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6th Grade

Mother seal with her baby
Grades 6-8

Mother’s Day Activities: Let’s Celebrate Animal Moms, Too

There’s nothing quite like a mother’s love. Teach your students how animals cherish their babies.

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.

Dog and Pig
English Language ArtsGrades 9-12

Unlearning Speciesism: A Lesson in Media Literacy

Speciesism, the misguided belief that one species is more important than another, is deeply ingrained in our society, but it can—and should—be unlearned.

Child reading a book in a library
Social-emotional learningGrades PreK-2

How to Address Problems in Some Popular Children’s Books

Make “teachable moments” out of stories with inhumane messages with TeachKind’s step-by-step guide.

School supplies
Grades 9-12

What Every Kind Teacher Needs in the Classroom

How kind is your classroom? Check out the essentials that every teacher needs.

Mop cleaning the floor
Grades 9-12

Cruelty-Free Classroom Cleaning Products

Make sure that the products you use in your classroom aren’t tested on animals.

Sheep gather and look at camera in field
Spanish ResourcesGrades 6-8

De oveja a suéter—El verdadero precio de la lana

¡Vestir lana lastima a las ovejas! Enséñales a tus alumnos las vidas ocultas de las ovejas usadas para producir lana.

Frog with green background
ScienceGrades 6-8

The 5 Cruelest Classroom Animal Experiments

Say NO to animal experiments. Discover ethical issues in classroom science and explore humane science education alternatives.

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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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