Summary
Gaia leads her elephant herd, including young Jomo, on a long yearly march across the Kalahari in search of water. The film shows how the herd travels, remembers, and works together to protect its youngest members through a hard, dry landscape. Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, narrates this gentle look at animal family and cooperation.
Viewer safety
The youngest elephants are put at risk -- a calf stuck in mud, a possible drowning, and lions and hyenas nearby -- but the herd protects them.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
"Elephant" follows a herd's long journey across the Kalahari to find water.
- Why does the herd travel so far each year?
- How do the older elephants help protect the youngest ones?
- What dangers does the herd face along the way, and how do they get through them?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: herd, matriarch, migration, cooperate, survive.
Try it: Write two sentences explaining how being in a herd helped the young elephant survive the journey.