Free Online Lessons and Activity Sheets

Online Lesson Directory

Online Lessons by Class Subject

Teaching Humane Education/Pedagogy

• Sowing Seeds Workbook (all ages)
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• Teaching Animal Rights in Higher Education (ages 14-adult)

Creative Arts

• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)
• Under the Big Top Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
• "Want to Save a Sheep This Season?" (ages 5-adult)
• We're All Animals Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
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Ethics/Philosophy

• "Choices Cards" Activity (ages 8-adult)
• Citizenship Skills: Lessons in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (ages 5-18)
• "Consumerism" (ages 12-adult)
• "Just Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 11-18)
• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)
• "Leading a Council of All Beings"
• "Lifestyles of the Eco-Friendly" (ages 10-adult)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)
• "Perspectives on Animals" (ages 11-adult)
• Research and Discussion Topics (ages 14-adult)
• "Science, Ethics & Animal Experimentation" (ages 13-adult)
• "Want to Save a Sheep This Season?" (ages 5-adult)
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

Health/Nutrition/Life Skills

• 5 a Day Lessons (ages 5-11)
• "Choices Cards" Activity (ages 8-adult)
• "Consumerism" (ages 12-adult)
• Dole's "Five a Day" Web site (ages 5-18)
• "Just Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 11-18)
• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)
• "Lifestyles of the Eco-Friendly" (ages 10-adult)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)
• "Perspectives on Animals" (ages 11-adult)
• Research and Discussion Topics (ages 14-adult)
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

Language Arts/English/Reading

• "A Chicken's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "A Rat's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "An Elephant's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "A Cow's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• Alice Walker/Women's History Lesson (March) (ages 11-18)
• "Amazing Animals," "Animals and Their Feelings," "Changing Times, Changing Minds," and Making Humane Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 7-10)
• "Animals and Their Feelings" Reading Assignments (ages 7-10)
• "Elephants" Reading List (ages 4-12)
• "Just Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 11-18)
• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)
• Lessons for a Humane Thanksgiving (ages 5-adult)
• Lessons for the Winter Holidays (December) (ages 5-adult)
• Pig Lesson Plan (ages 5-6)
• Research and Discussion Topics (ages 14-adult)
• Suggested Activities and Essays (ages 5-13)
• Under the Big Top Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
• "Want to Save a Sheep This Season?" (ages 5-adult)
• We're All Animals Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
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• "Amazing Elephants" Lesson Plan (ages 7-11)
• "César Chávez Day: Lessons in Compassion" (ages 5-18)
• Citizenship Skills: Lessons in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (ages 5-18)
• "Companion Animals" Lesson (ages 10-adult)
• "Consumerism" (ages 12-adult)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)
• "Perspectives on Animals" (ages 11-adult)
• "Science, Ethics & Animal Experimentation" (ages 13-adult)
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

Math

• "Companion Animal Overpopulation" Math Sheet (ages 8-10)
• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)

Science/Biology/Environmental Education

• "A Rat's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "Amazing Elephants" Lesson Plan (ages 7-11)
• "Animals and Their Feelings" Reading Assignments (ages 7-10)
• "Chickens: Our Fascinating Feathered Friends" Vocabulary Sheet (ages 8-13)
• Citizenship Skills: Lessons in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (ages 5-18)
• "Companion Animals" Lesson (ages 10-adult)
• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)
• "Leading a Council of All Beings" (ages 10-adult)
• "Lifestyles of the Eco-Friendly" (ages 10-adult)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)
• "Perspectives on Animals" (ages 11-adult)
• Research and Discussion Topics (ages 14-adult)
• "Science, Ethics & Animal Experimentation" (ages 13-adult)
• Stimulus Response (ages 14-18)
• Suggested Humane Science Projects (ages 5-13)
• Under the Big Top Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
• "Want to Save a Sheep This Season?" (ages 5-adult)
• We're All Animals Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
  Learn more about this resource and its suggested uses by clicking here.
• "Where Do Eggs Come From?" (ages 5-adult)
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

