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Welcome to RA Resources. I have an extended range of fully resourced, high quality History lessons for KS2, KS3 and GCSE aimed at schools, tutors and home learning. Having taught History abroad and then in Cornwall for 20 years, these lessons reflect my creativity and teaching experience. Please feel free to email me with any enquiries about the resources on offer. You can keep up to date with my latest published lessons using the Facebook link in my shop.

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Welcome to RA Resources. I have an extended range of fully resourced, high quality History lessons for KS2, KS3 and GCSE aimed at schools, tutors and home learning. Having taught History abroad and then in Cornwall for 20 years, these lessons reflect my creativity and teaching experience. Please feel free to email me with any enquiries about the resources on offer. You can keep up to date with my latest published lessons using the Facebook link in my shop.
GCSE History (Edexcel) Superpower Relations & Cold War Paper 2 Revision Resources Pack
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Superpower Relations & Cold War Paper 2 Revision Resources Pack

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I have put together 19 A4 pages of revision resources to help your students revise their subject knowledge for Paper 2 Superpower Relations and the Cold War exam. The pack includes: Activity 1: Timeline activity (students to complete the missing words from the timeline) Activity 2: Cold War Key Individuals Match Up Activity 3: American President Worksheet Activity 4: Soviet leader fact file task Activity 5: Key Event ‘What happened?’ activity (2 pages) Activity 6: Key Term Glossary Task ( 3 pages) Activity 7: Snazzy Statistics Quiz Activity 8: ‘Bang out of Order’ Chronology activity Activity 9: ‘What’s the Question?’ Activity 10: Key term match up activity (2 quizzes) Activity 11: ‘Westside’ or ‘Eastside’? Activity 12: Level 1 Easy Quiz Questions Activity 13: Level 2 Medium Quiz Questions Activity 14: Boss Level Quiz Questions
GCSE History (Edexcel) Paper 2 Exam Technique Revision - Superpower Relations & Cold War
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Paper 2 Exam Technique Revision - Superpower Relations & Cold War

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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 13-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 2 Period Study exam for Superpower Relations and the Cold War 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 Superpower & the Cold War question types Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘Explain one consequence’ question type. Slide 6-7: An outline of the ‘Narrative account’ question type. Slide 8-9: An outline of the ‘Importance’ question type. Slide 10: General tips for the Period Study exam Slide 11-13: 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
GCSE History (Edexcel) Medicine in Britain Paper 1 Revision Resources Pack
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Medicine in Britain Paper 1 Revision Resources Pack

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This resource pack includes a wide range of revision activities on A4 which can be used by students in the classroom or at home. The revision pack includes the following activities: Activity 1: A blank timeline covering all of the main eras in the study which students can add key dates to Activity 2: Medicine key individuals match up activity Activity 3: Key Individual significance sheet Activity 4: Cause, treatment or Prevention sort task Activity 5: Medieval Glossary fill in sheets (x2) Activity 6: Early Modern Glossary fill in sheet Activity 7: 18th and 19th century Glossary fill in sheets (x2) Activity 8: Modern Medicine Glossary fill in sheets (x2) Activity 9: Statistics multiple choice quiz Activity 10: Similarity and Different practice sheet Activity 11: What’s the Question Activity Activity 12: ‘Use your brain to explain’ 12 mark practice sheet Activity 13: Chronology of key developments activity Activity 14: Medieval Medicine Quiz Activity 15: Early Modern Medicine Quiz Activity 16: Industrial Britain Medicine Quiz Activity 17: Modern Britain Medicine Quiz Activity 18: When did the development happen tick sheet Where possible, answers have been provided either in the notes section of each slide or on a duplicated sheet.
GCSE History Edexcel Paper 3 Weimar & Nazi Germany Exam Technique Walkthrough
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GCSE History Edexcel Paper 3 Weimar & Nazi Germany Exam Technique Walkthrough

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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 20-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 3 Period Study exam for Weimar and Nazi Germany 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 Weimar and Nazi Germany question types Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘What can you infer’ source-based question type. Slide 6-8: An outline of the ‘Explain why’ question type. Slide 9-11: An outline of the ‘How useful’ source-based question type. Slide 12-16: An outline of the two 4-mark interpretation questions. Slide 17-19: An outline of the final 20 mark ‘How far do you agree with the interpretation’ question. Slide 20: 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
GCSE History (Edexcel) Weimar & Nazi Germany Paper 3 Revision Resource Pack
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Weimar & Nazi Germany Paper 3 Revision Resource Pack

