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Birds made from musical notes
Grades 3-5

Music Teachers: Cut the Cruelty With Vegan Instruments

Inspire students to express their creativity without exploiting animals by stocking your classroom with cruelty-free musical instruments.

Screenshot of PETA's "We are Animals" music video
Grades PreK-2

Animal-Friendly Songs for Your Musical Classroom

TeachKind and PETA Kids teamed up to adapt and create a collection of animal-friendly songs for your musical classroom.

Teacher in classroom

Teacher Inspiration: Meet the Teacher Appreciation Contest’s Stellar Standouts

Meet three inspiring educators whose actions highlight ways educators can make a difference for students and animals.

Delicious Vegan Lunches to Make Every Teacher’s Life Easier

It’s officially time to get back to the school-day grind, and we know how easy it is to resort to …

Social-emotional learning

Why Humane Education?

Teaching students empathy for animals is important. Here’s why.

Meet the Winners of TeachKind’s 2020 Teacher Appreciation Contest

Get ready to be inspired by these top-notch humane educators!

Teacher Spotlight: Meet Mike Farley

Get to know one of Ontario’s humane educators, Mike Farley, and draw inspiration from his experiences.

Happy New Year Banner
Grades PreK-2

Set Kind Classroom Goals With TeachKind’s New Year Activities

What better time is there than the new year to recommit to the kind standards that you set for your class at the beginning of the school year?

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Plush Ratty
Grades PreK-2

Rethinking the Classroom ‘Pet’: Meet Ratty!

Discover humane alternatives to classroom pets with Ratty, a stuffed classroom companion that helps students build empathy, kindness, and responsibility—without using live animals.

Cute white rat
© iStock.com/Pijus Ash
English Language ArtsGrades PreK-2

“Sheldon Hears a Squeak”: Encouraging Compassion for All (Reader’s Theater)

“Sheldon Hears a Squeak” helps children explore what it means to see things from the point of view of even the smallest animals, and this can lead to more compassion for all living beings.

English Language ArtsGrades 6-8

Analyze Some of PETA’s Most Powerful Ads With Our President

While studying rhetoric and persuasive writing, students can learn from these eye-catching ad campaigns.

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