An online teacher-training course
Build confidence in bringing the news into your classroom.
In partnership with Infosys. The Economist Educational Foundation maintained editorial control.
Each course video comes with an accompanying fully-resourced 60-90 minute lesson for you to try in your classroom!
The course is suitable for teachers of students aged 10+ with a B2 level English or higher.
Should the news be taught in schools?
In this lesson students will work through three activities to build their opinions on the big question: should news be taught in schools? They’ll consider what counts as the news and role-play a range of opinions, before having a group debate.
Talking about sensitive and complex issues
In this lesson students will explore a fictional news story about a conflict between two cities. They’ll practise building knowledge about this complex and sensitive topic by considering different perspectives, then think about how they could apply their learning to real issues in the news.
Building news literacy: misinformation and disinformation
In this lesson students will build their knowledge of news literacy, misinformation and disinformation. They’ll work through examples in groups to spot the difference between mis- and disinformation, before deciding what “news-literacy actions” they could take to avoid being misled in future.
Discussing the news: student-led activities
In this lesson, students will lead themselves through a series of fun debate activities to warm up for a teacher-chosen debate on the news.