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This pack of resources contains 15 different A4 activity sheets designed to help students revise the subject knowledge needed for Weimar and Nazi Germany (Paper 3). The resources are ideal for revision sessions in the run up to the exam. The resources are: Weimar & Nazi Germany Timeline - students fill in the key events Key Individuals and what they did match up Key Term definition sheet Key Event description sheet Events in Weimar Germany Fact Fill The Munich Putsch Sort Task Key Term Glossary Fill (Events & Vocabulary) Key Term Glossary Fill (People & Organisations) Snazzy Statistics Quiz Use Your Brain to Explain Activity Weimar Germany Key Term Crossword The Rise of the Nazi Party Speech bubble fill How did Hitler become the Fuhrer Activity Life in Nazi Germany Quiz Sheet The Persecution of the Jews and other Minority Groups Worksheet
GCSE History (Edexcel) Early Elizabethan England Paper 2 Revision Resources Pack
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Early Elizabethan England Paper 2 Revision Resources Pack

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This pack of resources contains 16 A4 revision activity sheets suitable for Edexcel GCSE Early Elizabethan England. The resources are suitable for both home and classroom use and for students of all abilities. The pack includes: Activity 1: Gap fill Key Events of Elizabethan England Timeline Activity 2: Elizabethan England Key Individuals Match Up Activity 3: ‘Who are we?’ Quiz Activity 4: ‘Who am I?’ Quiz Activity 5: Elizabethan Key Events Activity 6: Challenges Facing Elizabeth Diagram Fill Activity 7: Religious Settlement Revision Worksheet Activity 8: Key Term Glossary Fill Page 1 Activity 9: Key Term Glossary Fill Page 2 Activity 10: Snazzy Statistics Multiple Choice Quiz Activity 11: Use Your Brain to Explain Activity 12: Two Features Practice Activity 13: What’s the Question? Activity 14: Spanish Armada Crossword Activity 15: Early Elizabethan Quiz Sheet 1 Activity 16: Early Elizabethan Quiz Sheet 2
GCSE HISTORY Edexcel:  How to answer the exam questions and technique (Papers 1-3)
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GCSE HISTORY Edexcel: How to answer the exam questions and technique (Papers 1-3)

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FULLY UPDATED & READY FOR THE 2025 EXAM SERIES These writing frames provide a useful guide to help students answer all of the questions they will face in the Edexcel GCSE History exams. They have been updated to include the amended exam question numbering, mark schemes and wording ready in time for 2025. **This is a set of 6 power point slides which can be printed off and given to students to help them structure their answers to the Edexcel GCSE History exam questions. ** Sheet 1: How to answer questions for Paper 1 (Thematic Study) Sheet 2: How to answer questions for Paper 1 (Historical Environment) Sheet 3: How to answer questions for Paper 2 (British Depth Study) Sheet 4: How to answer questions for Paper 2 (Period Study) Sheet 5: How to answer questions for Paper 3 (Modern Depth Study) BONUS SHEET: A writing frame/guide to help students form PEE paragraphs, especially useful for the 8, 12 and 16 mark questions. You can use these to stick into student books or print out for reference or revision.
GCSE History Edexcel Crime & Punishment Workbook Revision Study
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GCSE History Edexcel Crime & Punishment Workbook Revision Study

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This is a 109 page workbook ideal for either revision, student catch up or for classroom use. It covers the whole Crime and Punishment Paper 1 Unit for the Thematic Study. The workbook contains: Useful key term glossary Useful Crime & Punishment timeline Fact Sheets for each lesson/topic area 2-3 question sheets for each lesson/topic area Example Exam Questions throughout
GCSE History Edexcel Revision Guide and Workbook: Superpower Relations and the Cold War
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GCSE History Edexcel Revision Guide and Workbook: Superpower Relations and the Cold War

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This is a 44 page word document which includes all of the content needed for the Edexcel Paper 2 ‘Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941-91’. The Unit has been divided into 20 main topics along with example exam questions and revision tasks at the end of each topic. I have included the content page along with the resource so you can view the topic list for yourself, along with an image of a typical page of the revision guide.
GCSE History Revision, Exam Technique & Past Exam Questions: Edexcel Medicine in Britain
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GCSE History Revision, Exam Technique & Past Exam Questions: Edexcel Medicine in Britain

