6 Activities to Teach Food Justice
By Jeannie Russell Teaching about Food Justice means challenging students to explore and think critically about all aspects of our food systems – which connect …
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Former NYC DOE Literacy Department Leader Reviews Our Farm Animal Guide
Review by Esther Klein Friedman, Ph.D., Literacy-Learning Mentor Consultant;Retired Executive Director of Literacy and Academic Intervention, New York City Dept. of Education Including a unit …
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Teach Children to Be Kind to Farm Animals with This Innovative New Resource
By Mickey Kudia HEART is thrilled to announce the release of our latest curriculum guide, Exploring the Lives of Farm Animals: Lessons that Teach Compassion. …
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Food, Farms, and Climate Resilience: Bringing It Home
By Jeannie Russell Teaching about climate change, and its current and projected impacts on our communities, is a moral obligation we have to our youth, …
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Selecting Children’s Books about Farm Animals
By Mickey Kudia It is common for children’s books to use farm animals as protagonists. Sometimes these books fall into the genre of fantasy, as …
Students Investigate California’s “Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act”
The “Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act” is a ballot initiative that will be part of California’s November election. If this act becomes a …
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Humane Education for Advocates: my presentation at Animal Place
By Liz Walch A few minutes before this photo was taken, roughly 35 people were seated in the rows of white chairs, ready to see …
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Using Stories to Build Empathy for Animals
By Liz Walch When I teach the lesson on dog and cat homelessness and overpopulation as part of HEART’s Taking Action For Others program, there …
My Experience at a Farm Sanctuary
By: Macy Jenks I joined the animal advocacy club at Cleveland High School in the beginning of the 2015 school year. Just one month earlier, …
A Trip to Tofurky
By Claire Howe Hood River, a small town about an hour east of Portland, Oregon, is home to a very special place, a place where …
Teaching About Farmed Animals in Elementary School
Teaching elementary students about farmed animals is a tricky topic. Students this age are developing both intellectually and emotionally, and we want to shield them …
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Campers Had a Humane Summer in New York City
By Chris Parrucci When one thinks of summer, images of beaches, backyards and relaxing vacations come to mind. For HEART campers around NYC, their summers …