Humane education encourages students to make the connection between the environmental, animal protection, and human rights movements and other social justice movements. It inspires students to live examined, intentional lives so that what they do today helps the planet, animals, and all people tomorrow. Below is a list of sites that promote humane education and offer classroom resources to encourage critical thinking while empowering students to make a difference.
www.TeachKind.org
Free classroom materials and humane education resources from various nonprofit organizations and ideas on how to implement humane education in the classroom
www.iihed.org
Web site for the International Institute for Humane Education, which provides training and resources for teachers and others
www.nahee.org
Web site for the National Association for Humane and Environmental Education, the youth education affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States
www.ShareTheWorld.com
This site offers elementary educators a curriculum that introduces students to the amazing lives and feelings of animals, discusses our society’s changing perspectives on animals, and describes compassionate choices that students can make to help animals every day
