THE KILLING FIELDS: A STORY OF UNDERGROUND POACHING. (INCLUDES POWERPOINT)

Poaching is an illegal act of hunting, capturing, or killing animals and plants without permission from the authorities and is an environmental issue and selling ivory tusks, fur, and other resources for profit. Throughout the world today, animals, plants, and our environment overall are facing poaching issues. What does this look like and what does it mean for our species and their future? What does it mean for us? Take a look at various endangered animals and plants that are facing poaching through an introductory PowerPoint.

Animals that are typically poached, such as rhinoceroses, elephants, tigers, and bears sell at very high prices for profit.

Plants that are endangered and in danger of being poached for profit are wild ginger and cycad plants in South Africa to ginseng and venus fly traps are all under great threat at the hands of poachers.

Explore the poaching issues throughout the world and explore the underground trade system faced by Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and India as well as many other nations, finding ways to create protection and environmental safety.

OBJECTIVES

• Students will become familiar with the types of poaching and trafficking throughout the world through an Introductory PowerPoint Presentation (Plants and animals)
• Students understand the dangers of poaching and trafficking to animals and the environment.
• Students will research different types of poaching around the world and will determine a working solution to the poaching problem.
• Students will write a proposal to an organization that protects endangered species/agriculture to persuade them to help fund their solution/plan to the poaching issue.

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

· Introduction PowerPoint: The Killing Fields

· Internet, magazines, and books on poaching.

· Articles: The Killing Fields - Rhino or The Killing Fields – Pangolin (Included)

· The Killing Fields Activity Research Sheet (Included)

· Presentation Rubric (Included)

PROCEDURE:

Students will work in cooperative groups of 2-3 (or as an individual assignment, if the instructor wishes) to read one or both of the articles The Killing Fields - Rhino or The Killing Fields – Pangolin (Included). Allow students to discuss the articles as a class and ask questions. Students will begin their group activity. 

Working in their teams and using the Student Activity Sheet: The Killing Fields (included), they will research species or agriculture that are being poached and trafficked around the world. Provide access to the Internet, articles, or books on poaching as sources of research. To save time, the instructor may wish to assign students a home assignment to students requiring them to bring in an article regarding poaching to save time.

CLOSURE:

Students will present their findings and proposals and will be graded via the grading rubric. (Included) 

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