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Newsthink teaching resources

Topical teaching resources exploring the news from a humanitarian perspective. Newsthink is our free, topical news resource with engaging activity ideas regularly emailed directly to teachers’ inboxes.

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Featured teaching resources

People help a man with a heavy bleed.

An increase in knife crime

Discuss how to defuse tension and avoid conflict, and the first aid for someone with a heavy bleed.

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Knife crime living peacefully

Knife crime: living peacefully and avoiding conflict

Discuss how we can deal with challenges and build peaceful communities.

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Free teaching resources ideal for Citizenship, PSHE, tutor time and more. Explore our educational resources by age range.

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Secondary (Ages 11-19)

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We offer a range of curriculum-linked resources which relate to the work the Red Cross does around the world.

Conflict and its consequences

Disasters and emergencies

First aid teaching resources

Humanitarianism and the Red Cross

Refugees and migration

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Creating a safe, inclusive and supportive learning environment

A guide to supporting your students as they discuss sensitive or challenging content.

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A guide to terms used in our teaching resources.

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Free Red Cross teaching guide and poster

Request or download a free teaching pack which includes a guide to our resources, a pen and a poster.

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Key dates

Use our list of awareness days and dates to plan topical, engaging lessons.

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Free workshops

We offer workshops in areas where young people are at higher risk of experiencing a crisis.

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