Animal Behaviour: Keeping ourselves safe near dogs

This resource has been designed with year 5 and 6 pupils in mind and covers these lesson objectives: *to understand why dogs bite *to realise the importance of human interactions with dogs *to realise dogs usually become aggressive to defend themselves and their possessions *to understand that there is a graded ladder, or sequence, of aggression for both dogs and humans *to understand that dog bites can be avoided Written by Kendal Shepherd and adapted for classroom use by Jean Archer.