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Teacher/Leader Information for Pre-K-6th Grades

Introduction Action Ideas Final Steps Additional Resources
Pre K & Kindergarten
Resource TypeTitleCountryContent
Lesson Plan 1 Reading Comprehension: "The Chicken and the Worm" Language Arts
Lesson Plan 2 Animals and their Environments: Where Do Chickens and Worms Live? Science
Lesson Plan 3 Animals Helping People: How Do Chickens and Worms Help People? Science, Language Arts
Lesson Plan 4 Building a Worm Bin Life Science
Book "The Chicken and the Worm"Published by Heifer International. Download the book PDF or order a free resource kit to receive a hard copy.
Video "Everyday Heroes" 
Video "A Journey to the USA" 
Map Heifer Project Countries in the Americas 
Poster The Chicken and the Worm 
Grades 1 and 2
Resource TypeTitleCountryContent
Lesson Plan 1 Understanding the Story of Beatrice and Her GoatUgandaLanguage Arts
Lesson Plan 2 Your Connection to the Community Geography, Civics and Government
Lesson Plan 3 Doing Your Part: Accomplishing Group Goals Civics, Language Arts
Lesson Plan 4 The Places We Live: Comparing and ContrastingUganda, USAGeography
Lesson Plan 5 Web of Connections Geography, Science
Book"Beatrice's Goat"Published by Simon and Schuster.
Available at libraries and bookstores or order a free resource kit to receive a hard copy.
Video "Everyday Heroes" 
Video "A Journey to Africa" 
Map Heifer Project Countries in Africa 
Poster Africa 
Grades 3 and 4
Resource TypeTitleCountryContent
Lesson 1 Songming SettingsChinaLanguage Arts
Lesson 2 Three RiversChinaScience, Geography
Lesson 3 Biogas as a Source of Energy Science, Geography
Lesson 4 Jue Ju PoetryChinaLanguage Arts
Lesson 5 House Geometry Mathematics
Book "Winter in Songming"Published by Heifer International. Download the book PDF or order a free resource kit to receive a hard copy.
Video "Everyday Heroes" 
Video "A Journey to China" 
Map Heifer Project Countries in Asia 
Poster China 
Grades 5 and 6
Resource TypeTitleCountryContent
Lesson 1 Another Point of View- Reading ComprehensionArmeniaLanguage Arts, Geography
Lesson 2 An Example of Civic Life: The Ecology ClubArmeniaCivics
Lesson 3 Math Lesson-Polling Activity Mathematics
Lesson 4 Displaying Culture in Art and Literature Language Arts, Visual Arts, Social Studies
Book "Once There Was and Was Not"Published by Heifer International. Download the book PDF or order a free resource kit to receive a hard copy.
Video "Everyday Heroes" 
Video "A Journey to Armenia" 
Map Heifer Project Countries in Europe 
Poster Central and Eastern Europe