Wildlife
Wild animals aren’t just in documentaries and far-off jungles; they’re in our own backyards. From squirrels to ladybugs, wildlife is all around us—if we take time to notice. By starting small, like safely rescuing an insect stranded in the classroom, students learn to see, appreciate, and protect the wildlife they encounter every day. We show teachers fun ways to inspire students to care about the animals around them, because a little awareness can open up a whole new world of wonder and create a lifetime of compassion.
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Cognitive Dissonance and How We Treat Animals
Cognitive Dissonance & the Meat Paradox: Free Activities for Grades 6–12 Cognitive dissonance—which is defined as “the state of having inconsistent …
Help Children Develop Social and Emotional Learning Skills With TeachKind Resources
Help students hone their social and emotional learning skills with these TeachKind resources.
Inspirational Reading Comprehension Passages: Kids Who Are Heroes to Animals
“Animal Hero Kids: Voices for the Voiceless” highlights many kind actions of young people who are heroes to animals. Use these reading passages to inspire compassion and foster critical thinking.
Fishing: Activities to Teach About the Human Impact on the Environment
Can you imagine oceans with no fish in them? According to some researchers, that might be the situation by 2048 if humans keep eating as many fish as they do now.
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Don’t Be Fooled by the Dairy and Egg Industries’ Misleading Classroom Resources
Most educators would agree that when young people are presented with a topic at school, they should receive a balanced …
Create a Compassionate Word Wall for Every Grade Level
Make a new word wall using these terms, or integrate compassionate words into an existing word wall to promote empathy for all living, feeling beings.
Video: How Bigotry Begins
Speciesism, like sexism and racism, is an oppressive belief system in which those with the most power draw boundaries to …