Secondary Resources
Films
- Relevance: KS3, KS4
- Subjects: Citizenship, English, Film Studies, Geography, PHSE
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: This KS3 resource encourages young people to reflect on their existing knowledge and understanding of Africa whilst introducing new ways of seeing the continent and some of the children who live there.
- Relevance: KS3
- Subjects: English, History
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: The legendary hero Beowulf battles the demon Grendel and the beast's dangerously seductive mother
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE, KS3, KS4
- Subjects: Film Studies, Media Studies
- Certificate: 15
- Synopsis: The Boat That Rocked is an ensemble comedy in which the romance takes place between the young people of the '60s and pop music.
- Relevance: GCSE, KS3
- Subjects: Citizenship, English, History
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: Adaptation of John Boyne's novel about the forbidden friendship between an eight-year-old German boy and a Jewish concentration camp prisoner.
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE, KS3, KS4
- Subjects: English
- Certificate: PG
- Synopsis: Film based on the love affair between the Romantic poet John Keats and 18 year-old Fanny Brawne
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE, Scottish Highers, KS4
- Subjects: Film Studies, Media Studies, Spanish
- Certificate: 15
- Synopsis: Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE, Scottish Highers, KS4
- Subjects: Creative & Media, Film Studies, Media Studies
- Certificate: PG
- Synopsis: Designed for students of English, Film and Media aged 16-19, the resource uses key clips and stills from Chariots of Fire
- Relevance: AS, A2, Dip 1, Dip 2, Dip 3, GCSE
- Subjects: Citizenship, French
- Certificate: 15
- Synopsis: François and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighbourhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop them from trying to give the best education to their students. But his
- Relevance: KS4
- Subjects: English, Media Studies
- Certificate: 15
- Synopsis: Ralph Fiennes' 2012 adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE
- Subjects: Critical Thinking, General Studies, Religious Education, Science
- Certificate: PG
- Synopsis: Film based on the life of Charles Darwin and his struggle to complete his most controversial book, On the Origin of Species
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE, KS4
- Subjects: Citizenship, English, Film Studies, Media Studies, Politics
- Certificate: 15
- Synopsis: Documentary about how the citizens of planet earth are sucking dry our most valuable and non-renewable natural resource: oil.
- Relevance: KS2, KS3
- Subjects: Art & Design, Literacy, PSHE & Citizenship
- Certificate: PG
- Synopsis: Diary of a Wimpy Kid microsite including a guide to writing a blog.
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE, KS3, KS4
- Subjects: Citizenship, Geography, Science
- Certificate: PG
- Synopsis: A documentary that asks you to imagine an ocean without fish. Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences. This is the future if we do not stop, think and act.
- Relevance: AS, A2, KS3, KS4
- Subjects: Citizenship, Film Studies, Media Studies, Physical Education, PHSE
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis:
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE, Scottish Highers, KS3, KS4
- Subjects: Citizenship, Critical Thinking, Film Studies, General Studies, Geography, Media Studies, Science
- Certificate: PG
- Synopsis: Online taster resource for citizenship, science, geography, critical thinking and general studies for 11-19 year olds.
- Relevance: AS, A2, KS4
- Subjects: Drama, English, Media Studies
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis:
- Relevance: KS4
- Subjects: Citizenship, English, Film Studies, History, Media Studies
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: A microsite featuring clips from the film and clip analysis activities as well as a downloadable pdf study guide.
- Relevance: A2, GCSE
- Subjects: Citizenship, English, Media Studies
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: Based on the acclaimed novel, The Kite Runner is the story of two childhood friends in Afghanistan and the consequences of one boy’s fearful act of betrayal.
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE, KS4
- Subjects: English, Religious Education
- Certificate: PG
- Synopsis:
- Relevance: A2, GCSE
- Subjects: General Studies, German, History, Media Studies, Politics
- Certificate: 15
- Synopsis: The Lives of Others begins in East Berlin in 1984, five years before Glasnost and the fall of the Berlin Wall. A highly skilled officer who works for the Stasi, East Germany’s all-powerful secret police, is ordered to spy on a celebrated writer and his
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE
- Subjects: English, Film Studies
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: A 14-year-old girl from suburban Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbour. She tells the story from Heaven
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE
- Subjects: Citizenship, English, Film Studies, History, Media Studies, PSHE & Citizenship
- Certificate: 15
- Synopsis: An educational site for learners aged 15-19 features digital teaching materials exploring the film. Designed for students of Citizenship, History, Media, Film and English GCSE, AS, A2 and equivalent.
