Resources for teachers & lecturers

Complete List of resources

Farm Animals & Us Double DVD
Five thought-provoking films guaranteed to hold attention and interest and provoke discussion of a wide range of farm animal welfare issues. Pdfs of the teachers pack worksheets also included (ages 10 to adult)

Farm Animals & Us Full Teachers’ Pack
Activities designed to promote small group discussion, worksheets to encourage philosophical thought or develop scientific knowledge together with information booklets, lesson plans and workshop ideas (ages 10 to adult)
Farm Animals and Us Full Teachers' Pack.pdf ( 3985.75KB)

Intensive Farming and the Welfare of Farm Animals
Information booklet, with pictures, facts, figures and scientific detail outlining issues surrounding intensive animal farming and its alternatives (ages 14 to adult)
Intensive farming information booklet ( 1599.65KB)

Campaigning for Farm Animal Welfare
Citizenship resource. Students’ booklet uses examples of campaigns to teach how campaigns have changed the law in Britain and Europe to protect farm animals like pigs and battery hens. Range of lesson and homework ideas in teachers booklet (ages 11-18)
Citizenship students’ booklet ( 1758.75KB)
Citizenship teachers’ notes ( 607.69KB)

Ethics and Animal Farming – Web-based software
Web-based software enabling rigorous ethical comparisons of organic versus intensive systems of animal production. Students’ and teachers’ booklets also available (ages 16 to adult)

Farm Animals & Us
19 minute film to encourage empathy and knowledge of the amazing capabilities of farm animals. An excellent stimulus for discussion of the rights and wrongs of intensive animal farming (ages 10-14)

Farm Animals & Us 2
19 minute film investigating intensive animal farming issues in depth, asking “Can we feed the world without cruelty to animals?” (ages 14 to adult)

Eat Less Meat
17 minute film investigating the sustainability of modern levels of meat consumption from the point of view of human health, development, environment and animal welfare. Printed resources also available (ages 14 to adult)

WTO – Wrecking Animal Protection
11 minute film documenting how international trade rules can damage attempts to protect wild animals and prevent cruelty in the areas of fur production, cosmetic testing and farming. Printed resources also available (ages 14 to adult)

Genetic Engineering & Farm Animals
19 minute archive education film discussing methods and animal welfare implications of the genetic modification of farm animals. Produced in 1997, but it will still set you up for a stimulating lesson (ages 14-18)

Genetic Engineering & Farm Animals - Teachers' Pack
Range of teaching activities and information sheets to accompany film above (ages 14-18)
Genetic Engineering and Farm Animals Full Teachers’ Pack ( 5921.06KB)

Stimulus Response
Delightful 26 minute film from the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour helps teach the nervous system and animal behaviour using stories which show the remarkable abilities of farm animals (ages 14 to adult)

Let’s Ask the Animals
Remarkable 22 minute film from the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour will hold children and teachers entranced. Teaches needs of animals using delightful farm animal stories (ages 7-11 but you can persuade almost anyone to love this film)

Resources for modern language teachers
A range of booklets in French and Spanish (ages 16 to adult)

Animal Welfare Aspects of Good Agricultural Practice – Pig Production
Book, Film, PowerPoint and Lecturers’ Notes for Agricultural, Veterinary and Animal Science courses to teach key welfare issues in pig production including potential solutions. Includes 25 case studies illustrating alternative higher welfare systems (ages 16 to adult)

Primary School & Young Childrens’ Groups’ Resources
Simple activities and workcards to engage young children about the needs and sentience of farm animals (ages 5-11)
Needs of Animals card exercise Page 1 ( 1223.85KB)
Needs of Animals card exercise Page 2 ( 1037.79KB)
Teachers’ notes for the above activities ( 223.04KB)

Secondary resources for older primary students
Use the film Farm Animals & Us to engage 10-11 year old children in the rights and wrongs of intensive animal farming. Extracts from the teachers’ pack including Where Do You Draw the Line? and Personality Test Version 2 particularly suitable (ages 10-11)