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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 26-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 1 exam for Medicine in Britain 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 Medicine in Britain question types Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘Describe one feature of’ question. Slide 6-8: An outline of the ‘How useful’ question type Slide 9-11: An outline of the ‘How would you follow up’ question type. Slide 12: A helpful print out of the type of sources which could be used for the ‘follow up’ question. Slide 13-15: An outline of the ‘similarity’ or ‘difference’ question. Slide 16-17: An outline of the ‘Explain why’ question. Slide 18-19: An outline of the ‘How far do you agree’ question. Slide 20-26: All past paper questions from 2016 to 2023. Buyers of this resource have often used it as part of a walkthrough for their students before the exam. 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
KS3 History: Industrial Revolution - Living Conditions & Health in the Towns
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KS3 History: Industrial Revolution - Living Conditions & Health in the Towns

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In this lesson, students will discover what living conditions were like in Britain’s new industrial towns and specifically examine the increase in illness and disease. Particular attention is paid to the creation of terraced housing, the growth of slum areas, back-to-back housing and the pollution and waste created by such extreme overcrowding in the working class parts of towns. The lesson includes the following: Slide 1: Title slide Slide 2: Lesson learning aims and progress Slide 3: Lesson Warm Up – Class discussion about how students would describe ‘typical’ housing and accommodation today. Slide 4: Lesson Warm Up II – Fill in the missing facts about the growth of towns in the Industrial Revolution Slide 5: Missing terms from the warm-up revealed. Slide 6: Starter Task: Students view a diagram of typical terraced and back-to-back housing and use this to discuss what housing conditions were like and how this led to ill-health and disease. Slide 7: Source Analysis – An illustration of slum housing with prompt questions Slide 8: Source Analysis – Printable GCSE style question sheet Slide 9: Background Information – The growth of industrial towns Slide 10: Background Information – Overcrowded terraced housing Slide 11: Printable fact sheet Slide 12: Activity 1 – Printable worksheet Slide 13: Activity 2 – Creative historical writing task with full instructions Slide 14: Activity 3 – Extended historical writing task with structure ideas Slide 15: Follow Up Challenge Questions Slide 16: Learning Review Crossword with answers revealed Slide 17: Printable version of the learning review crossword 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 as 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. Thank you.
GCSE History Edexcel Cold War Unit 3 Bundle
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GCSE History Edexcel Cold War Unit 3 Bundle

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This bundle contains Lesson 14 - Detente, SALT 1, Helsinki, SALT 2 Lesson 15 - The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Lesson 16 - President Reagan and the Star Wars Programme Lesson 17 - Mikhail Gorbachev’s ‘New Thinking’ Lesson 18 - The fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
GCSE History (Edexcel) Crime & Punishment Paper 1 Revision Resources Pack
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Crime & Punishment Paper 1 Revision Resources Pack

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This pack of A4 sheets contains a variety of activities students can use to help them remember the subject content for the main Crime and Punishment topic. The revision resources cover the period c.1000 to the present day. The pack contains the following revision activities: Activity 1: Timeline (fill in the missing events) Activity 2: Key Individuals match up Activity 3: Key Groups match up Activity 4: Key Crime and Punishment individuals activity - based on the names mentioned in the Edexcel specification Activity 5: Defintions of crime glossary fill Activity 6: Defintions of law enforcement glossary fill Activity 7: Definitions of punishments glossary fill Activity 8: Multiple choice statistics quiz Activity 9: Similarity & Different worksheet Activity 10: ‘What’s the Question?’ Activity 11: Key term match up Activity 12: An explanation practice worksheet Activity 13: Chronology Activity Activity 14: Medieval Crime and Punishment Quiz Activity 15: Early Modern England Quiz Activity 16: 18th and 19th Century Quiz Activity 17: Modern Britain Quiz Activity 18: Key word crossword 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.
GCSE History (Edexcel) Medicine Historic Environment Western Front Revision Resources Pack
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Medicine Historic Environment Western Front Revision Resources Pack

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This pack of revision resources has been specifically designed to help students revise for the Historic Environment of the British Sector of the Western Front. This is the first section in the Paper 1 Medicine in Britain Thematic Study. The pack of resources are all on A4 power point and include the following: Activity 1: A timeline of the main events activity Activity 2: Medical progress before the war match up and worksheet Activity 3: Western Front Medical Pioneers March up with challenge tasks Activity 4: Western Front Environment Glossary Fill Activity 5: Western Front Medicine Glossary Fill Activity 6: Statistic Quiz (Multiple Choice) Activity 7: Western Front Sources Activity - allowing students to become familiar with the types of sources which can be used or analysed Activity 8: The ‘Follow Up’ activity - students use the previous sheet to decide which sources they would use to help them answer a series of questions. Activity 9: ‘Two Features’ practice Activity 10: Western Front Facts Activity Activity 11: The Big Western Fron Quiz (2 pages for back to back printing) Activity 12: Mind Map sheet Please leave a review of you find these resources useful for revision.
KS3 British History: The Causes of Britain's Industrial Revolution c.1750 - c.1900
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KS3 British History: The Causes of Britain's Industrial Revolution c.1750 - c.1900

