August 18, 2010: These Horses Are Wild!

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Activities:

1. Draw a picture of wild horses in the West. Paste newspaper words that describe wild horses around the edge of your picture.

2. Write two lists on a piece of paper: good things about wild horses and negative things about them.

3. Circle any references to horses or other wild animals in the newspapers. Include comics and sports teams.

4. Why are these groups important to wild horses: (a) the U.S. Border Patrol, (b) Bureau of Land Management, (c) early Spaniards, and (d) the San Diego Zoo?

5. Use the Internet to learn about training horses. Then write a story about a family adopting a wild horse.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand the interactions of animals and their environments. (Science: Life Science)
  

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)