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Online Influences

Lesson plans and classroom materials on online influences including fake news, algorithms and confirmation bias to help students become more digitally aware.
Subject area:
Online safety
Age group:
KS 3, KS 4
Resources:
Lesson activity, Lesson ideas, Lesson plan
Format:
Pdf, Presentation slides

Level Up Safely!

E-learning course for educators and parents to help young people navigate online spaces safely.
Subject area:
E-learning, Extremism, Misogyny, Online safety, Radicalisation
Age group:
KS 1, KS 2, KS 3, KS 4
Resources:
Interactive website, Training
Format:
Interactive site

AI Deepfakes

Suite of RHSE lesson plans for KS2-4 to help educate children and young people about deepfakes and protect them from AI-generated sexual imagery.
Subject area:
Misogyny, Online safety
Age group:
KS 2, KS 3, KS 4
Resources:
Lesson plan
Format:
Web pages

Project Strong

Digital workbook to help young people recognise, understand and challenge extremist influences.
Subject area:
Extremism, Fundamental British Values, Online safety, SEND
Age group:
KS 3, KS 4, KS 5
Resources:
Lesson activity, Lesson ideas
Format:
Digital Workbook

Stay SAFE Online Posters

Schools and colleges play a vital role in helping young people navigate the risks of harmful and extremist content online. With extremist narratives increasingly appearing in everyday digital spaces, gaming platforms, memes, influencer channels, and algorithm driven feeds, pupils may encounter harmful messages without seeking out or recognising them. To help schools raise awareness, we […]
Subject area:
Online safety
Age group:
KS 3, KS 4, KS 5
Resources:
Posters
Format:
Pdf

Safeguarding Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Guidance to support schools and education settings in understanding how to build resilience to extremism for children and young people with SEND.
Subject area:
Online safety, Prevent duty, Radicalisation, Safeguarding, SEND, Terrorism
Age group:
KS 2, KS 3, KS 4, KS 5
Resources:
Fact sheet, Lesson activity, Lesson ideas, Lesson plan, Non-statutory guidance, Parent information
Format:
Pdf

BBC Own It

Classroom activities and discussion points to help educators discuss the importance of online safety with students.
Subject area:
Online safety, Safeguarding
Age group:
KS 2
Resources:
Lesson activity, Lesson ideas, Teacher guidance
Format:
Web pages

The Prevent Duty: The Role of Education in Safeguarding Learners from Radicalisation Video

A short video from the Department for Education and Home Office on the importance of education in protecting students and learners from radicalisation.
Subject area:
Prevent duty
Age group:
Early Years, KS 1, KS 2, KS 3, KS 4, KS 5
Resources:
Non-statutory guidance, Teacher guidance
Format:
Videos

Prevent Duty Guidance Update (September 2023): A Briefing Note for Higher Education Providers

This short briefing note explains what the key changes in the updated Prevent duty guidance are for those in leadership and safeguarding roles in higher education providers. It covers what the key changes are, how the changes affect higher education providers, and signposts the support available to them in implementing Prevent.
Subject area:
Prevent duty
Resources:
Policy guidance
Format:
Pdf

Prevent Duty Guidance Update (September 2023): A Briefing Note for Local Authority Children’s Services Teams

This short briefing note explains what the key changes in the updated Prevent duty guidance are for those in leadership and safeguarding roles in local authority children’s services teams. It covers what the key changes are, how the changes affect local authority children’s services teams, and signposts the support available to them in implementing Prevent.
Subject area:
Prevent duty
Age group:
Early Years, KS 1, KS 2, KS 3, KS 4, KS 5
Resources:
Policy guidance
Format:
Pdf

Educate Against Hate Calendar 2026/27

The Educate Against Hate Calendar for 2026/27 highlights important awareness dates in the academic year which might provide opportunities to discuss things like online safety, Fundamental British Values and extremism with your students.
Subject area:
Fundamental British Values, Radicalisation
Age group:
KS 1, KS 2, KS 3, KS 4, KS 5
Resources:
Fact sheet, Interactive website, Lesson ideas
Format:
iCalendar, Interactive site, Pdf

