Karl Luthin – The Wrangler
4:43
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Located in Central Illinois, Karl Luthin is a full-time veterinarian at Equine Vet Service. When Luthin isn’t taking care of a sick horse, he works as a Hollywood wrangler who handles large breeds of animals in Hollywood. For the past 30 years, Luthin has rented props to the film industry and worked on sets as a wrangler and as a veterinarian. KEL Equine Productions is one of the leading prop houses for movies depicting cavalry from the Napoleonic War through WWII. See what it means to work in the film industry as a wrangler.
Type of Video: Profile*
Unique Video ID: Careers-37**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video as part of a career exploration unit to give students an understanding of a rather unusual career.
- Use the video as an example in conjunction with a student activity that has them creating a video providing insight into a career. Have the interview a local individual and use that person as their business as the featured career in their video.
- After viewing the video, have students discuss the advantages and the challenges of working with animals in their career. Would they be interested in such a career? Why or why not?
*Profile videos use a first-person/first-hand approach to highlight interesting people doing interesting things in the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
