Conflict and its consequences
Our free teaching resources look at the impact of conflict and help young people to understand the laws which help to protect people in conflict zones.
Explore conflict and its consequences with our free lesson plans, ideal for History and Citizenship teachers.
Get primary and secondary teaching ideas about:
- past and present-day conflicts, such as World War One or the conflict in Syria
- the rules of war and what constitutes a violation of International Humanitarian Law
- the humanitarian impact of conflict, and what it might be like to live in a war zone
- how people like aid workers, child soldiers and prisoners of war are affected by conflict.
Conflict teaching resources
In the news (Newsthink)

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)

Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Discussion activities on the importance of remembering.
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
Photo and discussion activities reviewing the Myanmar crisis one year on.

Age: 11 - 16
Type: Teaching package
Subjects: Citizenship, History
Teaching package of activities using the unique British Red Cross digitised volunteer archive and photographs, case studies and letters from the war.
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 on chemical weapons and international humanitarian law.

Age: 5-19
Type: Teaching guide
Subjects: Cross-curricular
A teaching pack which includes a guide to our resources and posters for primary and secondary schools.

Age: 11-16
Type: Teaching briefing, activities
Subjects: Citizenship
Consider how to defuse tension and reduce conflict in difficult situations.

Age: 14-19
Type: Lesson plan, video
Subjects: Citizenship, PSHE
Use these thought-provoking activities to help young people explore International Humanitarian Law and how it is applied in situations of armed conflict.
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