Horton Hears a Who! Social Studies Activities

Horton Hears a Who! Social Studies Activities

This is a Dr Suess book with a powerful message – ‘ A person’s a person, no matter how small.’ Watch Jeff Goldblum reading the story before trying out some of the activities You Tube – Horton Hears a Who!

These activities are suitable for learners working at Early to Second Level depending on the level of support.

Threats to Survival Game

The Whos were in danger of becoming extinct. Investigate the threats to real Scottish animal and bird species. What action can we take to help these species?

See Active Links from Scottish Natural Heritage

Mapping the Story/ Mapping

Whoville is located on a speck of dust on a clover flower. The clover is in the Jungle of Nool… Draw a map showing Whoville and where it exisits within the Jungle of Nool. You will have to draw a few different maps to show where Whoville gets to as the story progresses!

Can you do the same for your own house ? What street, what town, what part of Scotland, what part of the World.

Use Google Maps (both map and satellite images) to zoom in and out of the area around your home. https://www.google.co.uk/

Does Size Matter?

This website has used information from the United Nations to create a table showing world population by country – Worldometer.

Investigate population size and area occupied by different countries. Where on the list is the United Kingdom fit? Would it count as a small or large country?

Is the biggest country (by land area) the most important? Is the most populous most important?

Can you find the smallest country on a map of the world?

Follow the links below to find out how our individual actions might support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. https://www.globalgoals.org/