Yu-Gi-Oh! Teams Up With TeachKind to Promote Kindness to Animals

Order your free Yu-Gi-Oh! poster from TeachKind today. YU-GI-OH! ©1996 by KAZUKI TAKAHASHI/SHUEISHA Inc.

Welcome to the October TeachKind Bulletin! Read on for lots of FREE educational materials, resources, and information that will help you teach compassion in the classroom.

Free Yu-Gi-Oh! Poster for Teachers (All Ages)
Yu-Gi-Oh!-the trading card, manga, and feature-length-movie icon-has teamed up with TeachKind to create a poster and a contest that will bring a message of compassion to young people. Be sure to tell your students to visit TeachKind.org to enter the Yu-Gi-Oh! contest, in which they encourage their peers to respect animals for a chance to win original artwork by Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi. The poster is also featured as a pull-out in Grrr! (Issue 3, 2004), the animal-friendly magazine for youth, which you can order free of charge for all your students from TeachKind. Follow the link to get more information on the contest and to order your free poster and Grrr! magazines.

New Free Resource: "A Rat's Life" Comic Book (Ages 7-13)
"A Rat's Life" is hot off the press. This beautifully illustrated comic book provides fascinating facts about rats while introducing readers in an age-appropriate manner to the ethical and scientific concerns of using animals for research. Order enough of the free comics for all your students. Follow the link to learn more, to view a PDF of the comic online, and to get information on ordering your free comics.

The Alice Walker Poetry Contest
Famed novelist and poet Alice Walker recently wrote a poem protesting the cruel living conditions and slaughtering methods inflicted on chickens raised for KFC restaurants. Her poem inspired PETA to have a poetry contest. Read her beautiful poem to your class, and then ask your students to write poems of their own to enter the contest. The winner will receive an autographed copy of Alice Walker's poem.

October's Humane Education Opportunities
The following important October occasions provide outstanding opportunities for you to bring humane education programs into your classroom with materials and lessons that will allow you to initiate the subject with style:

     National Crime-Prevention Month (October)

• Beyond Violence Curriculum
Available from Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PsyETA). Follow the link for purchasing information
• "The Link" Poster
Available free from TeachKind. Follow the link for ordering information.
• Share the World Curriculum (Ages 7-10)
Available free from TeachKind. Follow the link for ordering information.
• Violence-Prevention Materials (Ages 5-18 and College adult)
A listing of resources and materials for educators.

     National "Cut Out Dissection" Month (October)

• "Classroom Cut-Ups" Video (Ages 11-18 and College adult)
Available free from TeachKind (one per educator).
• Dissection Informational Resources
• Loan Programs and Dissection Alternatives
A listing of organizations and Web sites that offer dissection alternatives.

     Vegetarian Awareness Month (October)

• "Chew on This" DVD (Ages 13-18 and College adult)
Available free from TeachKind (one per educator).
• "A Chicken's Life" Comic
Classroom quantities are available free from TeachKind.
• "Meet Your Meat" Lesson (Ages 11-18 and College adult)
• "Meet Your Meat" Video or DVD (Ages 14-18 and College adult)
Available free from TeachKind (one per educator).
• Nutritional Curriculum (Ages 5-18 and College adult)
A listing of Web sites and online nutritional curricula.

Volunteer With TeachKind
You want to help, and now you can. We are in need of educators who are willing to read, review, and comment on our materials during various stages of production to help ensure that we are creating the high-quality, effective educational materials that you and your students deserve. If you are interested, please fill out the updated TeachKind membership form and click the boxes to indicate how you would like to help. We look forward to working with you!

Thanks for your efforts to create a humane world,

The TeachKind Staff