2.29 A Horse of My Own
“A Horse of My Own” is Lesson 29 of the Animal Science unit in the Grow Your PALS Program Guide (The National FFA Mentoring Program). In this large-group lesson, mentors help mentees distinguish horses from other livestock and identify basic horse facial markings (star, snip, blaze, bald, stripe) while making a craft stick horse. The lesson includes an interest approach, hands-on construction activity, review, and evaluation.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Distinguish horses from other livestock.
- Identify basic facial markings on horses.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 20 minutes.
- Materials
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- pictures of horses and other farm animals
- PALS.29.AS.A – 2 per student
- PALS.29.AS.B – 1 per student
- scissors
- markers
- stapler
- shredded newspaper
- yarn
- glue
- 3-foot-long dowel rod or yardstick
- Unit
- Animal Science
- Lesson Type
- Large Group
- Precepts
- H. Social Growth — H1. Acknowledge that differences exist among people
- Key Terms
- facial markings
- Resources
- Horse Facial Markings (http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/Identifying-Horse-Parts-and-Markings.id-3335.html); Horse Facial Outline (http://copyservices.tamu.edu/clipart/clip02/index.html)
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.6Applying Knowledge — Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions, media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create critique, and discuss print and non-print texts.