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Lesson Plan: Freeing Willy
Grades 4-12
“Free Willy” thrilled moviegoers back in 1993 with the tale of a 12-year-old boy who returns a captive orca to the wild. Then activists and fans campaigned to free the real orca that played Willy, and things got complicated. Schoolchildren donated pennies and a cell phone tycoon gave millions to the cause. Their efforts got Keiko out of Mexico and into a rehab tank on the Oregon coast, and eventually to Iceland. Attempts to reintegrate Keiko into the wild were unsuccessful.
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