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Sign up  to receive newsthink: a fortnightly email that looks at the stories behind recent headlines, and provides teachers with activities, videos, photos and discussion triggers.

It's ideal in informal education as well as for assemblies, tutor time, and to keep any subject lessons current. 

Red Cross

Church collection appeal poster, 1915

Humanity and neutrality, emblems and dignity. Find out more with the Red Cross quiz.

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Boston marathon

Three runners with their back to the camera stand with their arms around each other looking towards crowd control barriers.

Armed police search for an armed man in a residential area. Explore what happens.

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Previous newsthink activities

An economic crisis is also a humanitarian crisis. Explore how and why, and see how the people of Cyprus responded.

Schools around the world face hazards of all kinds. Find out more and explore the drills that help keep students and staff safe.

Try the highly-popular quiz and discussion trigger. News photographs and irresistible questions reveal knowledge and stimulate opinion.

You're queuing for essentials in the days after a disaster. An argument breaks out. Explore what might help calm things and what wouldn't.

Who is trying to reduce illegal attacks on health workers in conflicts? Find out and add your voice.

A river bursts its banks. You're trapped in a building. You'd prefer to be somewhere else. Is a piggyback the answer? Explore the depths.

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