Digital Matters: Managing Online Information

Digital Matters, created by Internet Matters, is a platform which uses quiz-style and story-based learning while promoting discussion in the classroom to promote a safer internet. The Managing Online Information module aims for Year 5 and Year 6 pupils to explore the differences between belief, fact and opinion and look at reliable sources. A note […]
Subject area:
Online safety
Age group:
KS 2
Resources:
Interactive website, Lesson activity, Lesson ideas, Lesson plan
Format:
Pdf, Web pages

Let’s Discuss: Extreme Left-Wing, Anarchist and Single-Issue Extremism

Resource pack to support classroom discussions about extreme left-wing, anarchist and single-issue extremism and the process of radicalisation.
Subject area:
Debate and discussion, Extremism, Let's Discuss, Radicalisation, Terrorism
Age group:
KS 3, KS 4
Resources:
Lesson ideas, Teacher guidance
Format:
Pdf, Presentation slides, Videos

Talk It Over

Talk It Over is a resource designed to support educators in facilitating honest conversations on online hate and how to tackle it.
Subject area:
Debate and discussion, Hate crime, Online safety
Age group:
KS 3, KS 4, KS 5
Resources:
Lesson ideas, Lesson plan
Format:
Zip

Going Too Far?

Interactive classroom resource aiming to help secondary pupils understand extremism and how certain online behaviour may be illegal or dangerous.
Subject area:
Extremism, Online safety
Age group:
KS 3, KS 4
Resources:
Lesson plan
Format:
Videos, Web pages

InSight: Building Young People’s Resilience To Radicalisation and Extremism

Document for educators including guidance, classroom resources and activities which aims to build young people’s resilience to radicalisation and extremism.
Subject area:
Debate and discussion, Extremism, Radicalisation, Terrorism
Age group:
KS 3, KS 4, KS 5
Resources:
Lesson activity, Lesson plan, Teacher guidance
Format:
Pdf

ACT Early

Informative website providing guidance and support for anyone who is concerned that someone they know may be at risk of radicalisation or extremism.
Subject area:
Prevent duty, Radicalisation, Reporting concerns, Safeguarding, Terrorism
Resources:
Reporting tool
Format:
Web pages

Robbie’s Story

Video resource and CPD session plan for teachers centred around former extreme right-wing member Robbie.
Subject area:
Extremism, Prejudice, Prevent duty, Reporting concerns, Safeguarding, Terrorism
Age group:
KS 4, KS 5
Resources:
Training
Format:
Pdf, Videos, Web pages

Be Internet Citizens

A suite of materials on the topics of fake news, emotional manipulation, us and them narratives and online hate speech.
Subject area:
Hate crime, Online safety, Prejudice, Stereotyping
Age group:
KS 3, KS 4
Resources:
Lesson activity, Lesson ideas, Lesson plan
Format:
Pdf, Presentation slides, Videos

Stand Up!

Teaching resources to help schools teach about tolerance and discrimination to secondary school pupils.
Subject area:
Hate crime, Prejudice, Religion, Stereotyping
Age group:
KS 3, KS 4, KS 5
Resources:
Lesson activity, Lesson ideas, Lesson plan
Format:
Pdf, Presentation slides, Videos

Walls

A PHSE lesson for secondary school pupils centred around a film about community cohesion.
Subject area:
Debate and discussion, Extremism, Hate crime, Prejudice, Stereotyping
Age group:
KS 3, KS 4
Resources:
Lesson activity, Lesson ideas, Lesson plan
Format:
Presentation slides, Videos, Web pages

Resilience

Detailed guidance for teachers to help tackle controversial issues that may arise in RE lessons, plus sample lesson plans.
Subject area:
Debate and discussion, Extremism, Religion, Stereotyping
Age group:
KS 3, KS 4
Resources:
Teacher guidance
Format:
Pdf, Word document