Zoos Set 1
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ZoosThese sets can be given to research clubs during Session 2 of the unit. They can also be reread by clubs during Bend II, along with the additional Bend II texts. During Bend III, these sets can be given out to clubs who have not yet studied the issue. You can also note a few texts marked which you might find particularly helpful to steer students to read/ reread during Session 12 “Who Said What? Studying Perspective.”
Should people support or boycott zoos?
Text Set Articles:
• “Zoos”
• “Zoos” from allaboutanimals.org.uk
• Are Zoos a Good Thing?
• “Tigers Cuddle With Apes” (National Geographic Kids)
• “Giant Panda Cubs Give Hope to an Endangered Species” by David George Gordon
• “Tigers At Home In the Bronx Zoo” by Quinn Jacobson, Scholastic Kids Press Corps
• “What Zoos Do”
• “Some clever chimps stage escape at Kansas City Zoo” (By Kansas City Star, adapted by Newsela staff, April 15, 2014) Describes how some chimps caused a “Code Red” by escaping from their enclosure at the zoo.
• “Dogs work with elephants at Pittsburgh Zoo” (By Pittsburg Post-Gazette, adapted by Newsela staff). Animals rights group complains it isn’t safe.
• Public benefits of AZA—Accredited Zoos and Aquariums
• Animal Enrichment click on the education tab
• Care and Enrichment (Minnesota Zoo) Search for the archived “Care and Enrichment” once you are on the website.
*Zoos, the Big Debate (close view of text)
**Dolphin Sanctuary site
The Future of Zoos
Multimedia:
• Kids Stand Up for Animals in Captivity from PETAKids
• “NC Zoo’s ‘adoption’ program benefits animals, zookeeper training (By Ryan Sullivan, Fox News, September 6, 2013) (0–1:19)
• “Are there animal care problems at National Zoo?” (By Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News, December 10, 2013)
Zoo Tube: Home Sweet HabitatDirector of Education and Conversation is interviewed by a teen—talks about how they design a orangutan’s habitat
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"Smithsonian’s National Zoo: We Save Species”the start of the clip may be one that you want to steer students toward during Session 12 “Who Said What? Studying Perspective”
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“No Place Like Home”
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Books:
• Saving Animal Babies by Amy Shields
• Let’s Go To the Zoo by Cate Foley
• Zoo by Gail Gibbons
• A Trip to the Zoo by Karen Wallace
• Elephants by Kate Riggs
• I Want to Be a Zookeeper by Dan Liebman
• Animals in the Zoo by Allan Fowler
• National Geographic Readers: Dolphins by Melissa Stewart
• Other National Geographic Readers series such as Tigers by Laura Marsh, Pandas by Anne Schreiber, and Penguins by Anne Schreiber
• National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Animals (National Geographic Little Kids First Big Books) by Catherine D. Hughes
• Any animal books from A True book series
• Should There Be Zoos?: A Persuasive Text by Tony Stead
• Saving Animal Babies by Amy Shields
• Let’s Go To the Zoo by Cate Foley
• Zoo by Gail Gibbons
• A Trip to the Zoo by Karen Wallace
• Elephants by Kate Riggs
• I Want to Be a Zookeeper by Dan Liebman
• Animals in the Zoo by Allan Fowler
• National Geographic Readers: Dolphins by Melissa Stewart
• Other National Geographic Readers series such as Tigers by Laura Marsh, Pandas by Anne Schreiber, and Penguins by Anne Schreiber
• National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Animals (National Geographic Little Kids First Big Books) by Catherine D. Hughes
• Any animal books from A True book series
• Should There Be Zoos?: A Persuasive Text by Tony Stead