Social Studies/Current Events/History

• Alice Walker/Women's History Lesson (March) (ages 11-18)
• "Amazing Animals," "Animals and Their Feelings," "Changing Times, Changing Minds," and "Making Humane Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 7-10)
• "Amazing Elephants" Lesson Plan (ages 7-11)
• "César Chávez Day: Lessons in Compassion" (ages 5-18)
• "Chickens: Our Fascinating Feathered Friends" Vocabulary Sheet (ages 8-13)
• "Choices Cards" Activity (ages 8-adult)
• Citizenship Skills: Lessons in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (ages 5-18)
• "Companion Animals" Lesson (ages 10-adult)
• "Conflict Resolution" Activity Sheet (ages 5-11)
• "Human Rights" (ages 11-adult)
• "Just Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 11-18)
• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)
• "Leading a Council of All Beings" (ages 10-adult)
• Lessons for a Humane Thanksgiving (ages 5-adult)
• Lessons for Black History Month (ages 5-18)
• "Lifestyles of the Eco-Friendly" (ages 10-adult)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)
• "Perspectives on Animals" (ages 11-adult)
• Research and Discussion Topics (ages 14-adult)
• "Science, Ethics & Animal Experimentation" (ages 13-adult)
• Share the World (ages 8-10)
• Stimulus Response (ages 14-18)
• Suggested Activities and Essays (ages 5-13)
• Under the Big Top Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
• We're All Animals Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
  Learn more about this resource and its suggested uses by clicking here.
• "Where Do Eggs Come From?" (ages 5-adult)
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

Online Lessons by Subject Matter

Animal Appreciation

• "A Chicken's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "A Rat's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "An Elephant's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "A Cow's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "Animals and Their Feelings" Reading Assignments (ages 7-10)
• "Chickens: Our Fascinating Feathered Friends" Vocabulary Sheet (ages 8-13)
• "Leading a Council of All Beings" (ages 10-adult)
• Pig Lesson Plan (ages 5-6)
• Stimulus Response (ages 14-18)
• We're All Animals Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
  Learn more about this resource and its suggested uses by clicking here.
• "Where Do Eggs Come From?" (ages 5-adult)

Animal-Companion Care

• "Companion Animal Overpopulation" Math Sheet (ages 8-10)
• "Companion Animals" Lesson (ages 10-adult)

Animal Experimentation

• "A Rat's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• Citizenship Skills: Lesson in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (ages 5-18)
• Lessons for Black History Month (ages 14-18)
• "Science, Ethics & Animal Experimentation" (ages 13-adult)

Animals Used for Clothing

• "A Cow's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "Want to Save a Sheep This Season?" (ages 5-adult)
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

Animals Used in Entertainment

• "An Elephant's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "Amazing Elephants" Lesson Plans (ages 7-11)
• "Elephants" Reading List (ages 4-12)
• Under the Big Top Coloring Book (ages 4-13)

Environment

• "Consumerism" (ages 12-adult)
• "Leading a Council of All Beings" (ages 10-adult)
• "Lifestyles of the Eco-Friendly" (ages 10-adult)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

Farmed Animals/Farmed-Animal Treatment

• "A Chicken's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "A Cow's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• Chicken Photos for the Battery Cage Activity (ages 11-adult)
• Lessons for a Humane Thanksgiving (ages 5-adult)
• Lessons for Black History Month (ages 5-10)
• Lessons for Holiday Happiness (ages 5-adult)
• "Let's Talk Turkey" Activity Sheet (ages 11-18)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)
• Stimulus Response (ages 13-18)
• "Where Do Eggs Come From?" Lesson (ages 5-adult)

General Animal Treatment

• "Amazing Animals," "Animals and Their Feelings," "Changing Times, Changing Minds," and "Making Humane Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 7-10)
• "Choices Cards" Activity (ages 8-adult)
• "Just Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 11-18)
• Lessons for Black History Month (ages 11-18)
• "Perspectives on Animals" (ages 11-adult)
• Research and Discussion Topics (ages 14-adult)
• Suggested Activities and Essays (ages 5-13)
• Suggested Humane Science Projects (ages 5-13)
• We're All Animals Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
  Learn more about this resource and its suggested uses by clicking here.

Holidays and Themes

• Alice Walker/Women's History Lesson (March) (ages 11-18)
• "César Chávez Day: Lessons in Compassion" (March 31) (ages 5-18)
• Citizenship Skills: Lessons in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (third Monday of January) (ages 5-18)
• Lessons for a Humane Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November) (ages 5-adult)
• Lessons for Black History Month (February) (ages 5-18)
• Lessons for the Winter Holidays (December) (ages 5-adult)
• "Where Do Eggs Come From?" Easter Lesson (A Sunday in March or April) (ages 5-adult)

Miscellaneous

• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)

Nutrition Lessons/Vegetarianism

• 5 a Day Lessons (ages 5-11)
• Dole's "Five a Day" Web site (ages 5-18)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)

Social Justice

• "Conflict Resolution" Activity Sheet (ages 5-11)
• "Human Rights" (ages 11-adult)
• "Just Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 11-18)

Wildlife

• "An Elephant's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "Amazing Elephants" Lesson Plans (ages 7-11)
• "Leading a Council of All Beings" (ages 10-adult)
• We're All Animals Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
  Learn more about this resource and its suggested uses by clicking here.
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)