Lesson plan for Elementary Grades 2-3 Social Studies:

Learning outcomes: Collect and record information from a variety of sources and experiences. Organize information into sequenced presentations that include a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Ask students to view the Biggest Little Rodeo in the West website. Ask students to prepare a verbal presentation about the rodeo on a topic of their choice.

Society and culture:
Describe the historical development of the Kispiox rodeo in the Hazelton communities.
Demonstrate an awareness of the contributions of both native and pioneer families to the Kispiox rodeo.

Environment:
Create and interpret single maps of the Hazelton area and Kispiox Valley.

The best time for this lesson would be just before rodeo week in communities that have rodeos (end of May - first of June in the Hazeltons). Usually, the rodeo clown comes to the public schools to meet with the children and offer free passes to the rodeo.

In this unit, students look into the historical and ongoing social contributions the rodeo has made to their community. They are encouraged to use the Biggest Little Rodeo in the West website to discover information about community participation in the rodeo, to examine various aspect of rodeo culture, for example: the origins of rodeo, the rodeo clown and his work, the treatment of animals as athletes, the impact of thousands of out of town visitors on a small community for the weekend).

Armed with some solid information, the children can then make good use of their opportunity to question the rodeo clown for clarification or to gather further information. The rodeo supplement to the local newspaper can also be used as an additional source of information.

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