Into Film is an education organisation providing a unified UK-wide offer for learning through and about film. It is supported by the British Film Institute (BFI) through Lottery funding and its programme includes delivery of the BFI 5-19 education scheme. Into Film's resources range from film discussion guides, to curriculum linked worksheets, lesson plans and presentations. Our resources are tailored to fit the curriculum criteria of each nation, supporting learning outcomes.
Into Film is an education organisation providing a unified UK-wide offer for learning through and about film. It is supported by the British Film Institute (BFI) through Lottery funding and its programme includes delivery of the BFI 5-19 education scheme. Into Film's resources range from film discussion guides, to curriculum linked worksheets, lesson plans and presentations. Our resources are tailored to fit the curriculum criteria of each nation, supporting learning outcomes.
BroZone is getting back together, and it’s time for the reunion tour! This cross-curricular activity pack challenges your class to get hands-on with a range of activities framed around coordinating a reunion tour for BroZone, the
boyband Branch and his long-lost brothers are part of in DreamWorks’ new film Trolls Band Together.
Kicking off the sequence, your class will get out of their seats to learn some of the film’s key dance moves. Learners will have the chance to try choreographing a sequence using these new dance moves and even add in some signature moves of their own!
The Stage Design activity asks learners to plan, design and make a model of the stage for the tour, including a new BroZone logo for band merchandise.
The tour needs to run smoothly, and this is where the Tour Times task comes in. Pupils will be given a series of time based problems to solve using the gig dates and locations as a stimulus for the maths outcomes, demonstrating the real-world importance of learning about telling the time and
calculating duration.
The home learning activity gives insight into writing to inform, as learners will be asked to create a newspaper front page that includes key information about the BroZone reunion tour.
Finally, your class is invited to enter our Trolls Reunion Tour competition for a chance to win a karaoke machine and film merchandise bundles.
These flexible challenges will immerse young people in a range of curriculum areas and help develop their team building skills. You can cherry-pick the activities, assign different activities to groups or even teach the sequence
over a series of sessions.
It’s time to take flight and go on the journey of a lifetime with Universal and Illumination’s upcoming film release, Migration. In this two-lesson sequence, suitable for ages 6–11, your class will be introduced to the Mallard family and their daring journey south from Maine, USA, to Kingston, Jamaica, for winter. Through geography and creative writing, learners will be able to better understand the significance of the journey birds take when they migrate each year. Migration: Habitat Heroes also provides an opportunity for young people to get out into the local area to observe, explore and assess the opportunities to make their local space more inviting for local wildlife.
This resource is one of those created as part of Into Film’s ScreenWorks programme to demystify the world of screen careers to young people aged 14 to 19 across Northern Ireland and the UK.
Professional film journalist, editor and author Helen O’Hara has collaborated with us to summarise what the role entails, key skills needed and routes into the job. There is also a practical film journalism activity that learners can complete as a taster into the job role.
ScreenWorks is a screen industry work experience scheme offering unparalleled opportunities for young people aged 14-14 to learn about careers across Film, TV, Animation, Gaming and Visual Effects.
To find out more, or to apply for the programme, visit the Into Film website.
No matter what you teach, Into Film’s Story Builder: Games is a fun and
meaningful way for students to research or consolidate their curricular
learning. It supports cross-curricular literacy while its iterative design
approach develops thinking skills and personal capabilities.
The flexible nature of Story Builder: Games makes it suitable for a curricular
focus or the basis of an exciting new extra-curricular club. Whether designing a chemical reaction puzzle game or a tourism-boosting strategy game, the potential is endless!
Visit the Into Film website to download the Story Builder: Games and to learn more about our games on the Into Film Games hub.
Explore Hamlet with this creative workbook that helps students to analyse the play based on the Shakespeare: The Animated Tales adaptation of the play through the 3Cs (character, camera, colour) and 3Ss (story, setting, sound). This resource is suitable for students aged 7 plus and the teachers' notes includes extension activities.
For information on how to start a free Into Film club and to order this DVD for free, please visit http://www.intofilm.org/schools-film-clubs
This educational cross-curricular resource based on Disney’s Zootropolis includes a selection of activities that have been designed for teachers to cherry-pick in their classrooms.
This resource consists of three activities, a PowerPoint with embedded clips and an accompanying booklet with worksheets. Each activity has an extension task that you that you can use to extend the session, challenge your more able pupils or as a homework task.
