Free resource library: Humanitarianism and the Red Cross
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Humanitarianism teaching resources
Age: 10-19
Type: Quick activities
Subjects: Tutor time, PSHE
Learn about the rules of war and how they apply to the conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Age: 10-19
Type: Quick activity
Subjects: Geography, Tutor time, PSHE
Learn about the impact of heatwaves – in the UK and around the world – with this Newsthink resource. Explore how extreme heat affects individuals and communities.
In the news (Newsthink)
Age: 10-19
Type: Quick activity
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Learn about the UK’s annual awareness event – Refugee Week – through a humanitarian lens using this Newsthink resource.
In the news (Newsthink)
Age: 10-19
Type: Quick activity
Subjects: Tutor time, PSHE
A teaching resource to explore the current crisis in Sudan through a humanitarian lens. Suitable for the top year of Primary and all of Secondary (10-19 years old)
Age: 11-18
Type: Quick activity
Subjects: Citizenship
Black History Month takes place every October in the UK. Use this activity with secondary school students to discover some exceptional Black British humanitarians.
Age: 3-18
Type: Guidance and activities
Subjects: Citizenship
A free primary and secondary teaching resource about how to support and talk to children and young people about race, racism and anti-racism.
In the news (Newsthink)
Age: 11-16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
This teaching resource explores attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday 2019, and provides a safe space to discuss similar attacks.
In the news (Newsthink)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Video activity discussing the humanitarian situation in Venezuela.
In the news (Newsthink)
Age: 11-16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Discussion activities looking at the monsoon season in the camps in Bangladesh.
Age: 14-19
Type: Lesson plan, video
Subjects: Citizenship
A lesson plan about the principle of humanitarianism that guides the work of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
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