Should people support or boycott zoos? (Lower Level) Text Set
Articles:
Should people support or boycott zoos? (Lower Level) Text Set
Articles:
- “Zoos” http://www.ducksters.com/animals/zoos.php
- “Zoos” from allaboutanimals.org.uk http://www.allaboutanimals.org.uk/pk-zoos.asp
- Are Zoos a Good Thing? http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading-skills-practice/are-zoos-good-thing
- “Tigers Cuddle With Apes” (National Geographic Kids) http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/animalsnature/tigers-cuddle-with-orangutans/
- “Giant Panda Cubs Give Hope to an Endangered Species” by David George Gordon http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/animalsnature/giantpandacubs/
- “Tigers At Home In the Bronx Zoo” by Quinn Jacobson, Scholastic Kids Press Corps http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/endangered_species/zoos/index. asp?article=tigers
- “What Zoos Do” http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/endangered_species/zoos/index. asp?article=whatzoosdo
- “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. Available at multiple levels: https://newsela.com/articles/chimp-escape/id/3419/
- “Dogs work with elephants at Pittsburgh Zoo” (By Pittsburg Post-Gazette, adapted by Newsela staff). Animals rights group complains it isn’t safe. Available at multiple levels. https://newsela.com/articles/dogs-elephantherding/id/6025/
- Public benefits of AZA—Accredited Zoos and Aquariums https://www.aza.org/public_benefits_of_zoos_and_aquariums
- Animal Enrichment https://www.aza.org/Education/KidsAndFamilies/detail.aspx?id=277
- “Fall is pumpkin time—even for zoo animals!” by Ellen Brait, The Guardian, adapted by Newsela staff. Available at different reading levels. https://newsela.com/articles/pumpkin-zoo-animals/id/23161/
- “Zoos step in to help save wild animals around the world” by McClatchy Foreign Staff, adapted by Newsela staff. Available at different reading levels. https://newsela.com/articles/zoo-conservation/id/5616/
- “Zoo orders huge shoes for one of its elephants” by Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff. Available at different reading levels. https://newsela.com/articles/teva-elephant-national-zoo/id/21450/
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
- 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
Multimedia:- Zoo Tube: Home Sweet Habitat—Director of Education and Conversation is interviewed by a teen—talks about how they design a orangutan’s habitat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuSrhtcjqMQ
- Kids Stand Up for Animals in Captivity from PETAKids http://www.petakids.com/videos/kids-stand-animals-captivity/
- “NC Zoo’s ‘adoption’ program benefits animals, zookeeper training (By Ryan Sullivan, Fox News, September 6, 2013) (0–1:19) http://myfox8.com/2013/09/06/nc-zoos-adoption-program-benefits-animals-zookeeper-training/
- “Smithsonian’s National Zoo: We Save Species”
- Zoo Tube: Home Sweet Habitat—Director of Education and Conversation is interviewed by a teen—talks about how they design a orangutan’s habitat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuSrhtcjqMQ
- “No Place Like Home” (By the Captive Animals’ Protection Agency, July 17, 2009) (3:00–5:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQHekJaG6fM&feature=player_embedded
- “Are there animal care problems at National Zoo?” (By Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News, December 10, 2013)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-there-animal-care-problems-at-national-zoo/