What horsey topic can I teach to a bunch of non-horsey students?!

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I started a teacher training scheme today and as part of it need to prepare a 15 minute lesson, teaching 4 other students (over 18 yrs old) about anything I want. Obviously I'd rather have a horsey theme but am not sure what.

It needs to be stimulating and interesting, and so far I've thought of points of the horse, types of feed, but can anybody else think what I could do it on? If I could bring props into the lesson it would be fab
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Obviously I can't take a horse in, though I would LOVE to see their faces if they were presented with a 17.2hh coloured hunter at the start of their lesson
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Sooo, ideas?!
 
you could take them to the horse on a kind of field trip exercise?
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and then teach them about points of the horse with a real life model or alternatively nick a shettie from a friend for the day and invest in a horse nappy as mentioned in a post below lol
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I would do conformation and breeding, refering to the disciplines that the horse is bred for, bringing it back to racing, eventing and showjumping, which would probably be what those people might know about.

Discuss how breeds like TBs and their conformational differences make them more suitable for racing than cobs etc
 
Can you put together a powerpoint presentation? I'd use lots of pix to illustrate how form has developed to meet the different functions required of the horse. Eg Little Shitlands in mines and on difficult terrain, big Shires working on farms and pulling ploughs etc. Then there are the race horses, out on the track whilst still babies, and the eventers bred to mature at ages when many racers would have hung up their shoes.
 
I think I saw a post on here ages ago where someone had to do a similar thing at interview - the genius reply I remember was make them all straddle a chair and learn rising trot!
 
Is this the Student Associate Scheme? I did it last year and it was brilliant!!
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You're in Cornwall aren't you? That means you must be doing all the training in Redruth? I might be completely off topic and you're not doing SAS at all...but oh well!
I taught my group about German culture (boring I know...but it involved beer!) The rest of my group taught budgie care (with a real budgie!) , how to fillet a fish (with real fish!), origami and hieroglyphics! It was a really fun day actually.
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But back to the horsey thing....could you perhaps bring in some tack? Teach them how to take a bridle apart and put it back together?
 
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I started a teacher training scheme today and as part of it need to prepare a 15 minute lesson, teaching 4 other students (over 18 yrs old) about anything I want. Obviously I'd rather have a horsey theme but am not sure what.

It needs to be stimulating and interesting, and so far I've thought of points of the horse, types of feed, but can anybody else think what I could do it on? If I could bring props into the lesson it would be fab
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Obviously I can't take a horse in, though I would LOVE to see their faces if they were presented with a 17.2hh coloured hunter at the start of their lesson
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Sooo, ideas?!

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Show them how to take a snaffle or double bridle apart for cleaning, naming each part, then time them reassembling it?
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Show them how to take a snaffle or double bridle apart for cleaning, naming each part, then time them reassembling it?
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Great minds....
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I would try and do it on the basis of something they would have an understanding of ie a compassion issue. I would try and do a session on basic horse needs ie a hierarchy of needs ( maslow ) and then a session on when it goes wrong ie James Grey. For me a training session includes 2 way dialog and a technical subject like confirmation / feeds will leave you doing a lot of hard work. Also I would switch off it it was a technical subject that didn't interest me and I wouldn't take away anything I had learnt. Maybe just me though.
 
If they are non-horsey I would go for something simple that will engage them. I would do something along the lines of why horse riding is such a growth hobby/past time and then a bit of detail about all the different activites that you can do on horses and what they each entail ie hacking, polo, dressage, SJ, eventing, racing, showing. That will easily fill 15 mins without becoming to nerdy/technical and should also get some questions asked.
 
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I would try and do it on the basis of something they would have an understanding of ie a compassion issue. I would try and do a session on basic horse needs ie a hierarchy of needs ( maslow ) and then a session on when it goes wrong ie James Grey. For me a training session includes 2 way dialog and a technical subject like confirmation / feeds will leave you doing a lot of hard work. Also I would switch off it it was a technical subject that didn't interest me and I wouldn't take away anything I had learnt. Maybe just me though.

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I am now so confused.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs refers to human motivation - did you mean the Five Freedoms?
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Throw in some did you know's.....

non horsey people always ask really funny questions like...how do they sleep?

and the herd hieracy.

also sheath cleaning.... that will get a reaction!! My husband was mortified to learn I had to clean my geldings willy.
 
if i was non-horsey, learning about breeding and conformation would bore me shitless. i would do something like showjumping or eventing and show spills and thrills and tell them about riding and how hard it is and what they do etc. at least they will have things to watch and to look at
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I like the idea of amazing facts - how many teeth they have, how fast they can gallop, the difference between ponies and horses, why white horses are always grey.

A bit of history as well, famous horses - such as Incitatus (Caligula), Bucephalus (Alexander) - you know the stuff. Sounds like fun.

You could finish off with a quick few minutes on how to handle meeting a horse on the road. Always a good one!
 
I think amazing facts evertime along with the explaination of why you dont have too poo pick horse dung but you do dogs....sorry but I know loads of maony people LOL!
 
QR: Yeah I'm doing the SAS scheme in Redruth, had the first training day today
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The bridle idea is a good one, only problem is I don't have a spare bridle to hand so it may be a little tricky
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If I had a bridle I would definitely do that topic!!

I like the idea of the different disciplines, I could put lots of my pictures in then
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What about The Grand National? Everyone knows it, size of fences, fallings off stats, winings, betting? Couldn't explain it myself too well but might be fun?
 
taking apart and cleaning bridles is always a very good and visual one - at the end you can give a few out, split the class into groups and have a race as to which can get it back together correctly quicker!!!

The grooming kit is also another good one as there are lots of bits and pieces but can be a little boring!

The interesting facts thing is a great idea as well - most people find it amazing horses cant be sick!!!
 
Hi, Im a Science teacher and I dont know if this helps but when teaching about artificial selection I talk about different breeds and how they have been selectively bred so they have adaptations to suit their job..or you could look at the evolution of the horse coz the fossil record is really intact for that species and explain about natural selection e.t.c.

I try to get a horsey spin wherever possible!
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