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OLD YELLER


SUBJECTS — U.S./1865 - 1913;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING — Courage; Grieving (for an
        animal);
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS — Responsibility.

Age: 7 - 12; Not Rated; Drama; 1957; 83 minutes; Color.


Old Yeller
Old Yeller is a stray dog who adopts the family of a former Confederate soldier living in frontier Texas. The time is just after the Civil War and everyone is very poor. Despite initial missteps, Yeller wins his way into everyone's heart and saves the lives of several family members. In the process, he is bitten by a rabid wolf.

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Old Yeller

To give you a sense of how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers as lesson plans and by parents to supplement school curriculum or for homeschooling, we have set out below a paragraph from the Learning Guide to Old Yeller.

The railroads did not reach West Texas until the 1880s. Before then, it was necessary for Texas ranchers to drive their herds to the closest railroad terminus points. Wichita, Dodge City and Abilene, the so-called Cow Towns, were the most important. Each year, tens of thousands of cattle were herded north on trails such as the Chisholm Trail from San Antonio to Abilene. It was an early cattle drive that took Mr. Coates away from his family to get "cash money."


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