Loud, colourful, fast and frantic, this adaptation of Shakespeare’s tale of star crossed lovers is about as far from traditional theatre as you could imagine. Played by Leonardo Di Caprio and Clare Danes, the young couple at the centre of the story must still overcome their families’ bitter feuding in order to be together, but now they do so in violent Verona Beach, Florida, a place where swords have been replaced by guns, and where their soundtrack is blazing rock music. This one-page film guide is designed to support pre and post screening discussions around the film with accompanying teacher notes, which can help teachers build discussion around character, different genres and key message of the film . The film guide is suitable to use with students age 11+. This film is now free to stream at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/3127

BroZone is getting back together, and it’s time for the reunion tour! This cross-curricular activity pack challenges your class to get hands-on with a range of activities framed around coordinating a reunion tour for BroZone, the boyband Branch and his long-lost brothers are part of in DreamWorks’ new film Trolls Band Together. Kicking off the sequence, your class will get out of their seats to learn some of the film’s key dance moves. Learners will have the chance to try choreographing a sequence using these new dance moves and even add in some signature moves of their own! The Stage Design activity asks learners to plan, design and make a model of the stage for the tour, including a new BroZone logo for band merchandise. The tour needs to run smoothly, and this is where the Tour Times task comes in. Pupils will be given a series of time based problems to solve using the gig dates and locations as a stimulus for the maths outcomes, demonstrating the real-world importance of learning about telling the time and calculating duration. The home learning activity gives insight into writing to inform, as learners will be asked to create a newspaper front page that includes key information about the BroZone reunion tour. Finally, your class is invited to enter our Trolls Reunion Tour competition for a chance to win a karaoke machine and film merchandise bundles. These flexible challenges will immerse young people in a range of curriculum areas and help develop their team building skills. You can cherry-pick the activities, assign different activities to groups or even teach the sequence over a series of sessions.

It’s time to take flight and go on the journey of a lifetime with Universal and Illumination’s upcoming film release, Migration. In this two-lesson sequence, suitable for ages 6–11, your class will be introduced to the Mallard family and their daring journey south from Maine, USA, to Kingston, Jamaica, for winter. Through geography and creative writing, learners will be able to better understand the significance of the journey birds take when they migrate each year. Migration: Habitat Heroes also provides an opportunity for young people to get out into the local area to observe, explore and assess the opportunities to make their local space more inviting for local wildlife.

This resource is one of those created as part of Into Film’s ScreenWorks programme to demystify the world of screen careers to young people aged 14 to 19 across Northern Ireland and the UK. Professional film journalist, editor and author Helen O’Hara has collaborated with us to summarise what the role entails, key skills needed and routes into the job. There is also a practical film journalism activity that learners can complete as a taster into the job role. ScreenWorks is a screen industry work experience scheme offering unparalleled opportunities for young people aged 14-14 to learn about careers across Film, TV, Animation, Gaming and Visual Effects. To find out more, or to apply for the programme, visit the Into Film website.

No matter what you teach, Into Film’s Story Builder: Games is a fun and meaningful way for students to research or consolidate their curricular learning. It supports cross-curricular literacy while its iterative design approach develops thinking skills and personal capabilities. The flexible nature of Story Builder: Games makes it suitable for a curricular focus or the basis of an exciting new extra-curricular club. Whether designing a chemical reaction puzzle game or a tourism-boosting strategy game, the potential is endless! Visit the Into Film website to download the Story Builder: Games and to learn more about our games on the Into Film Games hub.

Explore Hamlet with this creative workbook that helps students to analyse the play based on the Shakespeare: The Animated Tales adaptation of the play through the 3Cs (character, camera, colour) and 3Ss (story, setting, sound). This resource is suitable for students aged 7 plus and the teachers' notes includes extension activities. For information on how to start a free Into Film club and to order this DVD for free, please visit http://www.intofilm.org/schools-film-clubs

This educational cross-curricular resource based on Disney’s Zootropolis 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 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 available to stream free on Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18642

Take your learners on a journey into the mind and body of Riley as she faces the changes and challenges that come with growing up. This interactive resource, brought to you by Into Film and Disney to celebrate the upcoming cinematic release of Inside Out 2, develops resilience and mental well-being through the exploration of emotions and feelings. Learners will study the Inside Out 2 trailer by thinking about their expectations for the film. They will consider the new characters and discuss why Riley might be experiencing a complex mixture of feelings at this time in her life. The class will use our Wheel of Emotions https://www.wheelofemotions.co.uk/ digital spinner to learn more about the characters and develop a wider vocabulary to discuss their feelings. Learners will use an ‘axis of emotions’ to plot how Riley’s emotions and feelings change, to learn that no feelings are ‘wrong’ and to discover that our responses to our emotions and the emotions of others can often change how we feel. Learners will also be encouraged to consider the effects that different emotions can have on our bodies, to think about where emotions might be felt and how those sensations might feel. They will discuss that not everyone has the same physical responses as each other and that it is important to be empathetic to the ways people experience emotions differently. Finally, learners will consider what they could do to help Riley deal with complex emotions and celebrate the role that all the emotions she is feeling play. This lesson is supported by a home learning activity that asks pupils to try out different well-being activities and there is an optional competition where pupils could win a Crafting Corner Kit for the whole class, worth £185.