The Elephant Sanctuary has developed two units focusing on the study of elephants. One unit is appropriate for grades K - 3; the second unit is appropriate for grades 4 - 8. The K - 3 unit consists of 35 pages of background information for the teacher and learning activities for children. The curriculum for grades 4 - 8 consists of 72 pages of instruction, background information, charts and graphs, activities, etc. Areas of study, such as social studies, literature, math, and science, have been integrated into the units.

The units are in a pdf format and it is necessary for the viewer to have Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view and download the files. Acrobat is a wonderful program that allows a viewer to download files -- complete with graphics!-- onto a computer and then print the file. Even if the program has been created in a software program or with fonts that the viewer does not have, the file will still download intact!

Acrobat Reader is available for FREE DOWNLOAD at:

http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html

If you have an older version of Acrobat Reader, it is highly recommended that you visit the site linked above and download the latest version before attempting to download the files.

The Elephant Curriculum units are available for free download from this page.

Click Here to view the curriculum for grades K - 3

Click Here to view the curriculum for grades 4 - 8

Teachers and parents may access a PDF document that has been specifically written as an accompanying guide for discussion with students about the environmental needs of elephants. Interesting activities are included in this 4-page document. Click Here to view this document.

Please be patient for these downloads — they might take as much as 10 minutes, because there are a lot of graphics and pages in each file. However, we think these units of study are terrific, and we encourage interested teachers and parents to make them available for students.