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)
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)
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.
In the news (Newsthink)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Discuss the story of an emergency landing and people coming to the rescue of others.
In the news (Newsthink)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time, Geography
Discussion activities on the tsunami in Indonesia, using photos to consider what is being done to help.
In the news (Newsthink)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Discussion activities looking at the importance of resilience and preparation for activities that carry a risk.
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.
In the news (Newsthink)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Discussion activities looking at how best to cope with different scenarios during the hot weather.
In the news (Newsthink)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Discussion activities looking at what drives us to help others and the importance of personal safety while helping.
In the news (Newsthink)
Age: 11–19
Type: Lesson plan, Newsthink
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Activities to discuss airstrikes in Yemen and consider who and what is protected under international humanitarian law.
In the news (Newsthink)
Age: 11–19
Type: Lesson plan, Newsthink
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Secondary PSHE activities considering how to prepare for a natural disaster and living with the reality that this could happen.
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