FOR HOMESCHOOLERS AND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR CANINE COMPANIONS

DOGS Unit Study


Consider using a 3-ring notebook with dividers to make a “Dog Scrapbook” for this unit study.

Label dividers: “Dog Breeds”, “My Dog Art”, “Dog Stories”, “Dogs Around the World”, “The Science of Dogs”, and “How I Helped a Dog”.

Use the unit study ideas below to begin filling in your Scrapbook. But after you’ve finished here, keep your notebook for collecting photos, art, stickers, and any information you learn about dogs.

Happy Learning!

 

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

ART

History/Geography

  1. •On a large world map, plot where the different dog breeds originated.


For a list of dog breeds by country go to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dog_breeds_by_country

You can print out small pictures of several dog breeds to plot and cut them out in the shape of small circles or flags, then tape them to the corresponding country on your map.

For breed illustrations to print, see:

http://www.akc.org/breeds/breeds_a.cfm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/dog/index.shtml, and shrink size when printing.

Fold your map and put in your dog notebook if it will fit. If not take a picture of your map and put it in your notebook. File it the “Dogs Around the World” section.


•Make a list of several ways that dogs help people.


Include a page or two of pictures of working dogs if you’d like.

For information on working/assistance dogs see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_dog

http://www.thirteen.org/extraordinarydogs/contest.html

http://www.psychdog.org/lifestyle_ChildrenwithAutism.html

Keep this in your “Dogs Around the World” section of your notebook.

 

•Read First Dog, by Jan Brett


Then visit:

http://www.janbrett.com/piggybacks/firstdog.htm for corresponding activities about wolves and the Ice Age.

Make sure to visit the page on wolf howling lessons!

http://www.janbrett.com/piggybacks/howl.htm


•Research dogs throughout history.


Use encyclopedias, books, or the internet to find facts, then put them in your notebook under “Dogs Around the World”

See:

http://www.bestfriendspetcare.com/pet_facts/petfacts-history.cfm