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Red Wolf Teaching Tools

One of the main activities that can help red wolf recovery efforts is the spread of red wolf knowledge through education. While informal learning in public settings is beneficial, a great impact on public perception of red wolves can also be made in the classroom. The resources listed on this page can be used in schools to teach students of various ages and learning abilities to understand red wolves. They can also be used in informal settings if necessary.

Wolf Header Photo: United States Fish and Wildlife

Grades K-6
Teaching resources useful to younger children.
Scholastic: "Rescuing the Red Wolf"
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Far Traveler (See bottom of page)
Grades 7-12
Teaching resources useful for adolescents.
Red Wolf Coalition: General wolf facts
AnimalDiversity.Org Red Wolf Facts
Far Traveler (See bottom of page)
Post-Secondary and Adult
Teaching resources useful for those in university and beyond.
Red Wolf Coalition research library
Red Wolf Coalition additional resource list

Our compiled list of research tools
Quiz Yourself!
See what your students have learned with this quiz!
Red Wolf Quiz

Written Educational Resources
Original lists in this box compiled by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and International Wolf Center.
Periodicals
  • Southeastern Naturalist – Volume 1, Number 2, 2002, “The Original Status of Wolves in Eastern North America” by Robert M. Nowak.
  • International Wolf Magazine, Winter 2007 – Special Red Wolf Issue – Published by the International Wolf Center

Younger Readers
  • Journey of the Red Wolf by Roland Smith, Dutton Juvenile, 1996
  • Red Wolf Country by Jonathon London, Dutton Children’s Books, 1996
  • Red Wolves – And Then There Were (Almost) None by Meish Goldish, Bearport Publishing, 2009
  • The Red Wolf by Fred Harrington, The Library of Wolves and Wild Dogs, PowerKids Press, 2002
More Books
International Wolf Center Reading List
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Upper Middle School to Adult
  • Return of the Wolf – Successes and Threats in the US and Canada by Steve Grooms, 3rd edition, Nova Vista Publishing Company, 2005
  • The Red Wolf – Help Save This Endangered Species by Alison Imbriaco, Enslow Publishers, Inc., 2008
  • Wolves: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation, edited by L. David Mech and Luigi Boitani, Chapter 11 – “Restoration of the Red Wolf” by Michael K. Phillips, V. Gary Henry and Brian T. Kelly, The University of Chicago Press, 2003
  • Meant To Be Wild – The Struggle to Save Endangered Species Through Captive Breedingby Jan DeBlieu, Chapter 1, “The Wolves of Alligator River,” Fulcrum Printing, 1993
  • Hoagland on Nature by Edward Hoagland, Essay Collection, “Lament the Red Wolf,” pgs. 87-130, The Lyons Press, 2003
  • Another Country – Journeying Toward the Cherokee Mountains by Christopher  Camuto, Henry Holt, 1997
  • The Red Wolf by Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein and Robert Silverstein; the Millbrook Press,1994
  • Gray Wolf, Red Wolf by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, Sandpiper Publisher, 1994

Far Traveler: A Teacher’s Companion to Red Wolf Recovery

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service makes a valuable teaching resource available to the public in the form of its Far Traveler curriculum guide. Written by some of the most respectable people in the red wolf conservation effort (some of whom also helped in the creation of Red Wolf Review), this resource is a great help in any classroom setting. Far Traveler is useful for audiences of various ages, learning abilities, and grade levels, and it offers an engaging and intriguing learning experience for all.

Click the free PDF download file link on the right side of the screen to obtain a copy of Far Traveler which can be printed. More information about Far Traveler can be found within the document itself.

Image credit: Front cover of Far Traveler Document, United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Special thanks to the Red Wolf Coalition for the creation of many of the resources listed on this page. Other resources found via the International Wolf Center and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
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