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This great lesson allows students to fully explain the various causes of Britain’s Industrial Revolution c.1750 to c.1900. Students are given a number of activities and tasks to help them define what the Industrial Revolution was. They will then use a clearly organised fact sheet to read about the main factors which led to the Industrial Revolution before thinking about how the factors linked to each other and argue which factor they believe to be the most important. The 19 slide lesson contains a variety of discussion tasks, warm up start activities, printable resources, and learning reviews as well as engaging background information and challenge questions for higher ability students. There is a choice of printable resources to suit different ages and abilities. The lesson is mainly aimed at KS3 students between the ages of 11-14 but can easily be adapted for younger or older students. Please be kind enough to leave a review of this lesson if you have found it effective. Thank you. 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. Thank you.
GCSE History Edexcel Cold War and Superpower Relations  Unit 2 Bundle
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GCSE History Edexcel Cold War and Superpower Relations Unit 2 Bundle

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A jam packed 4 lesson bundle to allow students to access resources and information for Unit 2 of Edexcel GCSE History Cold War and Superpower Relations. **Lesson 10: **The Berlin Crisis, Berlin Ultimatum (1958) **Lesson 11: **The building of the Berlin Wall (1961) **Lesson 12: **The Cuban Revolution, Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis. **Lesson 13: **The Prague Spring and Brezhnev Doctrine (1968)
KS3 History: The Murder of Thomas Becket (Causes, events & consequences)
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KS3 History: The Murder of Thomas Becket (Causes, events & consequences)

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Thank you for viewing my lesson pack. There are enough resources here to take up a couple of lessons about the murder of Thomas Becket. The lesson first examines the causes, events and consequences of the murder and then follows up with key questions about who was responsible for the murder. In this pack you will receieve: 1 x Fact sheet about the events of the murder of Thomas Becket (2 pages) 1 x Differentiated fact sheet about the events of the murder of Thomas Becket (2 pages) 1 x Question sheet about the events of the murder of Thomas Becket 1 x Main Power Point: Slide 1: Title Slide Slide 2: Think & Discuss - Who had the most power in the Middle Ages? Slide 3: Why might the king and the Church argue with each other? Slide 4: An outline of the lesson aims Slide 5: Starter Task - Students to study a manuscript illustration of the events and discuss what they think is happening (return to this at the end of the lesson to show progress) Slide 6: Fact Sheets Slide 7: Introduction to the Chronology Task based on the events Slide 8: A printable version of the chronology task for students to write on Slide 9: Answers to the chronology task revealed Slide 10: Blank storyboard Slide 11: Who was to blame for the murder of Thomas Becket? Slide 12: Learning Review - Return to the illustration for students to fully discuss the events they have learned. 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.
GCSE History Edexcel: The USA Home & Abroad Unit 4 BUNDLE Vietnam
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GCSE History Edexcel: The USA Home & Abroad Unit 4 BUNDLE Vietnam

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This bundle is for the final unit of Paper 3 USA: Home & Abroad. The bundle contains all the lessons and resources you will need to teach the unit without the need for any other resources. The bundle contains: Lesson 26: Why was there opposition to the Vietnam War? Lesson 27: Why was there support for the Vietnam War? Lesson 28: The Paris Peace Accords (1973) and the Fall of Saigon (1975) Lesson 29: The Impact of the Vietnam War on America Lesson 30: The Strengths of the Vietcong/North Vietnam and the Weakness of the US/South Vietnamese (ARVN)
GCSE History Edexcel Unit 1 Bundle Cold War and Superpower Relations
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GCSE History Edexcel Unit 1 Bundle Cold War and Superpower Relations

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This 10 lesson bundle contains the first 10 lessons needed to teach Edexcel (or other) Cold War and Superpower Relations for the 2016 1-9 specification. Bundle includes: Introduction lesson Grand Alliance Atomic Bomb and Telegrams Satellite states and Iron Curtain Speech Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan Cominform and Comecon Berlin Crisis, Berlin Blockade and Berlin Airlift Nato and Warsaw Pact The Arms Race The Hungarian Uprising Every lesson includes a fact sheet which can be used in place of the GCSE text books. No other resources needed to teach this unit.
GCSE History Edexcel: British Depth Elizabethan England Paper 2 Exam Technique & Past Questions
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GCSE History Edexcel: British Depth Elizabethan England Paper 2 Exam Technique & Past Questions

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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 Early Elizabethan 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 British Depth Study 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