Buzzard app for social studies and German classes

Buzzard is an award-winning educational app for political, media and civic education. It helps teachers bring current political and social debates into the classroom in a clear, balanced and time-efficient way – without extensive material research.

The app curates up-to-date topics from politics and current affairs and presents contrasting perspectives from established media outlets. Concise summaries provide quick access and help make complex issues understandable. In addition, Buzzard offers background information on media sources and authors as well as classroom-tested teaching materials.

Unlike traditional textbooks, Buzzard offers current content at all times and makes pro and con positions visible. All topics are presented from multiple perspectives in line with the principles of the Beutelsbach Consensus, ensuring balanced and non-partisan political education. 

Buzzard can also be effectively used for German class. Current debates and journalistic texts from different media outlets provide strong writing prompts for essays, commentaries and text analysis. Students learn to compare arguments, structure their thoughts clearly and express well-founded positions in writing.

Buzzard places strong emphasis on journalistic quality, diversity of opinion and transparency. Its aim is to enable students to critically evaluate information, compare arguments and develop well-founded positions of their own. The app is GDPR-compliant, ad-free and specifically designed for educational use.