horses, and clownfish. A question sheet is available to help students build skills...
Read Works
Read Works: Barn Sour
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Jenny who learns something new about her horse Jake. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Virginia Tech
4 H: Virtual Farm
Click through a virtual farm and learn about horse farms, aquaculture, cattle farms, and other kinds of farms by reading and watching videos.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Centaurs
Learn more about the Centaurs, the half- horse creatures of ancient Greece and the spirits of the storm, who were generally lawless, aggressive creatures.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Bellerophon
Read about Bellerophon, the master of the winged horse Pegasus, in this passage.
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