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Teach compassion to animals in your classroom while still teaching the traditional academics! These fun free online lessons and activity sheets are available for you to download, print, and use in your classroom, library, or school. Teachers, librarians, home-schoolers, and educators of all kinds should feel free to print and copy these lessons and activity sheets for students to use.

Featured Lesson Packs

Title: Share the World
Suggested Age Range: Ages 8-10
Specifications: Six-page teachers' guide, 28-minute video, nine reproducible worksheets, and a 17-inch-by-22-inch full-color poster
Price: FREE; limit of one per educator/librarian 
How to Order: Available From Share the World
Watch excerpts from Share the World online.
Companion Materials: View the accompanying online lesson plan and
download the printable PDFs of the worksheet 

Title: Just Choices 
Suggested Age Range: Ages 11-18
Specifications: Eight-page teachers' guide, 22-minute video, four reproducible worksheets, and a 17-inch-by-22-inch full-color poster
Price: FREE; limit of one per educator/librarian 
How to Order: Available from Just Choices. 
Companion Materials: View the accompanying online lesson plan. 

Title: Stimulus Response
Suggested Age Range: Ages 13-18 
Specifications: 26-minute video with discussion breaks after 5, 8, 14, and 19 minutes; 12-page teachers' guide; two reproducible activity sheets 
How to Order: To obtain the English or German version of this video, please order directly from ASAB. Alternatively, you can watch the video online.
Companion Materials: Download a printable PDF of the accompanyinglesson plan and worksheets. 

Online Lesson Directory

TEACHING HUMANE EDUCATION/PEDAGOGY BY CLASS SUBJECT Biology Creative Arts Current Events English Environmental Education Ethics Health History Language Arts Life Skills Math Nutrition Philosophy Reading Science Social Studies

BY SUBJECT MATTER Animal Appreciation Animal-Companion Care Animal Experimentation Animals Used for Clothing Animals Used in Entertainment The Environment Farmed Animals/Farmed-Animal Treatment General Animal Treatment Holidays and Themes Miscellaneous Nutrition Lessons/Vegetarianism Social Justice Wildlife

Online Lessons by Class Subject

Teaching Humane Education/Pedagogy

• Sowing Seeds Workbook (all ages)
  Learn more about this resource and its suggested uses by clicking here.
• Teaching Animal Rights in Higher Education (ages 14-adult)

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Creative Arts

• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)
• "Under the Big Top" Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
• "Want to Save a Sheep This Season?" (ages 5-adult)
• "We're All Animals" Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
  Learn more about this resource and its suggested uses by clicking here.

Please order free posters and stickers from TeachKind to show how art can be used to promote compassion, respect, and the proper treatment of animals. 

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Ethics/Philosophy

• "Choices Cards" Activity (ages 8-adult)
• Citizenship Skills: Lessons in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (ages 5-18)
• "Consumerism" (ages 12-adult)
• "Just Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 11-18)
• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)
• "Leading a Council of All Beings"
• "Lifestyles of the Eco-Friendly" (ages 10-adult)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)
• "Perspectives on Animals" (ages 11-adult)
• Research and Discussion Topics (ages 14-adult)
• "Science, Ethics & Animal Experimentation" (ages 13-adult)
• "Want to Save a Sheep This Season?" (ages 5-adult)
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

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Health/Nutrition/Life Skills

• "Choices Cards" Activity (ages 8-adult)
• "Consumerism" (ages 12-adult)
• Dole's "Five a Day" Web site (ages 5-18)
• "Just Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 11-18)
• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)
• "Lifestyles of the Eco-Friendly" (ages 10-adult)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)
• "Perspectives on Animals" (ages 11-adult)
• Research and Discussion Topics (ages 14-adult)
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

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Language Arts/English/Reading

