May 03, 2017 : Saving Africa’s Giraffes

The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers

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Activities:

1. Draw a picture of a mot her giraffe and a baby giraffe. Make a border for your picture from newspaper words that describe giraffes.

2. Form a group to take to Africa to work to save the giraffes. Pick five people from the newspaper to include in your group. Explain your choices.

3. How are these related to African giraffes: (a) poaching, (b) giraffe’s eyesight, (c) nursery herd and (d) conservation groups?

4. Use today’s Mini Page and the Internet to make a list of things that are endangering giraffes . Next to each item, write an explanation of what could be done to prevent those things from harming giraffes.

5. Design a three - panel brochure encouraging people to help save the giraffes. Include facts from today’s Mini Page and facts from the Internet.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them.

This week's standard:
Students understand the interactions of animals and their environments. (Science: Life Science)

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)