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LAUNCH pathway · Humanities / RE · Autumn 1 · Week 4

A timeline with a reason

Cover lesson · 40 minutes

Tuesday 10:10–10:50. Match the week to the school calendar before teaching.

One integrated 40-minute cover period: retain both the Humanities and RE responses. The beliefs-and-values source board is part of the independent task, with no extra lesson time.

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Stage 1 of 8 · 3 minutes

Arrive

Order events and explain a change while comparing shared values.

Think, point, speak, draw or write. You may pass or ask for a quiet start. An adult may scribe your own words.

Stage 2 of 8 · 5 minutes

Read the source

SECONDARY TEACHING SUMMARY: The National Archives and UK Parliament.

A. In 1948, Empire Windrush brought passengers from the Caribbean to Britain.

B. In 1963, Bristol campaigners opposed a bus company's racial discrimination.

C. Paul Stephenson and other organisers helped lead that campaign.

D. The 1965 Race Relations Act prohibited racial discrimination in some public places.

Stage 3 of 8 · 5 minutes

Watch a model

  1. Put events in chronological order; add a reason each event matters.
  2. A gap between our selected events does not prove that nothing happened.

Point to the detail that supports the answer.

Stage 4 of 8 · 4 minutes

Choose

What does a gap between our selected dates prove?

Choose first. Give a reason before checking.

Stage 5 of 8 · 3 minutes

Check

Reveal the deciding clue

B

A selected timeline is incomplete; gaps are not evidence of no change.

Keep your first choice. If you change it, say what changed your mind.

Stage 6 of 8 · 12 minutes

Your evidence

Beliefs and values

Compare a religious and non-religious reason for peaceful action.

CLASSROOM SOURCE SUMMARIES — paraphrases or explicitly labelled fictional applications; not quotations. Use within the one 40-minute Humanities/RE lesson.

A1. Matthew 5:9 presents Jesus praising peacemakers. This paraphrase is from a Christian sacred text.

B1. Humanists UK explains that empathy and experience can guide decisions. This is a non-religious ethical approach.

U1. The UN Day of Peace is 21 September. A fictional community event asks visitors to solve disagreements without violence.

Your tasks

  1. Order 1948, 1963 and 1965; add a description to each.
  2. Choose one change and justify its place on the timeline.
  3. Write one shared value and explain how each source could support the fictional event’s aim.

Writing stays in this open page only. It is not saved or sent. Copy what you want to keep before leaving.

Stage 7 of 8 · 5 minutes

Improve

Check your answer against the source. Show the detail you used.

Add evidence, improve a link, or mark a claim you cannot support.

Keep your first attempt visible.

Stage 8 of 8 · 3 minutes

Reflect

One event, one reason, one limit of this timeline.