• "A Chicken's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "A Rat's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "An Elephant's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "A Cow's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• Alice Walker/Women's History Lesson (March) (ages 11-18)
• "Amazing Animals," "Animals and Their Feelings," "Changing Times, Changing Minds," and"Making Humane Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 7-10)
• "Animals and Their Feelings" Reading Assignments (ages 7-10)
• "Elephants" Reading List (ages 4-12)
• "Just Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 11-18)
• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)
• Lessons for a Humane Thanksgiving (ages 5-adult)
• Lessons for the Winter Holidays (December) (ages 5-adult)
• Pig Lesson Plan (ages 5-6)
• Research and Discussion Topics (ages 14-adult)
• Suggested Activities and Essays (ages 5-13)
• "Under the Big Top" Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
• "Want to Save a Sheep This Season?" (ages 5-adult)
• "We're All Animals" Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
  Learn more about this resource and its suggested uses by clicking here.

Use the following lessons to spark research projects, reflection writing assignments, reading assignments, debates, or speeches:

• "Amazing Elephants" Lesson Plan (ages 7-11)
• "César Chávez Day: Lessons in Compassion" (ages 5-18)
• Citizenship Skills: Lessons in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (ages 5-18)
• "Companion Animals" Lesson (ages 10-adult)
• "Consumerism" (ages 12-adult)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)
• "Perspectives on Animals" (ages 11-adult)
• "Science, Ethics & Animal Experimentation" (ages 13-adult)
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

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Math

• "Companion Animal Overpopulation" Math Sheet (ages 8-10)
• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)

Please order free posters and stickers for your classroom from TeachKind. 

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Science/Biology/Environmental Education

• "A Rat's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "Amazing Elephants" Lesson Plan (ages 7-11)
• "Animals and Their Feelings" Reading Assignments (ages 7-10)
• "Chickens: Our Fascinating Feathered Friends" Vocabulary Sheet (ages 8-13)
• Citizenship Skills: Lessons in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (ages 5-18)
• "Companion Animals" Lesson (ages 10-adult)
• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)
• "Leading a Council of All Beings" (ages 10-adult)
• "Lifestyles of the Eco-Friendly" (ages 10-adult)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)
• "Perspectives on Animals" (ages 11-adult)
• Research and Discussion Topics (ages 14-adult)
• "Science, Ethics & Animal Experimentation" (ages 13-adult)
• Stimulus Response (ages 14-18)
• Suggested Humane Science Projects (ages 5-13)
• "Under the Big Top" Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
• "Want to Save a Sheep This Season?" (ages 5-adult)
• "We're All Animals" Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
  Learn more about this resource and its suggested uses by clicking here.
• "Where Do Eggs Come From?" (ages 5-adult)
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

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Social Studies/Current Events/History

• Alice Walker/Women's History Lesson (March) (ages 11-18)
• "Amazing Animals," "Animals and Their Feelings," "Changing Times, Changing Minds," and "Making Humane Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 7-10)
• "Amazing Elephants" Lesson Plan (ages 7-11)
• "César Chávez Day: Lessons in Compassion" (ages 5-18)
• "Chickens: Our Fascinating Feathered Friends" Vocabulary Sheet (ages 8-13)
• "Choices Cards" Activity (ages 8-adult)
• Citizenship Skills: Lessons in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (ages 5-18)
• "Companion Animals" Lesson (ages 10-adult)
• "Conflict Resolution" Activity Sheet (ages 5-11)
• "Human Rights" (ages 11-adult)
• "Just Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 11-18)
• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)
• "Leading a Council of All Beings" (ages 10-adult)
• Lessons for a Humane Thanksgiving (ages 5-adult)
• Lessons for Black History Month (ages 5-18)
• "Lifestyles of the Eco-Friendly" (ages 10-adult)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)
• "Perspectives on Animals" (ages 11-adult)
• Research and Discussion Topics (ages 14-adult)
• "Science, Ethics & Animal Experimentation" (ages 13-adult)
• Share the World (ages 8-10)
• Stimulus Response (ages 14-18)
• Suggested Activities and Essays (ages 5-13)
• "Under the Big Top" Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
• "We're All Animals" Coloring Book (ages 4-13)Learn more about this resource and its suggested uses by clicking here.
• "Where Do Eggs Come From?" (ages 5-adult)
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

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Online Lessons by Subject Matter

