1. Animal Creations 2. Worth a Thousand Words 3. Surrounded 4. The Others 5. What Is Your Message 6. Something Strange in This Picture 7. The Cute, the Bad, and the Ugly 8. Alone in the Forest 9. You Be The Judge 10. As Is

11. A World Without 12. Usefulness 13. Where We Belong 14. Who Did It? 15. A Change of Heart 16. You Animal 17. Crime Scenes 18. Slaves or Workers 19. Internal Pedometers 20. Super Powers

1. Animal Creations

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2. Worth a Thousand Words  
(combined with what is your message)

3. Surrounded

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4. The Others

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5. What is Your Message

Sources of art images:

"Animal Symbolism—Animals in Art." Princeton Online.

Web: http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/animals.htm

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"Animal Symbolism—Many Cultures." Princeton Online.

Web: http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/animals2.htm

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Blizzard, Gladys. Come Look With Me: Animals in Art. New York: Lickle Publishing, 1992.

Holcomb, Melanie. "Animals in Medieval Art." In Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. October 2001.

Web: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/best/hd_best.htm

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/5csZZgLut

Lucie-Smith, Edward. Zoo: Animals in Art. Darby, PA: Diane Publishing Co., 1998.

San Diego Jewish Academy: "Animal Symbolism."

Web: http://www.writedesignonline.com/assignments/masks/animalsymbolism.htm

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6. Something Strange in This Picture

Story Source:

Linden, Eugene. The Parrot’s Lament: And Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity. New York: Plume, 2000.

7. The Cute, the Bad, and the Ugly

Story Source:

Sikora, Rae. Personal account.

8. Alone in the Forest

Story Sources:

Story One

Sikora, Rae. Personal account.

Story Two

Davies, Gareth Huw. "Bird Brains." PBS: The Life of Birds.

Web: http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/brain/

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Marzluff, John M. and Tony Angell. In the Company of Crows and Ravens. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007.

Story Three

Lovgren, Stefan. "Dogs Smell Cancer in Patients' Breath, Study Shows." National Geographic News. 12 January 2006.

Web: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/01/0112_060112_dog_cancer.html

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Steiger, Sherry Hansen and Brad Steiger. The Mysteries of Animal Intelligence: True Stories of Animals with Amazing Abilities. New York: Tor Books, 2007.

Story Four

Steiger, Sherry Hansen and Brad Steiger. The Mysteries of Animal Intelligence: True Stories of Animals with Amazing Abilities. New York: Tor Books, 2007.

9. You Be The Judge

Story Source:

Sikora, Rae. Personal accounts.

10. As Is

Story Sources:

Stories One and Two

Sikora, Rae. Personal account.

11. A World Without

Conservation International: Biodiversity Hotspots

Web: http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/Pages/default.aspx

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/5k7GDiQt2

"Drugs from Plants: Ethnobotany & Chemistry." About.com: Chemistry

Web: http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa061403a.htm

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Endangered Species International

Web: http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/5qpPRNyC5

EndangeredSpecie.com

Web: http://www.endangeredspecie.com

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/5qpPTII14

Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE)

Web: http://www.edgeofexistence.org

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/5qpVzw9HV

Fiore, Francesca. "The Last One on Earth: Stories of Extinct Animals." Associated Content: Technology. 10 August 2009.

Web: http://voices.yahoo.com/the-last-one-earth-stories-extinct-animals-3946838.html?cat=58

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/65S0A6SzC 

"IUCN Red List." International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Web: http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/our_work/the_iucn_red_list/

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/67F5XIYVc

Jensen, Derrick. Thought to Exist in the Wild: Awakening from the Nightmare of Zoos. Santa Cruz, CA: No Voice Unheard, June 15, 2007.

King, Steven R. "Medicines that Changed the World."

Adapted from Pacific Discovery, Vol.45, No. 1, pp.23-31, Winter, 1992.

Web: http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/Ethnobotany/page4.php

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Levingston, Robin and Rogelio Zamora. "The importance of medicinal plants: Medicine trees of the tropics." Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Corporate Document Repository: Unasylva Number 140, 1983.

