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Children standing in the aftermath of an earthquake

Natural disasters: earthquakes

Age: 11-19

Type: Teaching package, images, videos, case studies

Subjects: Geography

Explore how individuals and communities prepare for and respond to life-changing natural disasters and learn how the Red Cross helps communities recover and build resilience.

  • Disasters and emergencies
Humanitarian aid distribution in Homs, Syria.

Humanitarianism in action

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.

  • Humanitarianism and the Red Cross
People in Haiti use a handmade ladder after a bridge has been destroyed by Hurricane Matthew.

Hurricane Matthew in Haiti – one year on

Age: 11-19

Type: Lesson plan, photos

Subjects: Geography, PSHE

Explore the impact of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti one year on, and the importance of building resilience.

  • Disasters and emergencies

In the news (Newsthink)

Someone dials 999 into phone

Bystander or lifesaver?

Age: 14-19

Type: Lesson plan

Subjects: PSHE

Discuss a real-life example of people not helping someone in a first aid emergency.

  • First aid and the bystander effect
  • Newsthink
Group of adults unload humanitarian aid from trucks

Disasters Emergency Committee

Age: 11-19

Type: Teacher briefing, quick activity

Subjects: Citizenship, PSHE

Learn about what the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is and how it helps in times of crisis.

  • Disasters and emergencies
A child soldier

Child soldier

Age: 14-19

Type: Lesson plan

Subjects: Citizenship

Lesson plan exploring child soldiers and how some armies and militias forcibly recruit young people into armed conflict.

  • Conflict
Young people working together at school

Emergency bingo

Age: 7-14

Type: Quick activity

Subjects: PSHE

A quick and fun PSHE activity to help learners gain awareness of the key aspects of emergencies.

  • Disasters and emergencies
A boy holding an aid parcel.

Teaching resource glossary

Age: 7-19

Type: Teacher briefing

A handy glossary of some of the words that commonly appear in our online teaching resources.

Vietnamese artist Hong Dam.

Refugees: Celebrate

Age: 14-19

Type: Lesson plan, images

Subjects: Citizenship, PSHE, Art and design

Celebrate the contributions of refugees to art and culture, and consider how it may feel to have to flee your country.

  • Refugees and migration
A cartoon taken from the graphic novel Over Under Sideways Down.

Refugees: Identity

Age: 11-19

Type: Lesson plan, images

Subjects: PSHE, Citizenship, Geography

Explore identity, the feeling of isolation and the value of friendship by looking at a comic book about a refugee’s story.

  • Refugees and migration