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3rd Grade

Kids with Ellie Elephant at event
English Language ArtsGrades 3-5

Someone, Not Something: Animals Have Needs & Wants (3-5)

Thousands of schoolchildren across the country are getting the opportunity to meet and interact with a “recently freed elephant,” thanks …

Four PETA Kids comic books about chickens, rats, cows, and dogs
English Language ArtsGrades 3-5

Engage Kids With Kind Comics—Inference Task Cards

Do you ever wish that you had time in the school day to foster your students’ empathy for other living …

Social StudiesGrades 3-5

Activities: Women in Leadership and Animal Rights

Here at PETA, we acknowledge that all the negative “-isms”—from sexism to speciesism—share a common denominator of fear, ignorance, exploitation, …

Two cats loving on each other
English Language ArtsGrades 3-5

Valentine’s Day Activity: What Do Animals Love?

Many students will spend Valentine’s Day handing out cards and candies to their classmates to show their affection. Celebrating kindness …

raisins
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.

Book cover with child surrounded by animals
Social StudiesGrades 3-5

Give Students the Key With ‘Unlocking the Animal World’

Here are a just a few things that make the book Unlocking the Animal World and our accompanying materials essential …

Carly the Cow and Ellie the Elephant at schools teaching students empathy for animals and humans
Social StudiesGrades 3-5

Carly the Cow & Ellie the Elephant

TeachKind wants you to invite this cow and elephant to your school!

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Kindness That Carries Over Compassion for Animals as a Path to SEL, YouTube video thumbnail

VIDEO: Kindness That Carries Over ─ Compassion for Animals as a Path to SEL

From Compassion to Connection: How to Unlock Social-Emotional Learning  For many educators, supporting students’ social-emotional growth can feel challenging, especially when some students …

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.

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