Topic: Difficult Choices

School Punishments

Vox pops from all over the world on experiences with punishment at school, from writing lines to being hit with a cane. How has the education system changed in recent years? Is corporal punishment a valid method of control?

School Punishments

Video length - 03.43

Published date - Oct 2008

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

Lives Not Knives: Eliza’s Campaign

Eliza’s experience of knife crime in London led her to set up the Lives Not Knives campaign. Here, aged 15 she speaks about why.

Lives Not Knives: Eliza’s Campaign

Video length - 01.22

Published date - Sep 2008

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

Fighting Suppression

Wai Hnin is an asylum seeker from Burma, who fled to England for the chance to study freely. Her father is a political prisoner in Burma, because of this she is constantly under threat in her homeland.

Fighting Suppression

Video length - 04.37

Published date - Aug 2008

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

People on the street give their views on human rights: what are they, who has them, who enforces them, what do they mean for us and where does the media fit in?

Human Rights: What Do You Think?

Video length - 03.35

Published date - Aug 2008

Keystage(s) - 4

Perfect Human

Josephine Quintavalle and Abrey de Grey discuss the ethics of designing the human species.

Perfect Human

Video length - 04.09

Published date - Jul 2008

Keystage(s) - 4

The Oldest Trade in the Book

Belinda Brooks-Gordon on the history of prostitution, and how the trade has changed in accordance with social movements.

The Oldest Trade in the Book

Video length - 02.34

Published date - Jun 2008

Keystage(s) - 4

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Degree Vs. Training

Nowadays young people are told that they have to go to university. What are the options? Can we succeed without a degree? The producer of Big Brother would say so…

Degree Vs. Training

Video length - 04.28

Published date - Apr 2008

Keystage(s) - 4 and 5

Reannon’s Story

Reannon had an abortion as a young woman. Here she talks about the emotional pain of having the abortion, explaining that it took a while for her to heal after it. She discusses the support she required to get through the challenges the period posed.

Reannon’s Story

Video length - 06.00

Published date - Apr 2008

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

On the Road

Stories of life in gangs. Gang members explain how they think gun and knife crime can realistically be tackled.

On the Road

Video length - 02.57

Published date - Jan 2008

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

Organ Donors

TrueTube challenges the public on their opinions of organ donation, asking: whether or not they have a donor card; whether they’d be comfortable with giving others their organs; and if it’s right for the government to change the laws on organ donation.