9th Grade
Activities: Other Animals Are Just Like Us (Grades 6-12)
We humans expend a lot of energy trying to differentiate ourselves from other animals in order to justify our treatment …
We Are All Animals: Comparative Anatomy With a Compassionate Twist
Use these activities and other resources to show students that humans and other animals are the same in all the ways that matter most!
Video: How Bigotry Begins
Speciesism, like sexism and racism, is an oppressive belief system in which those with the most power draw boundaries to …
Is This Chemical Hiding in Your Classroom?
Compassionate teachers know that animals used for classroom dissection were once sentient beings, many of whom were cruelly killed specifically …
Create a Compassionate Word Wall for Every Grade Level
A common teaching tool for the classroom, the word wall, allows for greater understanding and recognition of various vocabulary words. …
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 …
Novel Study: Robin Lamont’s ‘The Chain’ From The Kinship Series
“The Chain” offers a look inside the seemingly opposing worlds of an undercover animal rights investigator and slaughterhouse workers and their families.
Start an Animal Rights Club at School
Have students who are interested in animal rights? Start an animal rights club!