Newsthink: teaching current affairs
Topical teaching resources exploring what is happening in the world, and the news, from a humanitarian perspective.
Our Newsthink resources are packed full of ideas for how to help young people learn about current affairs and the world around them with a humanitarian outlook. The resources use real-life examples through film clips, photographs, and stories linked to British current affairs and international news, prompting discussion and developing media literacy and critical thinking.
Browse our media literacy teaching resources and find out more about how to teach current affairs with a humanitarian approach.
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Newsthink teaching resources
In the news (Newsthink)
![People in Sri Lanka praying together](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/solidarity-with-sri-lanka.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=CEA271F7931FF6FDB9A21033FC358740)
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)
![Impact of climate change on Tuvalu, South Pacific](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/climate-change-south-pacific.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=6CFC9642D069ACB9E6A16FCC5C80E458)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Video activity looking at climate change refugees.
In the news (Newsthink)
![People waiting to receive humanitarian aid in Venezuala](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/venezuela-humanitarian-aid.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=60C53B36AEA6D7C8105CD70F35FCE750)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Video activity discussing the humanitarian situation in Venezuela.
In the news (Newsthink)
![The front part of a boat crossing the channel.](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/boat-across-the-channel.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=9E9AE3B7F30FB1B49DA31E6449DD71CB)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Educational resource to help secondary school students ages 11 - 16 build empathy and understanding towards migrants and refugees and learn about the reasons for risking their lives to reach the UK.
In the news (Newsthink)
![Two women retrieve salvageable items after Tsunami that affected Indonesia in December 2018](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/forces-of-nature-resilience.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=79146A6B7B85D37D8EBE5379A83E7613)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Learn about resilience and coping skills by looking at the recent natural disasters in Indonesia.
In the news (Newsthink)
![School in Raqqa, Syria](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/school-in-syria.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=AEE1757EAE44F9B9E05AC8AB355AA6D1)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Discuss the importance of education by looking at students who started their own school in Syria.
In the news (Newsthink)
![Couple pose for photo with their two young children](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/refugees-through-time.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=91103C80935C7A247698C6119E7FBAA4)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Educational teaching resource considering the shared humanity of refugees and migration through history. Suitable for secondary school students aged 11 to 16.
In the news (Newsthink)
![Poppies for remembrance day](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/beyond-remembrance-day.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=E481408994EB192D2A8F520D9198294D)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Discussion activities on the importance of remembering.
In the news (Newsthink)
![Police tape blocking entry to road](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/teaching-resources-knife-crime-living-peacefully.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=9169A3A606362FDA6CEDDBB4EF32A5B0)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Discussion activity considering how we can avoid conflict and build more peaceful communities.
In the news (Newsthink)
![A boat in the sea near some islands.](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/teaching-resource-cast-adrift.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=1694F6BFB7831749EA458D3E7327729B)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Discover the survival story of a boy cast adrift in the ocean for 49 days.
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