Exploring the needs of animals and the role of animal sanctuaries.
Meet the Animals: Lesson Plan 7 Farmer Jay’s dilemma
Pupils are prompted to conduct online research to write an account of the story of Jay Wilde, who found a new home for his cows after deciding he no longer wanted to continue as a 'cattle' farmer. As featured in Meet the Animals and the subject of the award-winning film, 73 Cows.
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Lesson Plan 7 - Farmer Jay’s dilemma
• Farmer Jay's dilemma
• Talk time questions
• New vocabulary: Dilemma PowerPoint slide (version 1)
• New vocabulary: Dilemma PowerPoint slide (version 2)
• Writing frame blank
• Writing frame with text
• Writing frame with pictographs
More Meet the Animals! lesson plans
Explore all the lesson plans available to accompany our Meet the Animals! film.
Learning that animals may give birth to young who are cared for and grow into adults
Appreciating that animals have needs and that we have a responsibility to meet them.
Pupils work in pairs or small groups to carry out a study of an animal sanctuary using information gathered online and/or during a visit.
Pupils are introduced to the concept of the ‘five freedoms’ in animal welfare.
Pupils use various sources to learn about the true story of a pig named Priscilla who helped rescue a boy from a lake.
Pupils are prompted to discuss a sequence featuring Jay Wilde, who talks about finding a new home for his cows after deciding he no longer wanted to continue as a cattle farmer.
To understand what intensive animal farming involves and to appreciate its impacts on animal welfare.