In this Activity, students will explore the family bonds horses have with their band members.  They will also have an opportunity to compare/contrast horses' family structure with their family structure.  Lastly, students will develop insight about the fact that horses have very strong bonds with their family members and how this MUST be honored, respected, and protected by everyone.  
 
Subject domains: 
Writing (Text Types and Purposes): Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.  
Speaking and Listening (Comprehension and Collaboration): Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3, 4, 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.  
 
Skills: 
Students will understand the family bonds horses have with their band members.  
Students will compare/contrast horses' family band relationships with their own family structure.  
Students will develop a deep appreciate for horses' strong family bonds with each family member within their band.  
Students will come to realize that wild horses deserve to live their lives together, unperturbed by man and his one-sided, selfish agenda (commercial ranchers, agribusiness, mineral extractors, energy developers, etc.,) who want them off our public lands.  
Students will learn that wild horses and burros should have the legal right to live their lives FREE with their families on OUR public lands.  
Students will write a narrative about their family relationships and how they would feel if they were separated from their family.  
Students will have a better understanding of how wild horses and burros feel after a roundup (when they are separated from their family members).