Although the e-text is about the Asian elephant, try doing some research about the elephant in general before starting this e-text, since like its Asian cousin, the African Elephant is also in some danger.

1. You could then take a look at the Elephant Information Repository, and at the Asian Elephant pages at National Geographic.
2. Then in order to conduct some compare and contrast practice, or simply to find out similarities and dissimilarities, check out the National Geographic African Elephant pages.