SPECIAL WRITING RESOURCE - Speak up by getting creative! Help your students to get writing about the news and, if they like, enter the Orwell Youth Prize 2021. There are lots of ways to start a conversation about the news. Banksy makes art. Stormzy pens songs. Darshan Singh Bhuller choreographs dance performances. What can your learners do? This resource, supported by The Orwell Foundation, explores George Orwell’s writing process to inspire learners to put their own ideas on paper. The whole resource ca be used independently by students.

Download activities that assess the information around President Trump’s positive test for covid-19. How did the information emerge and who from? What do people think about how Mr Trump handled his own diagnosis? Help learners reach their own verdict. This resource helps your learners to: Discuss recent events with contextual knowledge Identify the consequences of false information Assess different views before forming their own opinion

New president, new start. Truth, trust and togetherness. Moments after taking his oath of office, President Biden gave his blueprint for overcoming the challenges facing America. This resources explores the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. What’s Joe Biden done in his first two weeks as president? And what next for Donald Trump? T These activities help your learners: Discover what was said on inauguration day Express what this story means to them View the events from different perspectives This is the first of two

What does the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white former police officer found guilty of murdering George Floyd, a black man, mean for America? This trial was about more than justice for one man. Find out why so many people tuned in to watch the trial and what the verdict means for Black Lives Matter movements.

Explore how numbers are used in news reporting through a week’s worth of good news stories! 90% of the news we consume is negative. But why? Learn about why we are drawn to negative stories and how this is reflected in the media. Then, investigate how numbers can be used to help us understand a news story. This resource is supported by KPMG

What’s the plan for exams in 2021? Download this resource to explore the pertinent questions surrounding end-of-year assessment. What is the fairest way to give grades during a pandemic? What would different people say? What are the alternatives to exams?

How do journalists help us understand the news and is it acceptable for them to reveal people’s secrets? Download a resource that helps students understand the importance of the Pandora papers and the different ways journalists present information. This resource is just one of the current affairs resources we publish! We publish two kinds of resources: Headlines cover a different news story each week. A new one is published every Friday Projects explore one issue in depth over five weeks To get full access to all of our resources for free - just create an account!