Lessons
“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.
What Teachers Are Saying about TeachKind Resources
Hear how teachers are inspired to incorporate TeachKind’s compassionate resources into their classrooms.
Boost Those Brains! Kindness-Powered Test Prep
These kindness-powered resources are packed with high-interest, animal-themed texts your students will actually want to read! This collection helps learners build essential reading skills while also nurturing empathy, curiosity, and compassion.
Learning Compassion From Martin Luther King Jr.
Use Dr. King’s inspirational quotations about social justice to introduce students to civil rights and animal rights and ways they can take action.
Crazy Cool Facts About Cicadas to Foster Curiosity and Compassion
You can get your students excited to practice informational writing and foster empathy for other sentient beings at the same …
Helping a Local School Integrate Compassion for Animals (Worksheets Included)
TeachKind worked with a Virginia school to create humane materials for its curriculum. Integrating compassion for animals is easy!
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.
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.