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Welcome to TeachKind, PETA’s humane education division! We are former classroom teachers, here to help schools, educators, and parents promote compassion for animals through free lessons, virtual classroom presentations, materials, advice, online resources, and more. Check out TeachKind’s resources and start building empathy for all right now!
Activities: Women in Leadership and Animal Rights
Meet the woman behind PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, and explore the intersection between women’s rights and animal rights with our free lessons.
What’s Wrong With School Hatching Projects?
Explore humane alternatives to chick- and duckling-hatching projects after discovering what these animals endure both during the lesson and after it’s complete.
Advocating for an End to the Iditarod With Your Elementary School Students (Grades 3–5)
Use the following clips from Sled Dogs to initiate discussions about the Iditarod with your students.
Teach Students the Importance of ‘Veganizing’ Their Plates
Show students how easy it is to make every aspect of their meals vegan—with TeachKind.
Grammar Packet: Compassionate Nouns and Verbs Worksheets
Compassion for animals can be woven into every part of the instructional day—even practicing nouns and verbs!
TeachKind’s Guide to Addressing Problems in Some Popular Children’s Books
Let’s be real—the world isn’t yet the vegan utopia that we strive for, and the literature we teach our students often reflects that less-than-ideal state. While there are a number of humane children’s books with messages of compassion, empathy, and inclusion, many classic tales as well as modern texts are rife with questionable language and… Read more »
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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?” READ MORE
— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind