UPDATED & READY FOR THE 2025 exams! This resource takes into account the latest amendments to Edexcel GCSE History question paper formatting, timing and question types. This 15-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 2 British Depth Study exam for Anglo-Saxon & Norman England and provides them with: Example questions Question walkthroughs Advice about exam technique Mark scheme reminders Model answers All past exam questions (2016-2023) Slide 1: Introduction title slide Slide 2: An overview of the Anglo-Saxon & Norman England question types Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘Describe one feature of [2 x 2]’ question type. Slide 6-8: An outline of the ‘Explain why [12]’ question type Slide 9-11: An outline of the ‘How far do you agree [16]’ question type. Slide 12-15: All past paper questions from 2016 Samples to 2023. Buyers of this resource have often used it as part of a walkthrough for their students before the exam, as an introduction to the topic or as a way to remind students of the exam techniques as they practice their skills. Please be aware that any images used in this resource are copyright free. Others which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you feel any errors have been made with this, please email me in the first instance at raschoolresources@gmail.com

This lesson presents a number of tasks for the student to complete to gain an understanding of the events which led to the Cuban Missile Crisis and the consequences of the crisis for the development of the Cold War. A two page fact sheet can be found at the end of the presentation which can be printed off for your students to replace the text book and present an easier to follow narrative of events. RECAP: Class clip from BBC Bitesize and map showing the location of Cuba in relation to the key areas of the Cold War so far. BACKGROUND: 12 clearly presented slides covering the main events which led to the Cuban Missile Crisis if you would like to take the students through this in presentation format. Each slide animated to bring in information step by step. Each slide begins with a connective phrase which will be useful for the students in their narrative accounts. **TASK SHEET 1: **A basic comprehension sheet for students to either fill in or use to show their understanding in their book. (Printable). **TASK SHEET 2: **A storyboard style sheet which includes 10 boxes with key terms for each stage which students can use to analyse the links between the events. (Printable) **TASK SHEET 3: **A worksheet which asks the students to think about the consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis and develop an explanation for each one. An example is given for the students to see the difference between their ‘point’ and the ‘explanation’ of this point. **EXTENTION TASK: **Students asked to identify and explain key turning points in the events which led to the Cuban Missile Crisis. EXAM QUESTIONS: 3 example exam questions which can be based around this topic (Consequences, narrative account and importance). **PLENARY: **Students handed a storyboard of events which has been mixed up - they should correct the order of the events. UPDATE 2023: Please note that all images (clipart/vector/illustrations/photographs) are in the public domain and are therefore classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you believe there are any errors, please email me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue.

This lesson specifically examines the experences of migrants from the Caribbean, Africa and Asia (India & Pakistan) in the second half of the 1900s. It specifically looks at the changing attitudes towards migrants after 1945, Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech, Race Relation legislation and the riots in Brixton and Burnley/Oldham/Bradford Slide 1:Title slide Slide 2: GCSE graded lesson outcomes Slide 3: The role of the media in reporting on migration Slide 4-6: Information about Enoch Powell’s Rivers of Blood speech with analysis questions & student printout. Slide 7-9: Source based activity based on various experiences of migrants to Britain (sources and tables included) Slide 10: Printable question sheet for students to use alongside the lesson fact sheet Slide 11: 1960s Political cartoon analysis to show accepted attitudes at the time. Slide 12: Big discussion question about the overall experiences of migrants after 1945. Slide 13-15: Photographic images showing the race riots Slide 16: Practice exam questions Slide 17: Recap Activity Slide 18: Lesson fact sheet

In this lesson, students will be able to examine the main events which led to King Henry VIII’s Break from Rome. The lesson will cover Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon, why he wanted a divorce from Catherine and the reasons why Henry fell out with the Roman Catholic Church to form his own Church of England. The lesson includes a range of activities such as a timeline task, word sort and source analysis and printable student worksheets are included throughout. This is a fully resources lesson which includes a warmup, starter task, engaging background information, various learning activities, challenge tasks and learning reviews. The lesson includes the following: Slide 1: Title slide – Why did Henry VIII Break Away from the Roman Catholic Church? Slide 2: Outline of the main lesson aims Slide 3: Lesson Warm Up – Marriage and Divorce in the modern era discussion. Slide 4-5: Starter Task: Source analysis about the relationship and marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon in the early years. Printable student handout also included. Slide 6-7: Activity 1: Reading – Students will be given a fun and informative fact sheet about the events of the Break from Rome. Slide 8: Activity 2: Timeline of the Break from Rome instructions. Slide 9-11: Activity 3: Key term match up with answers given and printable handout included. Side 12: Activity 4: Explaining the facts question sheet aimed at higher ability students to challenge their understanding. Slide 13-14: Activity 5: Crossword with answers and printable handout. Slide 15-16: Learning Review – Order the main events of the Break from Rome – answers provided. I would be grateful if you could leave a review for the lesson if you feel the lesson is effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this and your feedback is highly valued. All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.

