Investigating Issues curates over 150 major global issues, provides a diverse collection of media sources to explore each one, and offers question and unpacking suggestions to link them to learning, and develop authentic critical thinking skills.
The issues they feature, and the support they provide you to explore them in a critical way, are perfect for helping you create a portfolio, HPQ, or EPQ.
Accessing Investigating Issues
Investigating Issues is available to Full Access members of the site, but non-members can download a free sample here. We update the resource every month, by adding new media sources to the different issues.
Using Investigating Issues to create mini-depth studies
You can use Investigating Issues to download the individual issues as PDF documents, and create ‘mini-depth studies’. These can then be shared with students, who can use them to create their ACT portfolios, EPQs, or HPQs, or your own critical thinking final products.
Below you can see an example of mini-depth studies we’ve created, all from the main Investigating Issues presentations. You could potentially create 130 other mini-depth studies in the same way! Remember, we update the resource very month, so check back regularly to make sure you’re using the very latest version of the resource.
AI
Our mini-depth study on AI enables students to explore technology, the natural sciences, the arts, and knowledge & the knower, as well as various key concepts, within the context of this contemporary issue.
The climate crisis
Our depth study on the climate crisis allows you to explore the natural & human sciences, indigenous societies, politics, religion, the arts, and technology, within the context of this contemporary issue.
Decolonization
Our mini-depth study on decolonization enables students to explore indigenous societies, history, the natural sciences, and the arts, as well as various key concepts, within the context of this contemporary issue.
Deep fake technology
Our mini-depth study on deep fake technology enables students to explore technology, politics, history, the arts, and many other subject areas, within the context of this contemporary issue.
Freedom of expression
Our mini-depth study on freedom of expression enables students to explore politics, the arts, social sciences, and history, as well as various key concepts, within the context of this contemporary issue.
Gender bias
Our mini-depth study on gender bias draws on students’ knowledge of individual cognition, political or religious affiliations, and emphasised by the way language is used. Our media sources also link the issue to the arts and the natural sciences., within the context of this contemporary issue.
Historical distortion
Our mini-depth study on historical distortion enables students to explore history…
NFTs
Our mini-depth study on NFTs enables students to explore knowledge & the knower, language, the arts, and history, as well as various key concepts, within the context of this contemporary issue.
Ukraine invasion
Our mini-depth study on the Ukraine invasion enables students to explore human sciences, history, knowledge & the knower, language, technology, and politics within the context of this contemporary issue.
Understanding the universe
Our mini-depth study on understanding the universe enables students to explore the natural sciences, mathematics, technology, indigenous societies, and the arts, within the context of this contemporary issue.
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