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE
- Subjects: Drama, English, Film Studies, Media Studies, Theatre Studies
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: A teenage student lucks his way into a minor role in the legendary 1937 Mercury Theatre production of Julius Caesar, directed by a youthful Orson Welles. Over the course of a magical week, he makes his Broadway debut, finds romance with an ambitious older
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE
- Subjects: Art & Design, Film Studies, Media Studies, Politics
- Certificate: PG
- Synopsis: Aimed at students of Film and Media studies at GCSE, A Level and equivalent with particular relevance for WJEC GCE Film Studies FM4
- Relevance: KS2
- Subjects: History, Literacy
- Certificate: PG
- Synopsis: Roman Polanski's adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel.
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE
- Subjects: Art & Design, Citizenship, English, Film Studies, Media Studies, Politics
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution.
- Relevance: AS, A2, KS3, KS4
- Subjects: Citizenship, English, Film Studies, Media Studies
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis:
- Relevance: AS, A2, KS3, KS4
- Subjects: Citizenship, Film Studies, History, Media Studies, PHSE
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: Inspired by the true story of World War II's first African American fighter squadron, the heroic 332nd fighter group of the U.S. Army Air Corps.
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE, KS3, KS4
- Subjects: Citizenship, English, Film Studies, History
- Certificate: PG
- Synopsis: The untold story of Australian athlete Peter Norman, and the part he played during the black power salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.
- Relevance: KS3, KS4
- Subjects: English, Media Studies
- Certificate: 12
- Synopsis: New film interpretation of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous characters updated for a modern audience.
- Relevance: A2
- Subjects: Citizenship, Film Studies, Media Studies
- Certificate: 15
- Synopsis: Riz Ahmed takes the title role of Shifty, a thriller charting an action packed 24 hours in the life of a young crack cocaine dealer on the outskirts of London.
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE, KS4
- Subjects: Film Studies, Media Studies, PHSE
- Certificate: 15
- Synopsis: Kayla, a young sixteen-year-old, faces the harsh London streets of gangland culture alone. Her mother already dead, her only protector and loving elder sister Tanya is one day brutally murdered by violent, misogynist gang leader Trey.
- Relevance: GCSE
- Subjects: Citizenship, Film Studies, Media Studies
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
- Relevance: AS, A2, KS4
- Subjects: Citizenship, English, Film Studies, Media Studies
- Certificate: 15
- Synopsis: An eighteen-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' Arrested on suspicion of cheating, he tells the police the incredible story of his life
- Relevance: GCSE, KS3
- Subjects: Citizenship, Media Studies, Music
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: An affectionate and humorous documentary which follows the journey of 4 lovable losers from very different backgrounds and parts of the continent to the hugely popular Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
- Relevance: AS, A2, GCSE
- Subjects: Film Studies, Media Studies
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.
- Relevance: KS3, KS4
- Subjects: English, Film Studies, Media Studies
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: This resource is designed for students of English at ages 11-16. Offering a range of engaging interactivity based on assets from the film, these materials give learners an exciting opportunity to develop reading skills across multimodal texts.
- Relevance: KS3, KS4
- Subjects: English, Media Studies, PHSE
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: Tomorrow When the War Began follows the journey of eight high school friends in a coastal country town whose lives are suddenly and violently upended by an invasion that no one saw coming.
- Relevance: AS, A2, KS4
- Subjects: Citizenship, English
- Certificate: PG
- Synopsis: Trishna is a modern adaptation of Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Suitable for AS/A2 and equivalent English, Media and Film Studies, resource features downloadable study guide.
- Relevance: KS3, KS4
- Subjects: English, History, Media Studies
- Certificate: 12A
- Synopsis: War Horse, directed by Steven Spielberg, is an epic adventure set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War. Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo
- Relevance: AS, A2, KS4
- Subjects: English, Film Studies, Media Studies
- Certificate: 15
- Synopsis: Study materials suitable for AS/A2 and equivalent English, Film and Media. Resource features key clips and a downloadable study guide for the classroom