ERA Teaching Resources

You asked, we listened! Our latest Video Streaming Platform updates are here: ✅Bookmark TV & radio clips for instant access ✅Add private notes for timecodes & themes ✅Your very own personal profile hub to keep content at your fingertips Check it out: bit.ly/4jsnbzN

🚨New teacher request: Oppenheimer (2023) 🎬 A powerful resource to support curriculum study in history, physics and ethics. Watch the full movie or share it with your students to stream from home: bit.ly/4jG8pWZ

It’s the Year of Reading! 📖 We’re celebrating reading in all its forms. Why not explore some contemporary adaptations of your favourite primary tales, recently added to the Lit Archive? Watch them here: bit.ly/3sQxQys

Setting extended learning tasks or encouraging revision beyond the textbook? 📚 With Student Share Insights, see how many times your class has viewed a clip and how long the link stays live. Learning doesn’t stop at the classroom door 👉 bit.ly/3LJuNSF

Today we’re celebrating #MartinLutherKingDay by remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s activism and his fight against inequality for African Americans. Explore this episode of Icons 🎥 bit.ly/4sGXH6D

Who's ready to #GoAllIn2026 and see how reading in all its forms can unlock more of what you love? As lead delivery partner for the National Year of Reading, we’re calling on you – your communities and schools, businesses, authors and friends - to join us! goallin.org.uk

Did you know An Inspector Calls was streamed a total of 14,539 times last year? If you’re in the middle of mock exams, why not support GCSE prep by pairing screen with text? Watching alongside reading can help consolidate key themes, characters and ideas: bit.ly/4qjVIDs

We're proud to partner with the Educational Recording Agency (ERA) @ERAresources to provide tailored audio-visual resources for GCSE. You can find resources linked to GCSE Geography B here ow.ly/Ii6R50XyXpR #Geography #Geographyteacher #GCSEteachingresources

Happy New Year from ERA ✨ As we step back into the office, we’re celebrating the incredible achievements made possible by our amazing team, partners and teachers using the video streaming platform. Here’s to another year of inspiring students and supporting educators! 🎉

We're always delighted to hear how teachers are using the clips and programmes available on ERA to enrich lessons. 📚✨ Got a story about how ERA has supported your teaching? We’d love to hear it! Share your feedback: bit.ly/40yOwaT

Today we’re celebrating the birthday of the legendary author Jane Austen. 🎉 Explore her timeless stories with 64+ clips and programmes on her key works in the Literature Archive👉bit.ly/4arzJWr

Did you know 99.5% of schools are covered by the ERA Licence? 🎓 With many SLTs now banning YouTube and similar platforms in class, ERA offers a safe, legal way to use trusted broadcast content for learning. More info: bit.ly/4cWdln5

Here’s what’s on the ERA to watch list for media studies from our AV Content Executive, Louie: ▶️Saltburn (2023) ▶️King Kong (1933) ▶️Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby ▶️28 Days Later (2002)

Some great tips and advice on how Sociology and Psychology teachers can use TV and radio in the classroom 👇

🌍 Geography teachers! El Niño, ecosystems, waste management; whatever topic you’re teaching, our endorsed playlists for the @OCRCambridge GCSE Geography B spec have you covered: bit.ly/48qCjdQ

@MissSGeography @OCR_Geography Hello🙂 We don’t have resources for the OCR Geography A spec just yet, but we really appreciate the query - it’s now on our radar. As part of our partnership with OCR, we’re continuing to expand the materials we curate to support their specifications. Stay tuned!

@OCR_Geography @ERAresources Anything specific for OCR A??

@KatieKates_84 @BBCOne Hi Katie, Agreed!☺️Its an amazing programme to use in the classroom and its now available to stream on ERA: era.org.uk/streaming-serv…

@ERAresources Just catching the end of ‘Prayer and Reflection from Shree Hindu Temple’ on @BBCOne ! Would be wonderful to have this uploaded to ERA website for use by teachers of RE…there are some great examples of lived experience and worship that would be helpful for pupils.

In the second instalment of our Sociology series, A-level teacher Marina Dickings explores how documentary storytelling can reinforce sociological concepts using examples from China’s One Child Policy to life inside North Korea on ERA. Read the blog: bit.ly/3XGjjBO

Today we’re celebrating the broadcast anniversary of the BBC Shakespeare series! On this day in 1978, the BBC began airing all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays, starting with Romeo and Juliet. 🎭 Explore the full collection in the Shakespeare Archive: bit.ly/4rsjZZ6

December 1st is here! The countdown to Christmas has begun. If you’re teaching English at KS3 or KS4, our A Christmas Carol adaptation guides offer a rich way to explore Dickens through film + TV. Explore contextual and themes at GCSE level.🔗 bit.ly/4eiQQZ0