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Our podcasts for teachers are designed to open up a discourse, highlighting areas of tension and allowing for a comprehensive approach to the topic. The main themes are animal suffering and climate change as well as options for action at an individual and societal level. Podcasts 1 and 2 are also suitable for students aged 12 and older.

The podcasts are only available in German, however, the corresponding abstracts provide a summary of the content in English.

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In the face-to-face part of the training participants complete three modules that build on each other. In module 1, they acquire factual knowledge about the life of animals in agriculture and, on this basis, they then explore animal ethics and socio-political issues in module 2. Module 3 looks at how this content can be addressed in the classroom in terms of emancipatory education.

The activities and materials for module 1 and module 2 are suitable not only for teacher training but also for teaching older students. In addition to specialist knowledge, participants are also provided with methods that they can use in their lessons.

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Abstract: Podcast 3 - Civic Education (English)

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Abstract: Podcast 3 - Civic Education (English)

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In this curriculum, we explain the target group, the objectives, the didactic principles, the content and the structure of the ALICE blended learning training. In the appendix you will find a detailed sample agenda for the face-to-face part of the training.

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Welcome to the padlet of the blended learning training ALICE 

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Welcome to the padlet of the blended learning training ALICE 

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On this padlet you will find the curriculum and links to all materials of the blended learning training ALICE as well as all other project materials.

To view and download the materials, please click on the image in the respective post. You can also like and comment on the individual posts.

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These guidelines provide teachers with tips and suggestions on how to implement participatory projects with children and young people.

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The graphic novel is aimed at children and young people aged 10 and over, but will also be of interest to older teenagers and adults. It provides age-appropriate and engaging information about the needs, characteristics and abilities of animals and the conditions in which they often live today. The focus is on animals in agriculture, but it also covers the lives of animals in zoos and circuses, pigeons in the city, etc.

The accompanying didactic guide for teachers explains how the graphic novel can be used in the classroom.

The graphic novel and the guide are recommended by the animal welfare commissioner of the state of Berlin.

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The teaching units are each 2 x 45 minutes long and can be used in both school and extracurricular contexts. They enable both the acquisition of knowledge and the development of critical thinking and judgement skills. In addition to facts, students are also given the opportunity to develop their own political agency.

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As part of the project, students aged 14-16 from a Berlin school created and recorded four podcasts on the following topics: Climate crisis and animal agriculture, factory farming, animal testing, vegan diet.

The podcasts are only available in German, however, the abstract provides a summary of the content in English.

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Our learning videos convey the latest findings from animal intelligence and behavioural research. They are part of the blended learning training, but can also be used in lessons for students aged 12 onwards.

The learning videos are available in German with English subtitles. The full scripts for both videos are available in English.

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Podcast 1: Animals - Our relationship with animals (German)

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Podcast 1: Animals - Our relationship with animals (German)

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This episode is about our relationship with animals in agriculture. We talk about the conditions in animal agriculture and shed light on ethical questions and viewpoints.
(Length: 29:17 minutes)

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ALICE-Podcast Episode 1: Animals / Unser Verhältnis zu Tieren

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Teaching unit 1: Cow’s milk - ethical issues of animal use

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Teaching unit 1: Cow’s milk - ethical issues of animal use

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This teaching unit examines the living conditions of bovines in the dairy industry and raises ethical questions about using animals in this way.

The teaching unit is suitable for students aged 12-18.

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Overview of the materials on this padlet

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Overview of the materials on this padlet

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Curriculum

Training modules

Teaching units for the classroom

Graphic novel and didactic guide

Podcasts for teachers

Podcasts by students for students

Guidelines for participatory projects

Learning videos

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Episode 1: Climate crisis and animal agriculture (German)

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Episode 1: Climate crisis and animal agriculture (German)

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Module 1: The life of animals in agriculture

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Module 1: The life of animals in agriculture

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Learning video 1: Forms and colours of intelligence (German with English subtitles) 

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Learning video 1: Forms and colours of intelligence (German with English subtitles) 

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How do we know what animals think? Do they think at all? And how is this comparable to our thinking? This learning video explores these and related questions. We look at intelligence research and discuss what intelligence actually means and how it develops. We look at different forms of intelligence and describe them using examples from the animal world and studies from science and research.
(Length: 18:35 minutes)

