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Topical Talk gives you free non-partisan 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.

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Each lesson contains:

Ready-to-use teacher instructions that are easy to follow
An accessible PowerPoint that's clear, colourful and student-friendly
Printable, engaging resources with instructions for how to present them
Keywords and definitions to break down new or challenging vocabulary

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