Module 5: Animals as Equals
This purchase contains both the Introduction and Module 5
We welcome suggestions for the enhancement and expansion of each module as teachers see fit. These modules are a work and progress and will continue to evolve with the input of teachers and students, as they explore content and applicability.
Overview
When we learn that all life forms, including ourselves, are equally precious and sentient, we will have a different relationship with ourselves and others: human and non-humans. This chapter aims to explore the psychological boundaries that lock us in to thinking that we are entitled to rule and exploit the animal kingdom without consequence. Without reference and respect for all life, we are essentially shortening our own existence and depleting it of connection and meaning.
Includes
- Guided Learning Questions
- What Are Animals? [Observer]
- The Divide [Student]
- Relationships and Rights [Thinker]
- Family or Food? [Professor]
- Earth and Animals [Philosopher]
- Learning Activities:
- Graduated System
- Animania
- We Are All Connected
- Daily Interactions
- Meatless Meals
- The Debate
- The History of Animals
- Environmental Relationship
- Indigenous and Animals
- A Whole New World (Final Project)
