Lessons
Test Prep and Empathy-Building Reading Passage: Fireworks Are Devastating, Not Dazzling
In this reading passage, students will learn that fireworks are devastating, not dazzling, while practicing reading comprehension skills.
Teaching With Film: ‘Secrets of the Octopus’ Discussion Questions
Octopuses are awesome! Engage your students with ‘Secrets of the Octopus,’ a captivating docuseries that explores their fascinating world.
Debate Kit: Should All Companion Animals Be Spayed and Neutered?
Free Debate Kit: Exploring the Impacts of Spaying and Neutering Companion Animals The companion animal–overpopulation crisis and the importance of …
Teaching With Film: ‘The Game Changers’ Discussion Questions
A former UFC fighter discovers an elite group of athletes proving that everything he’d been taught about protein was a lie.
Debate Kit: Is It Ethical to Eat Animals?
Free Debate Kit: Exploring the Ethics of Using Animals for Food A hot topic in classrooms and on the minds …
What Life Is Like When You’re a Chained Dog
Free Resources to Teach Empathy and Inspire Action for Chained, Backyard Dogs Right this second, countless dogs are chained outdoors …
Teaching With Film: Meet Scientists Who Choose Not to Experiment on Animals
“Test Subjects” exposes the pressure on young scientists to hurt animals—even when doing so is contrary to good science.
Delle the Dolphin Says: Pronouns Are Important! (Grades K–2)
Delle the dolphin teaches students that animals are someone, not something, and that all living, feeling beings—regardless of species—deserve to be treated with respect and kindness.