Battery Hen Photos and Activity

Title: Battery Hen Photos and Activity
Author/Producer: Compassionate Action for Animals and TeachKind.org
Suggested Age Range: Grades 6 and up
Item Type: Lesson plan
Specs: One student handout and four PDF pictures or PowerPoint slides
Price: Download for free
Suitable for the Following Subjects: Ethics, humane education, language arts, science, social science
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How to Order: Print a PDF of the student handout.
Print the color PDFs onto transparency paper.
Download the PowerPoint slides.

Description: These materials make students aware of the abuse of hens during modern egg production and include photos of hens in a battery cage, a debeaked hen with a neuroma, rows of hens in cages, and—for contrast—hens perched in a tree at a sanctuary.

Suggested Uses: These pictures can be used in conjunction with the battery cage activity in the “Perspectives on Animals” or “Where Do Eggs Come From?” lessons.

Making Transparencies: Use a color printer to print the PDF pages onto transparency paper, or print them on regular paper and color copy them onto transparency paper.

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