Take your class on a musical journey inspired by Disney’s animation Encanto. With support from professional musician and producer Jonathan, children will respond to music from the film through art and design, hands-on participation, and the creation of their own musical compositions. Progressing through this two- lesson resource, learners will develop skills and vocabulary to both discuss and create music. Inspired by the resilience of the character Mirabel, children will be challenged to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary as they produce their own eco-orchestras – creating rhythms from discarded materials. There will be an opportunity for children to appraise different skills and talents and how these can be developed through practise and dedication.

This educational cross-curricular resource based on the 2016 Disney film The Jungle Book includes a selection of activities that have been designed for teachers to cherry-pick in their classrooms. This resource consists of three activities, a PowerPoint presentation with embedded clips and an accompanying booklet with worksheets. Each activity has an extension task that you that you can use to extend the session, challenge your more able pupils or as a homework task. This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18656

Habitats, Adaptations and Food Chains Hold tight and prepare for an exciting adventure to the Lost World. Take your class on a rip-roaring journey with Crash, Eddie and Buck Wild as they hurtle through the dangerous habitat that is the Lost World. On the way, they will meet a host of creatures that inhabit the Lost World and learn about how they depend on one another and their environment for survival. Teamwork is essential as Crash, Eddie and Buck Wild escape the many predators they encounter along the way. Brought to you by Into Film and Disney+, Ice Age: Survive and Thrive with Buck Wild is a cross-curricular educational resource for use with learners aged 6 to 11 and suitable for** science, citizenship and English/ literacy**. Both lessons have a scientific focus and pupils will learn relevant vocabulary during the lessons. By watching a clip from the forthcoming film, The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, children will be introduced to the characters and explore how they are connected, using the idea of simple** food chains** and more complex food webs. Pupils will learn about** different habitats and consider how animals and plants have adapted to their environment**. Learners will also discuss the importance of collaboration, working in groups to explore the threats that these habitats face.

A film guide that looks at The Way He Looks (2014), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion. The Way He Looks is a romantic drama about a blind high-school student whose relationship with his best friend is threatened by the arrival of a handsome new boy in school. This guide is useful for exploring topics including PSHE Education and Film Studies in addition to highlighting themes surrounding growing up, friendships, disabilities and inclusion, love and relationships, and South American countries.

A film guide that looks at Lost Connections (2021), a poetic short film made in response to the Coronavirus pandemic using archive footage. This guide is useful for exploring topics such as PHSE Studies and Film Studies, in addition to highlighting themes surrounding community, filmmaking and mental wellbeing.

A film guide that looks at Dear Evan Hansen (2021), a coming-of-age musical, based on a hit stage show about a teenage boy suffering from social anxiety who becomes an overnight internet sensation. This guide is useful for exploring topics including Performing Arts, PSHE Education and Psychology in addition to highlighting themes surrounding music, family, friendships, mental health, growing up and anti-bullying.

Using the short film* Black Barbie*, this resource helps students to explore issues around body image and the external factors that influence self-esteem. Using the film highlights, students are encouraged to consider their personal strengths and identity, leading to the creation of a short poem. This resource is accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation and activity sheets to support learners in class or at home. Where appropriate, suggestions for adaptation for home learning have been included in the teachers’ notes. Physical Health and Mental Wellbeing: Secondary The similarities and differences between the online world and the physical world, including through setting unrealistic expectations for body image Learning Outcomes: • To define and discuss what is meant by positive and negative body image • To consider what influences might affect a person’s image of themselves • To identify and celebrate personal strengths • To communicate a point of view by combining words, images and colour.