Animal Appreciation

• "A Chicken's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "A Rat's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "An Elephant's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "A Cow's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "Animals and Their Feelings" Reading Assignments (ages 7-10)
• "Chickens: Our Fascinating Feathered Friends" Vocabulary Sheet (ages 8-13)
• "Leading a Council of All Beings" (ages 10-adult)
• Pig Lesson Plan (ages 5-6)
• Stimulus Response (ages 14-18)
• "We're All Animals" Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
  Learn more about this resource and its suggested uses by clicking here.
• "Where Do Eggs Come From?" (ages 5-adult)

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Animal-Companion Care

• "Companion Animal Overpopulation" Math Sheet (ages 8-10)
• "Companion Animals" Lesson (ages 10-adult)

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Animal Experimentation

• "A Rat's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• Citizenship Skills: Lesson in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (ages 5-18)
• Lessons for Black History Month (ages 14-18)
• "Science, Ethics & Animal Experimentation" (ages 13-adult)

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Animals Used for Clothing

• "A Cow's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "Want to Save a Sheep This Season?" (ages 5-adult)
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

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Animals Used in Entertainment

• "An Elephant's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "Amazing Elephants" Lesson Plans (ages 7-11)
• "Elephants" Reading List (ages 4-12)
• "Under the Big Top" Coloring Book (ages 4-13)

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Environment

• "Consumerism" (ages 12-adult)
• "Leading a Council of All Beings" (ages 10-adult)
• "Lifestyles of the Eco-Friendly" (ages 10-adult)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

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Farmed Animals/Farmed-Animal Treatment

• "A Chicken's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "A Cow's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• Chicken Photos for the Battery Cage Activity (ages 11-adult)
• Lessons for a Humane Thanksgiving (ages 5-adult)
• Lessons for Black History Month (ages 5-10)
• Lessons for Holiday Happiness (ages 5-adult)
• "Let's Talk Turkey" Activity Sheet (ages 11-18)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)
• Stimulus Response (ages 13-18)
• "Where Do Eggs Come From?" Lesson (ages 5-adult)

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General Animal Treatment

• "Amazing Animals," "Animals and Their Feelings," "Changing Times, Changing Minds," and "Making Humane Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 7-10)
• "Choices Cards" Activity (ages 8-adult)
• "Just Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 11-18)
• Lessons for Black History Month (ages 11-18)
• "Perspectives on Animals" (ages 11-adult)
• Research and Discussion Topics (ages 14-adult)
• Suggested Activities and Essays (ages 5-13)
• Suggested Humane Science Projects (ages 5-13)
• "We're All Animals" Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
  Learn more about this resource and its suggested uses by clicking here.

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Holidays and Themes

• Alice Walker/Women's History Lesson (March) (ages 11-18)
• "César Chávez Day: Lessons in Compassion" (March 31) (ages 5-18)
• Citizenship Skills: Lessons in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (third Monday of January) (ages 5-18)
• Lessons for a Humane Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November) (ages 5-adult)
• Lessons for Black History Month (February) (ages 5-18)
• Lessons for the Winter Holidays (December) (ages 5-adult)
• "Where Do Eggs Come From?" Easter Lesson (A Sunday in March or April) (ages 5-adult)

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Miscellaneous

• "Kind Student" Awards (all ages)

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Nutrition Lessons/Vegetarianism

• Dole's "Five a Day" Web site (ages 5-18)
• "Meet Your Meat" (ages 13-adult)

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Social Justice

• "Conflict Resolution" Activity Sheet (ages 5-11)
• "Human Rights" (ages 11-adult)
• "Just Choices" Activity Sheets (ages 11-18)

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Wildlife

• "An Elephant's Life" Lesson Plan (ages 7-12)
• "Amazing Elephants" Lesson Plans (ages 7-11)
• "Leading a Council of All Beings" (ages 10-adult)
• "We're All Animals" Coloring Book (ages 4-13)
  Learn more about this resource and its suggested uses by clicking here.
• "Wildlife and the Environment" (ages 12-adult)

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