This film is available to stream free on Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18642
Take your learners on a journey into the mind and body of Riley as she faces the changes and challenges that come with growing up. This interactive resource, brought to you by Into Film and Disney to celebrate the upcoming cinematic release of Inside Out 2, develops resilience and mental well-being through the exploration of emotions and feelings. Learners will study the Inside Out 2 trailer by thinking about their expectations for the film. They will consider the new characters and discuss why Riley might be experiencing a complex mixture of feelings at this time in her life.
The class will use our Wheel of Emotions https://www.wheelofemotions.co.uk/ digital spinner to learn more about the characters and develop a wider vocabulary to discuss their feelings. Learners will use an ‘axis of emotions’ to plot how Riley’s emotions and feelings change, to learn that no feelings are ‘wrong’ and to discover that our responses to our emotions and the emotions of others can often change how we feel.
Learners will also be encouraged to consider the effects that different emotions can have on our bodies, to think about where emotions might be felt and how those sensations might feel. They will discuss that not everyone has the same physical responses as each other and that it is important to be empathetic to the ways people experience emotions differently. Finally, learners will consider what they could do to help Riley deal with complex emotions and celebrate the role that all the emotions she is feeling play.
This lesson is supported by a home learning activity that asks pupils to try out different well-being activities and there is an optional competition where pupils could win a Crafting Corner Kit for the whole class, worth £185.
Mae’r adnodd hwn yn hyblyg a gall addysgwyr ei gyflwyno mewn amrywiaeth o wahanol ffyrdd. Mae yna gynlluniau gwersi unigol sy’n edrych ar themâu amgylchedd a chynaliadwyedd, goroesi ac animeiddio. Gallwch ddefnyddio’r rhain fel gwersi annibynnol neu i greu cynllun gwaith cyflawn. Gallwch hefyd ddewis elfennau o’r gyfres o adnoddau i’w defnyddio wrth gynllunio gwersi.
Mae yna linyn cryf o Gymraeg/Llythrennedd ar draws yr holl gynlluniau gwersi. Ceir awgrymiadau hefyd ar sut i adeiladu ar y cynllun gwers i fynd i’r afael â meysydd eraill o’r cwricwlwm, yn ogystal â dogfen Cysylltiadau Cwricwlwm.
Gall yr adran animeiddio gael ei chyflwyno fesul rhan ymhlith cynnwys y cwricwlwm neu ei chyflwyno fel uned animeiddio i ategu’r dysgu cwricwlaidd neu hyd yn oed i wneud animeiddio 2D mewn clwb allgyrsiol. Gall y dysgwyr ystyried cyflwyno eu hanimeiddiadau gorffenedig i gystadlaethau Curricular Film of the Month neu Film of the Month
This resource is also available in English.
This resource is based on the new animation Kensuke’s Kingdom, adapted from Michael Morpurgo’s novel, and aims to immerse learners in the world of the film and 2D animation.
We consulted with teachers on Into Film’s Welsh Ambassadors panel to shortlist the potential activities to be included in the resource and ensure their suitability for the Curriculum for Wales.
Each curricular activity is structured as a lesson plan that draws on the trailer, stills, content from the film and exclusive interviews with the crew as stimulus and alternative digital activity to meet the cross-curricular needs of the digital competence framework.
The animation activities develop young people’s animation skills from simple flick books to using digital software apps, encouraging them to develop their own animations inspired by Kensuke’s Kingdom. There is a selection of youth-made 2D animations and exclusive interviews with the crew who made the film and who offer their top tips for animation careers as further inspiration for learners.
This resource is also available in Welsh.
This lesson, assembly and active viewing guide will inspire young people aged 11–14 to consider a positive future though STEM by using the film Hidden Figures and EDF Energy’s Pretty Curious programme activities to unlock their potential.
The science lesson helps students to develop their understanding of investigations and fair testing, and gather data that is valid and reliable. Students must use their understanding of forces acting on a glider to make a prediction that they will test in a hands-on investigation, concluding with an evaluation of their results. It is comprised of a teachers’ notes document, activity sheets and a PowerPoint presentation with embedded clips from the film. It is spilt into seven parts, based on the flight of a rocket, and is to be completed over a double lesson period, or in a few Into Film Clubs or STEM clubs.
Hidden Figures is working with EDF Energy’s Pretty Curious programme with the aim to inspire 2 million teenage girls and boys to consider a future through STEM.
This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18858