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Teaching Resources from The Guardian
On 2 May 2017, as part of our annual English seminar, 57 Norwegian teachers visited the Guardian’s headquarter in central London. Head of Education, Margaret Holborn, promised to share all the useful resources presented. You find them below.
“Lots of viewpoints, knowledge, debate, questions, resources, not to mention inspiration that I can take with me into the classroom.”
Insight into journalism: Links from sessions
Guardian audiences and research
https://advertising.theguardian.com/audience
https://advertising.theguardian.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/lydiasmears
Upworthy methodology for calculating attention time
Why we should all be afraid of Invanka Trump’s mismatched earrings
My neighbour murdered nearly all my family but now we are friends – Example of a bad headline
Donald Trump ‘Why was there a civil war?’ – example of a good optimised headline
Snowden and NSA – Ewen MacAskill
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ewenmacaskill
US election, Fake News and Brexit – Dan Roberts
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/dan-roberts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/13/donald-trump-president-rust-belt-white-house
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/27/brexit-sugar-beet-cane-tate-lyle-british-sugar
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/01/brexit-uk-eu-may-juncker-dinner
Who is Jeremy Corbyn: British Bernie Sanders or rumpled revolutionary?
The role of the picture desk – Fiona Shields
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/fiona-shields
Devastation in Aleppo – in pictures
Shocking images of drowned refugee boy show tragic plight of refugees
Leader columns and news – Tania Branigan
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/taniabranigan
https://www.theguardian.com/tone/editorials
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/commentisfree
Comment is free but facts are sacred – CP Scott’s centenary essay
Typical day at the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/gnmeducationcentre/gallery/how-the-guardian-is-made
Editorial tour
https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-archive
Snowden hard drives destroyed – video
Chicken in the post in New Zealand
Teaching resources, ideas and activities
https://www.theguardian.com/gnmeducationcentre/resources-for-teachers
https://www.theguardian.com/gnmeducationcentre/8
https://www.theguardian.com/gnmeducationcentre/10
https://static.guim.co.uk/ni/1453387647611/Structure-of-a-news-story-a.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-archive/2014/dec/18/histories-of-the-newspapers
https://www.theguardian.com/media/video/2012/feb/29/open-journalism-three-little-pigs-advert
https://www.facebook.com/theguardian/posts/10154919437036323
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SsccRkLLzU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pzjfNHmXMQ&feature=youtu.be
Guardian video on Facebook – Dab
Fake or for real – Guardian on Instagram stories
Guardian Education Centre
https://www.theguardian.com/gnmeducationcentre
educationcentre@theguardian.com
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