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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Cattle Dealers by Anton Chekhov

For Students 7th - 9th
Read the short story "The Cattle-Dealers" by Anton Chekhov.
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Other

Southwest Collection: The Texas Ranching Frontier

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the cattle drive era that occurred in the late 1800s. It gives details about the drives from Texas to the north.
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Legends of America

Legends of America: The Goodnight Loving Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
Named after Charles Goodnight, the Goodnight-Loving Trail spanned more than 2000 miles. Trace the history of the trail and the cattle drives that made their way across the dangerous territory in the 1800s.
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Handout
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Cattle Egret

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool facts, description, range, habitat, food, behavior, reproduction, and conservation status are the topics delved into on this detailed site. In addition, you can hear the sounds of this species on this site.
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Other

American Angus Association: Angus Education Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Educational resources and information about Angus beef cattle can be found at this site. Information on how the American Angus Association functions, managing a herd, facts about Angus beef, cattle health, showmanship, and a great deal...
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Lesson Plan
Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: The Value of Ecotourism

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students role-play as cattle ranchers. They explore traditional culture and predicted economic outcomes to determine if they will sell or keep their land. They learn how raising cattle, combined with ecotourism, can be an...
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Cooperative Extension: 4 H Virtual Farm: Dairy Farm

For Students 3rd - 5th
Find answers to all kinds of questions about how cattle are raised on the dairy farms of Virginia.
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Handout
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

State Energy Conservation Office: Energy Sources: Biomass: Manure for Fuel

For Students 9th - 10th
Texas is famous for its cattle ranches, and all those cattle produce a lot of manure. Texans are working on projects to harness the energy in manure in various ways. Dry manure has been and continues to be burned for heating and cooking....
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Other

Texas Council on Economic Education:texas Economics Eras & Individuals [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A 10-lesson, 83-page unit targeting Grades 4 and 7. Lessons cover various eras in the history of Texas, including boom and bust towns; the eras dominated by cattle, fences along the frontier, cotton, and oil; the Dust Bowl and the Great...
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Lesson Plan
Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: Population Management

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, middle schoolers learn about the necessity of managing the herd size and grazing rights of the cattle in East Africa. [6.01]
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Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Gaur

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives information about the gaur, an endangered wild cattle species found in India and Malaysia.
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Curated OER

Cattle Egret

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Take a look at the characteristics, range, habitat, food, reproduction, and behavior of the cattle egret.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Cattle Egret

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Take a look at the characteristics, range, habitat, food, reproduction, and behavior of the cattle egret.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Cattle Egret

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Take a look at the characteristics, range, habitat, food, reproduction, and behavior of the cattle egret.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Cattle Doctors

For Students 9th - 10th
Cattle doctors are exhibited performing operations upon sick oxen, bulls, deer, goats, and even geese. - Goodrich, 1844
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Ways of the Cowboy

For Students 5th - 8th
The cowboys were the background of the cattle boom in the 19th century. Read about their life, and their demise.
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Lesson Plan
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Ranching in Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. For this lesson, they investigate the history of cattle branding and ranching, and research a...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Henrietta Chamberlain King

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of a woman who helped make the cattle industry what it is today. Henrietta King was wealthy and successful, but also helped teach and care for the families of those who worked for her. (In Spanish)
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University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

University of Saskatchewan: Multifactorial Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
A short description of multifactorial inheritance as it relates to cattle. This is easy to understand information using a cleft lip and coat color to explain multifactorial inheritance and quantitative inheritance.
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TexasHistory.com

Texas history.com: Working Texas

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the history of the major industries of Texas, including cotton farming, the lumber industry, cattle ranching, and the oil industry.
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Fulani

For Students 9th - 10th
The Fulani are found in twenty nations in a wide swath of Africa -- from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya. The Fulani form the largest pastoral nomadic group in the world. The Bororo'en are noted for the size of their...
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Herero

For Students 9th - 10th
The Herero are a Bantu group living today in Namibia and in the Republic of Botswana in southern Africa. The Herero speak a form of southwestern Bantu that is shared most closely by two other major groups. Cattle herding remains the...
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Baggara

For Students 9th - 10th
"Baggara" as a term refers to a group of tribes that share certain cultural characteristics and claim kinship to each other and to a tribe in the Hejaz (southern Arabian Peninsula). The five main tribes of Baggara are the Messiriya,...
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Unit Plan
The British Museum

The British Museum: Ancient India Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
With the help of an online glossary students can take a trip through ancient using maps, or take a virtual pilgrimage. One can also learn about about Indra and the cloud-cattle.

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