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ALICE-Lernvideo 1: Formen und Farben der Intelligenz

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Podcast 2: Climate - the impact of animal agriculture on the climate (German)

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Podcast 2: Climate - the impact of animal agriculture on the climate (German)

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This episode looks at the various links between animal agriculture and the worsening climate crisis.
(Length: 31:27 minutes)

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ALICE-Podcast Episode 2: Climate / Auswirkungen der landwirtschaftlichen Tierhaltung auf das Klima

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Project website with further information

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Project website with further information

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Nowadays, it is easy to find information about conditions in the animal industry. Extensive footage from factory farms, live animal transports and slaughterhouses reveals that the laws and regulations currently in place to protect animals are often poorly implemented. Yet despite this, many people still find it difficult to develop a willingness to change their own consumption behaviour.
At the same time, society is increasingly calling for improvements in animal welfare and for concomitant changes to the political and economic frameworks. On top of that, more and more people are fighting not for animal welfare reforms but for the total abolition of the animal industry itself.

At an individual, societal and political level, the field of animal ethics is riddled with contradictions, inconsistencies and ambiguities. Over the past 20 years or so, philosophers, sociologists and psychologists have increasingly been exploring the question of how these arise, how they are internalised and how they are culturally sustained and reproduced. This has led to the relatively recent emergence of the field of human-animal studies, which plays an important role in the ALICE project. This field of studies explores, among other things, the tension between the concept of 'animals as subject' and 'animals as object'. Many of us enjoy very close relationships with our 'pets' (dogs, for example, are popularly known as 'man's best friend') but have only very vague notions of the lives and needs of typical 'farm animals'.
This is exactly where ALICE comes in, putting the spotlight on not only animal agriculture but also other areas of animal use.

The podcasts are available in German only. The associated abstracts are available in English above.

Guidelines for participatory projects

Participation is of central importance in both civic education and education for sustainable development. These guidelines are intended to provide tips and suggestions on how teachers can implement participatory projects with children and young people.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Project Number: KA 220-NI-21-30-32616.

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Alice - Institute of Didactics of Democracy - Leibniz University Hannover

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Nowadays, it is easy to find information about conditions in the animal industry. Extensive footage from factory farms, live animal transports and slaughterhouses reveals that the laws and regulations currently in place to protect animals are often poorly implemented. Yet despite this, many people still find it difficult to develop a willingness to change their own consumption behaviour.

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Module 2 - Animal ethics and self-reflection

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Module 2 - Animal ethics and self-reflection

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Learning video 2: Emotions and personality in animals  (German with English subtitles) 

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Learning video 2: Emotions and personality in animals  (German with English subtitles) 

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In the second educational video, we look at two other important areas of behavioural biology. The first is the sentience of animals and the resulting emotions and feelings, and the second is individual differences in how they deal with certain situations - also known as personality. Examples from science and research should also help us to better understand the inner lives of our animal co-inhabitants on this planet.
(Length: 20:52 minutes)

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ALICE-Lernvideo 2: Emotionen und Persönlichkeit bei Tieren

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Podcast 3: Civic education - animal ethics in political education (German)

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Podcast 3: Civic education - animal ethics in political education (German)

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This episode is explicitly aimed at teachers in schools and other educational contexts. It looks at how animal ethics can be taught in the classroom in terms of democracy education and features a teacher who is raising awareness of animal ethics and related issues in the classroom and in the wider school context.
(Length: 35:44 minutes)

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ALICE-Podcast Episode 3: Civic Education / Tierethik in der politischen Bildung

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Module 3 - Teaching animal ethics and the climate crisis

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Module 3 - Teaching animal ethics and the climate crisis

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Publisher, disclaimer, partner organisations of the project and copyright

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Publisher, disclaimer, partner organisations of the project and copyright

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Teaching unit 2: The climate crisis and animal agriculture

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Teaching unit 2: The climate crisis and animal agriculture

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This unit discusses the link between animal agriculture and the climate crisis and develops options for action.

The unit is suitable for students aged 10-14.