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Teaching Activities

A guide to different ways you can use screen education in your classroom lessons. Lots of ideas of how to engage pupils through literacy exercises and practical activities.
Teaching Activities

Critical and Cultural Activities

Screening Literacy, per the 2011 European Commission, is understanding and critically engaging with films. It involves conscious film selection, critical watching, and the ability to analyze content and technical aspects.
Alternative Math

Creative Activities

After exploring camera techniques, sound, and editing, consider hands-on activities like making a film using Film Stimulus ideas or opting for alternative projects outlined in the Creative Film Literacy Activities section, featuring various making, playing, and writing activities.

Short Film Library

Additional resources to support your screen education work. Many resources are themed towards specific films in our collection; others are general tools that can be used in many different contexts.

Classroom Resources

Screen Education on the web; find many other useful resources from our directory of links to screen education websites and organisations.

The Principles of Screen Education

Screen Education grammar and language; look up and learn screen ‘speak’ from this list of its most common words and their definitions.