Week 3 · Humanities
Places and their jobs
Match community places to what people do there.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonReady to teach · Autumn 1 · Weeks 3–7
Humanities & RE teaching packs
Choose a pathway, then the week and subject. Each cover period has a complete teaching sequence, pupil sheets and an editable PowerPoint.
Each pathway pack includes the editable PowerPoints, Word teaching plans and pupil sheets, printable PDFs and starting guide for all five weeks. Download and extract your pack for teaching without an internet connection. The cover weeks are undated until matched to the school calendar.
BUILD
Humanities and RE have separate 40-minute periods each week.
Week 3 · RE
Ruth: find the sign of welcome
Name a welcoming action and point to the line that supports it.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 4 · Humanities
Then and now
Use two dated records to spot change and continuity.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 4 · RE
Handle it with respect
Choose a respectful action using the object card.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 5 · Humanities
Same, different, respected
Identify a similarity and a difference without making a guess about someone.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 5 · RE
Similar actions, different meanings
Identify one similarity and one difference between two source cards.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 6 · Humanities
Build our community map
Use a map key to describe and add a place.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 6 · RE
Small actions that include people
Use a scene card to identify an action that supports belonging.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 7 · Humanities
A place in the group
Explain how a group can help someone belong.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 7 · RE
An object and its meaning
Describe an object and explain a meaning using its card.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonGROW
Humanities and RE have separate 40-minute periods each week.
Week 3 · Humanities
Why move? What changes?
Distinguish a reason for moving from a consequence.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 3 · RE
Diwali: the lamp and its meaning
Explain a Diwali practice using evidence from a named source.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 4 · Humanities
Whose history is included?
Use a named example to explain a contribution to British history.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 4 · RE
Hanukkah: light and story
Link a Hanukkah lighting practice to its remembered story.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 5 · Humanities
Why was it significant?
Judge significance using a reason and evidence.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 5 · RE
Christmas: belief and symbol
Explain how a Christmas symbol links to Christian belief.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 6 · Humanities
Plan an account
Select and organise relevant evidence before writing.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 6 · RE
Compare festivals of light
Write one supported similarity and one supported difference.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 7 · Humanities
Write and check an account
Write an evidence-based account and evaluate its source.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 7 · RE
Remembrance: report with care
Use sources to explain remembrance, peace and freedom of choice.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonLAUNCH
Five integrated Humanities/RE periods, one each week.
Week 3 · Humanities / RE
What can a source prove?
Evaluate an archive record and distinguish evidence from authority.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 4 · Humanities / RE
A timeline with a reason
Order events and explain a change while comparing shared values.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 5 · Humanities / RE
People, action and impact
Explain historical significance and connect an action to a stated value.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 6 · Humanities / RE
An account with evidence
Write a connected account and explain a viewpoint on peace.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
Open cover lessonWeek 7 · Humanities / RE
Two enquiries, clear evidence
Complete a source judgement and a reasoned belief-and-identity response.
40 minutes · pupil sheets · editable slides
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