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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

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The wolf in children's books
Students will explore the ways wolves are represented in children's stories. They will decide if the wolf is a protagonist or an antagonist in the story. They will also attempt to determine if these representations are scientifically accurate. The first in a two-part lesson.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
By Vanessa Olson.
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
This lesson plan focuses on a English Language Arts objectives: similarity and difference. Students compare the story The Three Little Pigs and The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas. Students will work collaboratively in small heterogeneous groups to apply strategies for comprehension and vocabulary.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
By Betty Coleman-Canty and Michelle Swain.
Western North Carolina Nature Center
Like a field trip into the western North Carolina outdoors, this site will introduce you to the plants, animals and environs of the Southern Appalachians.
Format: article/field trip opportunity

Resources on the web

Yellowstone wolves
The purpose of this lesson is to use the Internet to explore relationships between habitats and species (specifically the gray wolf and those species with which it must coexist) as well as the effect of physical and human forces on living things and their... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Little Red Riding Hood Meets--A Golden Retriever?
In this lesson students will learn about how dogs evolved from wolves, and the similarities and differences between dogs and wolves. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science)
Provided by: National Geographic
Wolf Education and Research Center
Learn the basics about wolves, their behavior, and their habitat. There is a quiz on the site, along with recent scientific research concerning the gray wolf and its habitat in the Northern Rocky Mountains. There are photographs and biographies of individual... (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Wolf Education and Research Center
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
A variety of maps, information, and images about the wildlife and wildlands of the Artic National Wildlife Refuge. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service