To accompany Born Free’s webinar on World Animal Day, we have created a short follow up activity for students to consolidate their learning, and make a pledge for wild animals.

With this child-friendly version of the Born Free story, introduce your students to the true story of Elsa the lioness, and her journey from orphaned cub back to the wild. Included in this resource is a PDF presentation storybook, which can be shared with KS1 students, either on the board or printed for guided reading sessions. This resource can also be used with KS2 students as a way of introducing a subject or debate topic, such as the ethics of keeping wild animals in captivity. Elsa became world-famous as the real-life inspiration for Joy Adamson’s autobiographical book Born Free (1960) and the subsequent film adaptation starring Dame Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers MBE (1966). Her story also helped inspire the founding of international wildlife charity, Born Free, where she features on the charity’s logo, as a reminder of her journey to freedom and how important each and every individual wild animal is.

Teaching Biology is now easier with Born Free! Born Free have created a bespoke set of lesson plans and accompanying teaching resources for the entire GCSE B7 module (AQA Double Award). Covering all the key topics in Ecology through multiple hour-long lesson plans, this pack is designed to save teachers valuable time, whilst getting students enthused about wildlife and the environment through their studies. Topics covered through this Scheme of Work: Communities Biotic and Abiotic Adaptations Levels of Organisation Carbon and Water Cycles Biodiversity Human Effects on the Environment Global Warming and Climate Change Please leave us a review - we’d love to know what you think.

Help your students to learn about physical landscapes of lion habitats, the threats they face with a specific focus on the impact of climate change on the surrounding wildlife and communities and what we can do to protect them. These resources, linking film content, PowerPoints and student activities, are suitable for KS3 and tailored to meet Geography learning objectives. Learning objectives To extend locational knowledge and deepen spatial awareness of African countries, including knowledge of key physical characteristics. Understand how human and physical processes interact to influence and change landscapes, environments and the climate; and how human activity relies on effective functioning of natural systems. To explain how food chains and food webs work in the African savannah, including how animals have unique adaptations and characteristics developed to survive this environment and keep a balanced ecosystem. To understand how human actions are destroying and altering ecosystems.

Help your students to learn about the different ethical perspectives that drive conservation. These resources will discuss the vital ecological role lions play in their savannah habitats, the threats they face and what we can do to protect them, whilst facilitating discussion on real world ethical dilemmas in conservation. Learning objectives To develop knowledge and appreciation of the differing ethical perspectives in conservation and global issues, and use these to form personal perspectives. To develop a critical knowledge, understanding and awareness of issues relating to conservation, human rights, animal rights, culture and diversity, and social justice. To develop knowledge and appreciation of, and respect for, their environment to empower students to take an active role in its stewardship.

Help your students to learn about the vital ecological role lions play in their savannah habitats, the threats they face and what we can do to protect them. These resources, linking film content, PowerPoints and student activities, are suitable for KS3 and tailored to meet Biology learning objectives. Learning Objectives: To understand the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem, including food webs. To describe the impact of ecosystems that are out of balance. To develop knowledge on key terminology on the topic of biology, ecology and conservation. To ask questions and develop a line of enquiry based on observations of the real world, alongside prior knowledge and experience.

This free resource aims to help schools to participate in Drawing for the Planet’s Chimpanzee Community 2 project, delivered in partnership with Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue and Protection (LCRP) and Born Free (BFF), raising awareness of endangered chimpanzees. Deforestation and the illegal wildlife trade are decimating Western chimpanzee populations with as few as 18,000-65,000 wild individuals remaining. Their decline affects us all. This Amazing Chimpanzees resource is a 75-100+ minute lesson plan covering information about chimpanzees, rainforests and the threats they face, as well as a video introduction to LCRPs work. The lesson then ends with an art activity created by Jane Lee McCracken, artist and Founder of Drawing for the Planet. These resources are designed for upper Key Stage 2 but they can easily be adapted if needed. This topic has many cross-curricular links, with strong links to Science, Geography, Citizenship and Art and Design. Important Note: Chimpanzees are not pets and should not be forced to live with humans. Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection’s mission is to keep chimpanzees in the wild where they belong! The chimpanzees at Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection’s sanctuary in West Africa are victims of the illegal bushmeat and pet trades and their mothers were tragically killed - they therefore require human surrogate mothers to meet their intense needs.