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Help students cultivate empathy and kindness toward themselves and others with these fun, empowering affirmation activities from TeachKind!

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

All animals deserve rights and equal consideration, and speciesism is an unjustifiable bias. Have students use this kit to explore the reasons why.

With a little creativity, you can teach any positive character trait through humane education.

Got questions about humane education? TeachKind has answers. Our experienced staff will deliver a free workshop to you and your colleagues about teaching kindness to animals.

In some schools, elective course subjects extend beyond the standard art or foreign language classes. More and more schools are incorporating a wider range of electives or bonus classes to help diversify student skills and knowledge. Some schools refer to these as “exploratory classes,” and the subject matter often diverges from the typical K–12 academic … Read more »

As mental-health and law-enforcement experts well know, people who demonstrate a blatant lack of empathy by committing violent acts toward animals often go on to harm humans as well.

Check out these great ways to incorporate compassion for animals into your guidance counseling practices.

Character education can help animals, too.