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General Animal Rights

English Language ArtsGrades 3-5

Truly Awesome Turkeys: A Thanksgiving Lesson

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to encourage students to be compassionate and grateful for all the good things in their …

Grades 9-12

End Donkey Basketball—Dunk With Dinosaurs Instead!

Pop quiz: Name a cruel, antiquated practice from nearly 100 years ago that many schools still take part in today. …

Seaspiracy movie poster
© Seaspiracy
English Language ArtsGrades 9-12

Teaching With Film: ‘Seaspiracy’ Discussion Questions

“Seaspiracy” reveals the one thing we can all do to save our oceans and the animals who call them home.

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English Language Arts

TeachKind Resources to Enhance Well-Being in Students

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Grades PreK-2

PETA Kids Gives Outdated Nursery Rhymes Animal-Friendly Updates

As a compassionate teacher, you’ve likely been there: You’re sitting with your students, singing one of the many nursery rhymes …

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MathGrades 3-5

Make Math Fun (and Tasty!) With Vegan Food Manipulatives

Your students can snack their way through learning math the animal-friendly way.

What’s New

Words Matter

The Devil’s Dictionary: How Language Can Be Used for Good or Evil

Language has the power to inspire compassion—or create distance. Students explore how word choice affects the way we think about animals while strengthening their critical-thinking skills.

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.

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