NATURE STUDY LESSONS 

 FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



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THE SHEPHERD DOG 



How many have seen a dog driving sheep ? How 

 did it drive them ? (Trotted along behind them ; if 

 one lagged or went out of the way, the dog barked at 

 it, or, if necessary, even snapped at it.) What do we 

 call a dog that cares for sheep ? 



Pupils' aim : we shall see how shepherd dogs 

 are fitted for their work of caring for sheep. 



Some of you have shepherd dogs. Do they know 

 much ? How do you know ? (Children relate what 

 they know of this variety of dogs, the teacher telling 

 stories from her own experience or such as she has 

 read, illustrating their sagacity.) 



When I was a little girl my father owned a shep- 

 herd dog, named Prince. We were all very fond of 

 him. Our home was a long, long way from any 

 neighbor, and in the daytime our sheep grazed on a 



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