Humane Classroom Tools and Ideas

Carly and Ellie are ambassadors for all animals—and they’ll inspire your students to speak up for animals, too!

TeachKind offers many free resources to help teachers instill kindness in their students—here’s how your class can take advantage of them.

Teach students how to be compassionate toward animals through the language used in mathematical word problems.

Help students learn about and relate to animals—and reflect on the animal issues they learn about—on a regular basis.

Use these resources to further students’ understanding of various animal rights issues. The application of this age-appropriate material can promote compassion and empathy for all living, feeling beings. Click on the image to download the PDF file. Click on the text below it to access the corresponding lesson. Coloring Sheets and Activities Comprehension Worksheets Graphic … Read more »

Use these resources to further students’ understanding of various animal rights issues. The application of this age-appropriate material can promote compassion and empathy for all living, feeling beings. Click on the image to download the PDF file. Click on the text below it to access the corresponding lesson. Coloring Sheets and Activities Comprehension Worksheets Graphic … Read more »

Use these resources to further students’ understanding of various animal rights issues. The application of this age-appropriate material can promote compassion and empathy for all living, feeling beings. Click on the image to download the file. Click on the text below it to access the corresponding lesson.

“How Bigotry Begins” encourages students to examine the intersections of all forms of prejudice against humans and other animals.

Make a new word wall using these terms, or integrate compassionate words into an existing word wall to promote empathy for all living, feeling beings.

Demonstrate to students that humans are the same as other animals in all the ways that matter most—while also promoting literacy—with these colorful, empathy-building flashcards.