Teaching resource library
Topical Talk gives you free teaching resources for weekly classroom discussions about current affairs. Our trustworthy, ready-to-use lessons are made by expert teachers in collaboration with world-leading journalists and fact-checkers from The Economist newspaper.
Filter the resources by "Type" to find Headlines: 1-hour lessons published weekly, Special Editions: longer schemes of work or Topical Talk Toolkit: additional materials to support your teaching.
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De-extinction: good v bad
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Kashmir: who owns water?
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Education: who should have control?
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Defence space: peace in space, peace on Earth?
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The next pope: role, tradition and change
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Tariff wars: what’s the impact?
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Cyber-security: who is responsible?
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80 years on: should VE Day still make the Headlines?
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Renewable energy: our power, our planet
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Andrew Tate and Conor McGregor: permitting public misogyny?
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The Big Mac index
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The decline of democracy?
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“Deepfakes can upset our democracies.”
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The German election: big questions
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Wildfires: prevention v management
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A citizen of nowhere?
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The Israel-Hamas conflict: what makes ceasefires hard?
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Russia and Ukraine: three years on
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One small step for women, one giant leap for humankind