This sheet provides a clear overview of all topics needed for Edexcel’s Germany 1918-39 Paper 3. Best enlarged onto A3 or given to students as an example of how to structure revision. This has worked particularly well for my lower ability students and provides other students a useful starting point for their revision.

Thank you for viewing this resource. I am very proud of the quality of these resources and I hope you will be happy with your purchase. Included in your purchase is: Worksheet 1: An A4 worksheet including the two tables that students need to fill out in order to score the best site for their motte and bailey castle Worksheet 2: An A4 worksheet which allows students to structure and write a report about their choice of the best site for a motte and bailey castle PowerPoint: Slide 1: Title slide - To evaluate the most suitable location for a motte and bailey castle Slide 2: Learning Recap 1 - Students are shown an illustration of a motte and bailey castle and have to identify the numbered features on it. Slide 3-4: Alternative Learning Recap - Students are given a diagram of a motte and bailey castle and have to label the different features of it. Slide 5: Animated and illustrated background information about William’s use of motte and bailey castles Slide 6-7: An outline of the main task Slides 8-9: Slides showing the first map which students have to analyse. A table is also included for the teacher to collect student scores. Slides 10-11: Slides showing the second more focussed map which students have to analyse. A table is also included for the teacher to collect student scores. Slide 12: A sheet to help students write their report about their chosen castle to William. Sentence starters given with an opportunity for higher ability students to adapt and develop their own ideas. Slide 13: Challenge Task - Students encouraged to create their own map Slides 14-15: The original map designs (in case you wanted to adapt them in any way) Slide 16: Printable motte and bailey diagrams for the starter task UPDATE 2023: Please note that all images (clipart/vector/illustrations/photographs) are in the public domain and are therefore classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. A number of images have also been created by myself and are therefore copyright protected. If you believe there are any errors, please email me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue.

Welcome to another RA Resources lesson. This lesson examines how people in the Middle Ages attempted to prevent, treat and ‘cure’ the spread of plague. The lesson you are about to purchase includes: 1 x A4 Fact Sheet about the prevention, treatment and ‘cures’ 1 x A4 Table/Worksheet where students analyse the various methods used at the time to deal with the Black Death 1 x Main Power Point with a variety of activities, starter tasks, discussion questions, tasks and challenge questions. If you find these lessons useful, please take a look in my shop at the other high quality History lessons which are on offer. UPDATE 2023: Please note that all images (clipart/vector/illustrations/photographs) are in the public domain and are therefore classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you believe there are any errors, please email me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue.

This is a one page resource which acts as a revision tool for the Superpower Relations and Cold War topic. Students can easily see the whole topic on one sheet and use this to begin their revision and use the diagram as a checklist. Student feedback has suggested that more able students liked how the diagram acted as an effective starting point for revision whereas weaker students liked how the diagram made revision for the topic seem more manageable.

This lesson examines the Nazi use of propaganda and censorship and asks why it was so important to the Nazi regime. All of the lessons for the Weimar and Nazi Germany topic contain a variety of learning tasks suitable for all abilities, practice exam questions, engaging individual or group activities as well as the key information needed for the Edexcel Specification. Each lesson features a fact sheet which is intended to be used as a substitute for the text book. Therefore, this lesson contains everything you will need for the lesson. If you have found this lesson effective, please be kind enough to leave a review. 2023 UPDATE INFO: To take into account copyright, photographic and illustrative images have been attributed where appropriate and are all in the public domain. Clipart/vector images are also all creativecommons.publicdomain.zero.1.0. Images created by myself using Power Point tools have also been noted as creations of RAResources © Please contact me in person if you see any errors.

