Find classroom and community resources for teachers, youth leaders, and advocates to foster kindness, responsible pet care, and safe human–animal interactions, and to embed compassion and critical thinking across schools and programs.
Humane Education
- Humane Education, an overview covering the definition of humane education, its importance and how to implement a humane education program. (World Animal Net)
Humane education curricula
- Protecting Our Tomorrows: A Teacher’s Role in Promoting Child Safety and Animal Welfare, a teacher-training program. (Humane Society International)
- The following manuals can be used as part of a humane education program to provide training to schoolteachers.
Facilitator’s manual for teacher training: Protecting Our Tomorrows: A Teacher’s Role in Promoting Child Safety and Animal Welfare (with notes to guide the training session). - Teacher/participant’s manual for Protecting Our Tomorrows: A Teacher’s Role in Promoting Child Safety and Animal Welfare.
- Sample lesson plans for teachers for Protecting Our Tomorrows: A Teacher’s Role in Promoting Child Safety and Animal Welfare.
- My Community and Equine Wellness, Connections Curriculum - Helping to Build a Better Tomorrow by Taking Care of our Community Today. The Connections Curriculum is designed to help students ages 6 to 10 understand the connection between the human and animal community across all domains of life. This unit of study focuses on the role that equines play in our world and lives. (Humane Society International)
- Teaching and outreach materials about rabies in multiple languages to help communities, including children, understand the risks and how to stay safe. (Global Alliance for Rabies Control)
Humane education materials
- 5 Tips to Prevent Dog Bites education package. (World Health Organization, Global Alliance for Rabies Control and World Animal Protection)
- La Aventura De Cuidar Un Perro, a Spanish-language activity book. (Humane Society International/Mexico)
- Play it Safe with Dogs/Fuera de peligro en compañía de perros, a Spanish-English coloring book. Cover, pages (Humane Society International/Mexico).
- Want a Friend? Be A Friend!: The Guide to Pet Care and Bite Prevention . Visit GARC Resouces for this booklet in languages other than English. (Global Alliance for Rabies Control and University of Pretoria)