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Le cheval

Court métrage d'animation : le cheval a donné à l'homme une mobilité jusque-là insoupçonnée.
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Court métrage d'animation : le cheval a donné à l'homme une mobilité jusque-là insoupçonnée.

History - Canada Transportation Canada - Images of a Country Animals All subjects
  • director
    Michael Mills
  • animation
    Michael Mills
  • producer
    Donald Stearn
  • delegate producer
    Robert Verrall
    Derek Lamb
  • narration
    Michel Jasmin

Education

Ages 12 to 11
School subjects
Geography - Territory: Agricultural History and Citizenship Education - First Occupants (to 1500) Indigenous Studies - History/Politics Science - Biology
Students can brainstorm other animals that perform work for humans and research their mechanical equivalent. Students can research and make a report/pamphlet/sketch on life in Canada before European contact to illustrate how labour was performed without machinery. Students can research countries that still use animals as human labour due to a lack of technology (underdeveloped) and present. Students can research biology of horses and breeds, report how they are used today.

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