All Creatures Great and Small Lesson Plan

Veterinary Supplies of the Past

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will examine a real catalogue of historical veterinary tools and evaluate what they see and read there.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1

Structure:

At the end of today’s reading, Siegfried uses a tool from the old vet’s collection to bleed a horse. These tools represent the technology used by a vet to treat the same problems Herriot sees during his time and quite likely many of the same issues country vets see today. Ask students to look through this 1919 American Veterinary Supply Co. catalog...