This resource for students aged 12 to 16 examines cultural identity and relationships on film as starting point for students to explore their own identity, how it is shaped and how they perceive themselves and others. It also explores a range of relationships including family and friendships, to consider how others influence them, and how they affect others through films ranging including Gone Too Far, Belle, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Girlhood. To download the Black Star: Identity PowerPoint presentation, please visit the Into Film website: https://www.intofilm.org/resources/1144 Black Star is the British Film Institute's autumn 2016 celebration of the range, versatility and power of black actors on film and TV taking place nationwide and we're delighted to be complementing their season with a programme of relevant films that resonate with our audience of 5-19 year olds. Embracing the BFI's direction of illuminating on-screen talent, the films selected for use in this resource feature contemporary British stars of black heritage as well as actors from the African diaspora and throughout film history that demonstrate a real range and depth of storytelling. For further information on the BFI Black Star season, please visit http://www.bfi.org.uk/black-star

This resource launches to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week (8-14 May 2017) and has been produced in partnership with Mental Health Foundation. Half of all mental health problems start before the age of 14, and so addressing mental health concerns has never been more at the forefront of the minds of the government, the media and the education sector. Teachers now play a vital role in strengthening the mental health of their young people, but are often not sure how to incorporate this topic into an already jam-packed teaching timetable. Mindfulness Through Film guides teachers and their learners through a series of popular mindfulness activities, such as raising sensory awareness, mindful colouring and walking. It has at its heart a collection of clips from feature and youth-made films, and culminates in a simple filmmaking task. The resource has been developed for young people approaching changing or challenging circumstances, such as exams and transitioning from primary to secondary school, but is suitable across Key Stages 2 and 3, and Second, Third and Fourth Level. The activities link to PSHE curricula and provide an introduction to mindfulness. Interested in learning more about mindfulness through film? Into Film’s Mindfulness Through Film online course explores how film watching and filmmaking can be used to introduce mindfulness principles and exercises. Created in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation, this course includes a variety of film-based strategies to enable you and your learners to confidently engage with mindfulness. Discover how film can help you tap into the mental health benefits of mindfulness, such as enhancing focus, promoting self-regulation, increasing resilience, and improving interpersonal skills. https://www.intofilm.org/mindfulnessthroughfilm Not yet Into Film? Start your free Into Film Club at www.intofilm.org/clubs

Are your learners ready to discover the impossible? This resource, brought to you by Into Film and Disney to celebrate the upcoming release of the new animated adventure Strange World, will encourage learners to embody the attitude of an explorer as they are immersed in a whole new environment full of mystery and impossibility. The two lesson sequence encompasses geography, English, art and design and science with opportunities to develop creative writing skills, speaking and listening, mapping skills and identifying environmental features. The learning opportunities encourage pupils to imagine themselves as explorers of the fantastical setting of Disney’s Strange World and to document their exploration through maps, diary entries and observations of the unusual creatures that inhabit this place.

2022 was a pivotal year for women’s football, with the England Lionesses winning the European Championship – the first time that any England team, men’s or women’s, has won the title. England are set to return in 2023 when the FIFA Women’s World Cup will be played this July. This resource, suitable for use with learners aged 11–16, gives young people the opportunity to analyse how the sport of women’s football and the women who participate in it have been portrayed in a range of films across the years, before planning and producing a creative response to the topic. The resource considers female football players and attitudes towards women in sport more generally. Learners will be given the opportunity to access archive, feature length and documentary film footage to discuss what football has looked like for girls and women over time from as far back as 1920.

The first moving images were shown to audiences in the 1800s. Since then, new technologies and storytelling techniques have been developed, different film styles have gone in and out of fashion, and audience tastes have changed. From Silent to CGI: A Brief History of Cinema has been developed with young people aged 7-14 in mind. It aims to showcase the pivotal moments in the history of cinema, from its early inception to the multi-sensory experience of today. This resource will complement curricular learning (such as history or design and technology) or provide a backdrop to Into Film Club activity involving watching and making films. The resource is comprised of activities, photocopiable student sheets and film clips. Not yet Into Film? Start your free Into Film Club at www.intofilm.org/clubs

A film guide that looks at Blackfish (2013), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.