This lesson has a particular focus on the treatment of minority groups other than the Jews who will be covered in more depth in lesson 27. All of the lessons for the Weimar and Nazi Germany topic contain a variety of learning tasks suitable for all abilities, practice exam questions, engaging individual or group activities as well as the key information needed for the Edexcel Specification. Each lesson features a fact sheet which is intended to be used as a substitute for the text book. Therefore, this lesson contains everything you will need for the lesson. If you have found this lesson effective, please be kind enough to leave a review. 2023 UPDATE INFO: To take into account copyright, photographic and illustrative images have been attributed where appropriate and are all in the public domain. Clipart/vector images are also all creativecommons.publicdomain.zero.1.0. Images created by myself using Power Point tools have also been noted as creations of RAResources © Please contact me in person if you see any errors.

I have created a 9 lesson fact sheet hand out to go alongside the Edexcel Whitechapel Historical Environment unit needed for Paper 1. I am creating this as an alternative to the Hodder and Pearson text books to allow students of all abilities the advantage of accessing the key information in an organised way at home or in school. This should be a great way to cut out the complex nature of the text book and focus in on the important information for your students. BONUS RESOURCE Is an A4 printable sheet which includes all of the sources for students to possibly use for the ‘Follow Up’ question UPDATE 2023: Please note that all images (clipart/vector/illustrations/photographs) are in the public domain and are therefore classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you believe there are any errors, please email me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue.

This lesson examines the case study of the Great Plague and has a focus on a comparison between the events of 1665 with the Black Death. The lesson includes: Clear learning aims and achievements Recap task: A recap of the 1348 Black Death quiz and sorting activity Starter activity: Sources about the Great Plague. One is an inference and the other a text taken from the National archives about the rules given out by Charles II. Background information: Baic facts about the Great Plague. Learning Task: A range of activities for all abilities including optional extension tasks. Exam focus: Examples of exam questions and an example answer of the 4 marker similarity and difference question. Challenge Question: Students to think about the similarities with the recent Covid-19 epidemic. Plenary: Students to discuss which aspects changed the most and why. FACT SHEETS: Every lesson comes with a fact sheet which can be given to the students as a replacement for a text book. This means you will not need any other resources for the lesson unless you feel you would like to offer more… Please be kind enough to leave a review if you have found this resource effective. 2023 UPDATE INFO: To take into account copyright, photographic and cartoon images have been attributed where appropriate and are, to the best of my knowledge, all in the public domain. Images created by myself using Power Point tools have also been noted as creations of RAResources. Please contact me in person if you see any errors.

This high quality lesson provides you will all of the material and resources you will need to teach your students about the causes, events and consequences of the Harrying of the North. You will be purchasing a double page worksheet/fact sheet as well as the main power point presentation full of activities, discussion tasks, starter activities and learning reviews. Worksheet 1: A fact sheet for students about the events Worksheet 2: A set of increasingly more difficult tasks including key term match up, source analysis and explanation style questions. Main Power Point Presentation Slide 1: To examine the causes, events and consequences of the Harrying of the North Slide 2: Source analysis of an illustration of the Harrying of the North - prompt questions given Slide 3: Background information about William just after the Battle of Hastings Slide 4: Background information about William being crowned King of England Slide 5: Background information about the start of the Norman Conquest Slide 6: Background information about the Anglo-Saxon Rebellions Slide 7: Background information about the rebellions in the north Slide 8: Background information about the Harrying of the North Slide 9: Outline of the two worksheets and lesson fact sheets Slide 10: Challenge questions Slide 11: Key term learning review

This lesson specifically looks at tracking the treatement of Jews in Germany between 1933-39. Care has been taken not to go beyond this date as the exam specification states, but one of the documentary clips will touch upon post 1939. All of the lessons for the Weimar and Nazi Germany topic contain a variety of learning tasks suitable for all abilities, practice exam questions, engaging individual or group activities as well as the key information needed for the Edexcel Specification. Each lesson features a fact sheet which is intended to be used as a substitute for the text book. Therefore, this lesson contains everything you will need for the lesson. If you have found this lesson effective, please be kind enough to leave a review. 2023 UPDATE INFO: To take into account copyright, photographic and illustrative images have been attributed where appropriate and are all in the public domain. Clipart/vector images are also all creativecommons.publicdomain.zero.1.0. Images created by myself using Power Point tools have also been noted as creations of RAResources © Please contact me in person if you see any errors.