Secondary teaching resources
Our free teaching resources help young people aged 11 to 19 to examine the world around them from a humanitarian perspective and learn about topics related to the work of the Red Cross.
These curriculum-linked activities, session plans and teaching packages are ideal for subjects such as PSHE, Citizenship, Geography, History and informal learning time. Learners gain new perspectives, develop new life skills and develop understanding, values and critical thinking.
In the news (Newsthink)
Age: 14-19
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE
Discuss a real-life example of people not helping someone in a first aid emergency.
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.
Age: 7-11, 11-14
Type: Lesson plan, images
Subjects: PSHE
Activities to help learners consider identity, belonging and the impact stigma can have on refugee and migrant communities.
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.
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.
Age: 11-16
Type: Lesson plan, video
Subjects: Citizenship, SMSC
Help learners see refugees as 'someone like me' to build mutual respect and empathy and build a shared future.
Age: 14-19
Type: Lesson plan, video
Subjects: Citizenship, Drama, English
Learn more about World War One and what it might have been like to “go over the top” using an impactful film to explore the humanitarian impact of armed conflict.
Age: 14-19
Type: Lesson plan, video
Subjects: Citizenship, History
A lesson plan about humanitarianism and how it guides the principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Age: 14-16
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.
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.
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