Mental health: doomscrolling

Use this one-hour Headline to help your students:

• Reflect on how they feel about the news
• Understand how bias affects the news they see and hear
• Discuss how to avoid doomscrolling and find solutions for healthier news consumption

This lesson develops the following skills and knowledge:

Problem solving

Step 8: I explore complex problems by analysing the causes and effects
Step 9: I create solutions for complex problems by finding a range of solutions to doomscrolling

Knowledge

Step 7: I can explain how bias affects the news I see and hear

Find out more about the Topical Talk skills and knowledge framework here.