Video resources and worksheets
If you are an English language teacher and are interested in using video more effectively in your classroom, we have some materials here to get you started!
Life in the circus, with 14-year-old Antony on tour in Australia. His family, originally from Switzerland, has been in the circus for 400 years.
Student-created video from Chile about a day in the life of an outdoor kayaking school. They tour the world to find the best rivers for their sport.
An official fire department training camp in Seattle, USA, for young women who want to become fire fighters.
A group of young people from a US high school talk about what makes them sad, happy, scared or nervous.
Fashion stylist Cristina Aranda shows us the business of creating the latest styles and looks for London’s high-fashion magazines.
Sierra Gorda, a reserve in central Mexico that protects the environment and the animals that live there. Visitors can take classes, stay in eco-lodges and learn more about Green travel and protecting the environment.
Liliana loves to cook and shows us how to make her favourite dish. We get to see her in action in the kitchen as she creates a banana cream pie.
Talented Shireen is a high school student but she also makes her own jewelry and wire sculpture. Is it just a hobby, or is it something she will do for her future career?
A multi-national ESL class in a US high school discuss the fun side of genetics. Can you roll your tongue, or wiggle your ears?
Parallel youth clubs in Rio de Janeiro and London that teach martial arts as an alternative to violence and street crime.
A taste of the contemporary music scene in London with interviews of the various players, including the artists, sound engineers, and an A&R manager.
Interviews and performances with three San Francisco high school students who formed their own band to make hip hop music with a positive message.
Art from the San Francisco Dump? Interviews with two artists in the Recology Programme there. They talk about the process for turning other people’s garbage into art.
A new international trend for hobby inventors to get together and show off their incredible creations. We get a glimpse of the first one in Brighton, UK, and get to meet some of its makers.
Famous TV chef Jamie Oliver set up this London restaurant called Fifteen to help turn troubled teens into chefs. We hear from several apprentices in the programme about their experiences.
This popular scheme for UK students offers everything from litter-picking to music and mountain-climbing expeditions. Several students on the programme tell us about their experience doing skills and activities that lead to the Award.
A guided tour by the students of their unique school in Odense, Denmark. They have a cinema with seats from a real plane!
A programme in Oakland, California, that helps young people channel their graffiti style into art that everyone can appreciate.
Dark histories of plots and revenge in the 1,000-year-old fortress in the centre of London.
Students at Ex’pression College in California talk about their new ideas for animation, including the video game industry in the USA.
Summer fun and activities at a typical American summer camp, Camp Echol Lake, in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York.
Are you afraid of spiders, or snakes, heights, darkness, the dentist? Or maybe nothing frightens you? Find out what these US high school students have to say about their fears and phobias.
This group of students at a state school in Nottingham, England, discuss their attitudes to exams – why they need them, and how they feel about them. Do they cause stress?
Want to be an astronaut? You can start with learning to be weightless or walk on the moon at this special camp in Alabama, USA. Campers tell us about what a typical week is like at this unique place.