key_stages: Key Stage 4 (Age 14-16)
BBC Sport Relief – A Safe Place
What does “A Safe Place” mean to you? Somewhere to hang out with your mates? Somewhere you’re understood? Somewhere you’re protected from harm? Many young people in the UK have no safe place to go to. This film shows how Sport Relief is helping to fund safe places for young people in disadvantaged communities all over the country. Sport Relief Website
One Hour to Save the Nation
What is sacred? Human rights and the safety of the nation are things that most people would agree are sacred, but what happens when the two come into conflict? How should we deal with people who threaten our nation? And does the Prime Minister really have a teddy bear? This film is one of four in a series that explores what sacred means in the modern world.
Is Nature Sacred?
What is sacred? The natural world has long been sacred to people, but for many different reasons. Nick (a shaman), Martin (a vicar), Hilary (from an eco-friendly cosmetics firm) and Professor Gordon Lynch all share their views. This film is one of four in a series that explores what sacred means in the modern world.
The Cult of the Child
What is sacred? Most people would agree that childhood is sacred, but society hasn’t always thought so. How did children come to be so protected, and have we gone too far? Look around you – are those children you see? Or monsters? This film is one of four in a series that explores what sacred means in the modern world.
What Is Sacred?
What is sacred? For many people, the word “sacred” no longer has a religious meaning, but Professor Gordon Lynch argues that there are still some things we all agree are sacred, but we might not realise what they are until they are threatened. This film introduces a series of four that explores what sacred means in the modern world.
Blood and Milk
How do you measure someone’s importance? A humble carpenter and the local “big shot” get a surprise when they offer food to Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion. Animation by Ceiren Bell