This resource is suitable for use with learners aged 15 and over and includes themes of public image, online personas, identity, comparisons and anxiety. Curriculum links include PHSE/RSE, English Language, Media Studies and Film Studies. This lesson will introduce learners to the theme of comparisons and how comparing ourselves to others can make us feel. By looking at the character of Kayla in the film Eighth Grade students will be encouraged to consider the potential negative impact of media images on body image and confidence. The selected scenes are included to explore feelings of anxiety that can be associated with comparing yourself to others. Young people will be introduced to aspects of performance and the use of sound to support their analysis of the protagonist. Learners will be asked to reflect on Kayla’s thoughts and feelings and offer alternative words for positive self-thought. The optional filmmaking activities build on the ideas of positive self-talk as well as the power of music to reflect mood and emotion in film.

This resource is a PSHE lesson covering topics within media literacy and digital resilience for ages 14–16 through class discussion and an option for filmmaking. Students will analyse a film which focuses on social media, bullying, privacy and consent to consider how we present ourselves online and how this can affect our lives offline. Students will have the opportunity to reflect on their own experiences with digital media and to speak about the importance of being critical of the things we see online. This resource is suitable for in-class teaching and learning but could also be adapted for home learning or a blended learning approach.

Mamie Till-Mobley might not be a name that is widely recognised but her actions following the brutal lynching of her 14-year-old son Emmett Till in Mississippi, 1955, caused a seismic cultural shift in the twentieth century and acted as the catalyst for the modern Civil Rights movement. Mamie was a mother of one and public school teacher who became a revolutionary civil rights figure in the mid-1950s and campaigned until her death in 2003. Her transformation was marked by her resilience in harnessing her grief and anger towards her son’s murderers and the corrupt justice system of the southern states of the USA, which she used to teach the whole world about the impact of racism, inequality and injustice. There are parallels with the death of Stephen Lawrence in 1993 in London and the activism of his mother Doreen Lawrence, now Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, OBE who kept his image, story and legacy in the public consciousness through media coverage and campaigning against legal injustice.

Once upon a time there was a cat with a sword, a hat, a pair of boots, and a thirst for adventure! This two-lesson sequence brings your class into the world of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish to explore aspects of creative storytelling and exciting characters. Are your learners ready for an epic adventure? The two-lesson sequence incorporates elements of the PHSE/RSE, English/ literacy, design and technology, and art and design curriculums. The learning opportunities encourage pupils to create their own stories, using the conventions of an adventure narrative; be a team player and identify and assess risk, challenging themselves to step out of their comfort zone in the process.

A lesson working with this classic eight minute sci-fi film as stimulus, to plan a persuasive marketing campaign and co-ordinate press coverage of space tourism. For more information about Into Film and help setting up your free Into Film club, visit www.intofilm.org

This immersive, exciting and varied resource will take young people on a quest to become Chopstick Warriors by teaching them about the history and handling of chopsticks. They will teach others and perform a range of challenges to perfect the art of the chopstick, then battle other competitors in school, culminating in The Rice Challenge, with the intention of being crowned Chopstick Master. Teachers are provided with a fun downloadable ‘Chopstick Challenge' resource pack that includes how to create and run a Chopstick League within their school. This is an easy to use end of term resource designed to bring the school community together with an engaging and challenging project to help celebrate the end of the school year. The DVD is on general release from July 11th 2016. The accompanying Kung Fu Panda 3 PowerPoint presentation including embedded clips can be downloaded from the Into Film website: https://www.intofilm.org/kung-fu-panda-3 Look out for the Chopstick Challenge competition coming soon! Check the Into Film Twitter page for more info.

This film-focused resource enables teachers and pupils to explore what it means to be part of the Commonwealth, gaining insights into the culture and identity of Commonwealth countries and reflecting on life in the UK. The activities centre on four carefully chosen films from across the Commonwealth that will engage and excite pupils in exploring key themes -Whale Rider, Fly Away Home, Like Stars on Earth and Paper Planes. The resource has been designed to work across a range of subjects, these activities enable pupils to develop a range of skills and the curriculum areas of English and literacy, citizenship, wellbeing and PSHE, art and design and geography.