FREE TeachKind Materials
TeachKind provides free resources that address a broad range of topics, using age-appropriate language and visuals.
Use the form below to choose the grade level and class size for which you’d like to order materials. If you need items in larger quantities, have questions about additional items, or would like any other information, just e-mail us at [email protected] – we’re always happy to help!
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Our elementary school kit for K–5 educators includes A Cow’s Life, A Chicken’s Life, A Dog’s Life, and A Rat’s Life comic books; circus activity booklets; copies of the magazine The Kids’ Guide to Helping Animals; and PETA Kids sticker sheets in quantities that you choose below. Also included in the elementary kit is TeachKind’s signature elementary school program, Share the World.
Our secondary school kit for 6–12 educators includes our Guide to Going Vegan; leaflets about dissection, animal circuses, animal testing, and the environment; and sticker sheets in quantities that you choose below.
Please note: The items below are written and designed to be appropriate for children and teens, but you know your students best. Please use your discretion in deciding which materials will suit your classroom and students.
Home Educators
You can use the form below to order free materials for your children or any other homeschooled students. Items can be ordered individually or in sets of 10.
Teachers outside the U.S. and Canada
If you reside outside these regions, please refrain from filling out this form. Instead, select from our range of free online resources, including our TPT and a series of Kahoots. Elementary school teachers can request our free Share the World kit, which ships internationally and is available in both English and Spanish. Stay tuned for more printable resources arriving soon.
More Free Resources
TeachKind helps schools, educators, and parents promote compassion for animals through free lessons, virtual classroom presentations, advice, online materials, and more. Explore our resources and start building empathy for all today!
- View this webinar for a step-by-step guide to creating humane lessons and see how discussing animal rights issues and meeting academic requirements can go hand in hand.
- Use TeachKind’s lesson plans and activities for Spanish-speaking students in grades K–12.
- TeachKind’s Rescue Stories reading comprehension worksheets tell an animal’s tale of transformation and feature key vocabulary words and questions in order to encourage literal, inferential, and evaluative thinking.
- Our student debate kits include a variety of resources relating to animal rights issues, such as experiments on animals and the effects of animal agriculture on the environment, that can help students practice their writing and research skills.
- Our informative and easy-to-digest three-part video series explains how TeachKind can aid you in your mission to bring more kindness into kids’ lives.
- If you’re looking for interesting animal-friendly anatomy lessons, dive right into our humane science education resources. They’re instructional and easy to navigate for you and your students—plus, they can help develop kids’ empathy and compassion.
- These virtual lessons and activities are perfect for keeping students engaged at home, helping them learn more about animals, and getting them to flex their empathy muscles.
- Check out this list of digital worksheets—students can download them and type their responses into text boxes. (If you have access to a printer, check out our printable resources for grades K–12.)
Challenging Assumptions is TeachKind’s free social justice curriculum designed to empower students in grades 6–12 to challenge societal norms and inspire compassion and empathy for others regardless of species, race, gender, sexual identity, age, or ability.
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Please note that TeachKind, PETA’s Humane Education Division, is a nonprofit organization supported by donations. Our resources are always provided free of charge, but if you can, consider making a donation to help cover some of the printing and shipping costs for the items we’re sending your way. If you’re unable to contribute financially, no worries at all; your resources will be shipping soon. Thank you for everything that you do to promote kindness and compassion!