Web: http://www.fao.org/docrep/q1460E/q1460e02.htm

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/5qpW76sqC

Macy, Joanna. "The Council of All Beings"

Web: http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/Joanna Macy.htm

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"Plant." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 16 June 2010.

Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant

Permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plant&oldid=368352584

"Thylacine." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 22 June 2010.

Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine

Permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thylacine&oldid=369597157

Wilson, E.O. et al. "INSIGHTS: Human Activities Cause of Current Extinction Crisis." Environment News Service (ENS). 19 May 2009.

Web: http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2005/2005-05-19-insltr.html

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/5qpWAqKt2

12. Usefulness

Story Sources:

Story One

Sikora, Rae. Personal account.

Story Two

Sikora, Rae. Personal account.

13. Where We Belong

Background Information Source:

"Rights of Nature." The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.

Web: http://celdf.org/section.php?id=42

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/60NRyDyrP

Story Ten Source:

Sheldrick, Daphne. "L.A. Zoo should free Billy the elephant: He's spent 20 years in captivity. Isn't that more than enough?" Los Angeles Times. 5 January 2009.

Web: http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/05/opinion/oe-sheldrick5

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/60Oh6uQ5j

14. Who Did It?

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15. A Change of Heart

Story Source:

Dunayer, Joan. Animal Equality: Language and Liberation. Fairborn: Ryce Publishing, 2001

16. You Animal

Activity Sources:

Activity One

Dunayer, Joan. Animal Equality: Language and Liberation. Derwood, MD: Ryce Publishing, May 2001.

Dunayer, Joan. Speciesism. Herndon, VA: Lantern Books, October 2004.

Activity Two

"Sad News—Our Fire." The Country Hen, Newsletters. 11 March 2004.

Web: http://www.countryhen.com/viewarticle.php?type=1&artid=14295e5b5478133.31226562

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17. Crime Scenes

Background Sources:

McCarthy, Michael. "Cleared: Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law." Common Dreams. 11 September 2008.

Web: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/09/11-6

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/67FEIU56I

Revkin, Andrew C. "Ecuador Constitution Grants Rights to Nature." The New York Times: The Opinion Pages. 29 September 2008.

Web: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/ecuador-constitution-grants-nature-rights

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/600hcXL6a

Activity One, Part Two, Story Sources:

Story Three

Account told to Rae Sikora.

Story Six

Account told to Rae Sikora.

Activity Two, Part Two:

"Human branding." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 4 July 2011.

Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_branding

Permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human_branding&oldid=437734384

18. Slaves or Workers

Story Sources:

Gorrell, Gena K. Working Like a Dog: The Story of Working Dogs through History. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2003.

Pfeiffer, Eric. "Bears were used in test flights of world’s first supersonic jet bomber." Yahoo! News. 21 December 2012.

Web: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/bears-were-used-test-flights-world-first-supersonic-225331539.html

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/6Ei1oxsa9

Thurston, Mary Elizabeth. The Lost History of the Canine Race: Our 15,000 Year Love Affair with Dogs. New York: Avon Books, 1997.

General Reference:

Michigan State University College of Law: Animal Legal & Historical Web Center

Web: http://www.animallaw.info

Francione, Gary L. "Animals as Property." Michigan State University College of Law: Animal Legal & Historical Web Center, 1996.

Web: http://www.animallaw.info/articles/arusgfrancione1996.htm

Archived by WebCite®: http://www.webcitation.org/5iRMumjVR

19. Internal Pedometers

20. Super Powers

Story Sources:

Story One

Sikora, Rae. Personal account.

Story Two

"Binti Jua." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 2 April 2008.

Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binti_Jua

Permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Binti_Jua&oldid=202855610

Story Three

Sikora, Rae. Personal account.

Story Four

Krohn, Paysach. Echoes of the Maggid: Heartwarming Stories and Parables of Wisdom and Inspiration. Brooklyn: Mesorah Publications, 1999.