Talking about sensitive and complex issues

They'll practise building knowledge about a complex and sensitive topic by considering different perspectives and apply their learning to real issues in the news.

Use this one-hour Headline lesson to help your students:

• Understand why some news stories are sensitive and complex to talk about
• Use examples to identify potential bias and evaluate different perspectives
• Consider how they might think about news stories in future

This resource was created as part of an online teacher-training course: Teaching the news. The course has been created by The Economist Educational Foundation with support from Infosys. The Economist Educational Foundation maintained full editorial control

This lesson develops the following skill:

Listening

Mastery: 
Listening critically