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Baby Elephant Orphans Get New Home, Families Lesson PlanBaby Elephant Orphans Get New Home, Families Lesson Plan
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Baby Elephant Orphans Get New Home, Families

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Students react to a series of statements about elephants, then read a news article about how workers at an elephant orphanage are working to return the animals to the wild. In the animal studies and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a class vote and a vocabulary activity, then students read the news report and participate in a class discussion. Lesson includes interdisciplinary follow-up activities.

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