Welcome to History Links, your go to shop for high quality KS3 and GCSE History, RE and Citizenship lessons and revision materials. Designed to support both teachers, our resources include:
- Differentiated lessons with model answers and instant feedback
- Extended writing tasks for comprehensive understanding
- Comprehensive bundles with assessments and clear, easy-to-follow mark schemes
- Free sample resources to get you started
History, RE and Citizenship lessons, linked for you.
Welcome to History Links, your go to shop for high quality KS3 and GCSE History, RE and Citizenship lessons and revision materials. Designed to support both teachers, our resources include:
- Differentiated lessons with model answers and instant feedback
- Extended writing tasks for comprehensive understanding
- Comprehensive bundles with assessments and clear, easy-to-follow mark schemes
- Free sample resources to get you started
History, RE and Citizenship lessons, linked for you.
This comprehensive, fully resourced Year KS3 RE bundle is designed to support high-quality teaching and learning, integrating recall strategies, instant feedback, extended writing, and scaffolded tasks. Covering the Big Bang Theory, Evolution, Christian Creation beliefs, and the Argument from Design, this scheme of work ensures students develop a deep and critical understanding of the relationship between science and religion.
Each lesson follows a clear pedagogical structure, beginning with a Do Now recap to activate prior knowledge, followed by differentiated tasks, structured discussions, and assessments to build confidence and mastery. Frayer Models, sentence starters, and scaffolded writing tasks support all learners, making content accessible yet challenging.
Whats Included?
Fully planned six-lesson unit aligned with KS3 RE curriculum
Do Now recaps to strengthen retrieval practice
Frayer Models (L2, L3) for conceptual understanding and vocabulary development
Extended writing tasks with sentence starters for differentiation
Instant feedback strategies, teacher modelling, peer/self-assessment
Summative and formative assessments with detailed mark schemes
Engaging plenaries to consolidate learning and challenge students
Revision resources, homework tasks, and structured assessments
This final lesson includes a summative assessment to evaluate students’ understanding of science and religion, creation beliefs, and evolution. The assessment consists of a mix of multiple-choice questions, short-answer tasks, and an extended writing question, allowing students to demonstrate knowledge recall, critical thinking, and evaluative skills. A detailed mark scheme is provided to ensure accurate feedback and structured improvement.
Explores the story of Adam and Eve, discussing free will, sin, and human nature. Includes a structured debate, scaffolded extended writing, and an end-of-unit assessment with a mark scheme to consolidate learning.
Breaks down Genesis 1 & 2, exploring symbolic vs. literal interpretations. Features a visual sequencing activity, extended writing task with sentence stems, and peer/self-marking using a structured mark scheme.
Compares Literal and Liberal Christian beliefs on creation, evaluating how these views interact with science and theology. Includes scaffolded writing tasks, instant feedback strategies, and a formative assessment.
Investigates Darwin’s theory of evolution, natural selection, and religious responses. Features Frayer Models for key concepts, an extended writing task with differentiation, and structured peer feedback to improve reasoning.
Examines the Big Bang Theory and its relationship with religious beliefs. Includes Frayer Models to develop vocabulary, sentence starters for extended writing, and peer/self-assessment to refine arguments.
Explores the Argument from Design, including William Paley’s watch analogy, and challenges from science and evolution. Features structured discussion, extended writing with scaffolding, and instant feedback to develop evaluative skills.
