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.
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.
This lesson looks at the improved diagnosis, treatment methods and forms of prevention of Lung Cancer in the modern period.
This lesson includes:
Clear learning aims/targets
Provoking starter tasks and discussion activities
Printable worksheets
Challenge tasks
Exam links
Learning Review
Fact Sheet linked to the GCSE specification
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 resource is for personal use only and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.
This lesson examines the role and importance of Francis Walsingham as Elizabeth’s Secretary of State. In particular, students look at Walsingham’s methods as Elizabeth’s ‘spymaster’ in uncovering Catholics plots against Elizabeth such as the Throckmorton and Babington Plots.
This lesson has been updated in line with the 2025/6 amended specification and changes to some exam questions.
The lesson pack includes:
1 x Fact Sheet - The role & importance of Francis Walsingham (PDF & PPT)
1 x Walsingham crossword
1 x Main 15 slide powerpoint lesson
The main power point includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2-3: Recap about the Catholic plots & Mary, Queen of Scots
Slide 4: Starter Activity
Slide 5: Background information about Francis Walsingham
Slide 6: Background information and link to video clip & questions
Slide 7: Task 1: Answers to the Walsingham crossword (linked to the worksheet)
Slide 8-9: Task 2 - Walsingham printable question sheet
Slide 10: Background information about Walsingham’s methods
Slide 11-12: Example exam questions
Slide 13-14: Learning Recap - Walsingham’s Code Breaker activity with answers
Slide 15: Lesson fact sheet
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. 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 resource is for personal use only and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.
In this lesson, students will learn about the location of the Western Front and be able to identify and explain the various features of a First World War trench.
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
Slide 2: Outline of the main lesson aims
Slide 3: As you come in warmup activity.
Slide 4: Starter Task 1: What can students infer (learn) about a trench from the photograph?
Slide 5: Starter Task 2: What can students infer (learn) about a trench from the photograph and how is it different from the image in the previous slide?
Slide 6-8: Image led background information about the location of the Western Front.
Slide 9: Image led background information about the trench system from a bird’s eye view.
Side 10: A fully labelled and clear diagram showing the cross section of a typical trench.
Slide 11-12: Activity 1: Creating a diagram on a First World War trench – printable student worksheet included.
Slide 13: Activity 2: The purpose of a trench
Slide 14: Activity 3: Explaining the importance of a trench – writing frame included.
Slide 15: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 16-17: Learning Review 1 with answers revealed
Slide 18-19: Learning Review 2 with answers revealed
Slide 20: Bonus fact sheet covering all the information from the lesson.
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. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.
This single page resource is a really useful timeline of all the key events covered in the Paper 1 topic Crime & Punishment. The timeline can be adapted to use as a high resolution display, book insert or revision tool and is clearly presented to fit most students’ needs.
You will receive:
1x full colour timeline poster
1x black and white timeline suitable for photocopy
1 x PDF file of the above
UPDATE 2024: 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 newly defined crimes of the 20th century such as race related crimes, driving crimes and rape with the aim of explaining their creation. It also looks at why some acts have been decriminalised.
Slide 1: Title slide - To explain the changing definitions of crime between c.1900-Present Day
Slide 2-3: A recap quiz which asks students to match the creation of a crime with the era it was created in. Answers revealed for self assessment.
Slide 4: The wider historical context of the period c.1900 = Present. An activity sheet which students use to think about why aspects of crime have changed.
Slide 5: Discussion Task - What are our modern attitudes towards crime?
Slide 6: Discussion Task - Why do students think attitudes towards some crimes have changed in the modern era?
Slide 7-8: Task Sheets to help students make notes on the various crimes and how they have changed.
Slides 9-13 - Fact Sheets for each crime which can be printed and then swapped between students.
Slide 14: Challenge Tasks
Slide 15-16: Practice exam questions
Slide 17-18: Two lesson fact sheets
Slide 19-20: Learning Review with answers revealed.
To take into account copyright, all photographic and illustrative images have been attributed where appropriate and/or are all in the public domain. Clipart/vector images are all creativecommons.publicdomain.zero.1.0 which do not have to be attributed. If you have any issues regarding copyright please email me in the first instance.
NEW 2025/6 SPEC: Students to describe the features of Elizabethan sports, pastimes and theatre for the rich and poor.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT)
1 x 20 slide Main Power Point Lesson
The Main Power Point Lesson:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: As you enter - students think about modern day opportunities for sports, hobbies and theatre
Slide 3: An outline of Elizabeth sports, pastimes and theatre with discussion questions.
Slide 4-12: Starter Activity - Picture quiz - students identify the Elizabethan sports and pastimes.
Slide 13-14: Task 1 Worksheet with printable worksheet
Slide 15: Follow up challenge tasks
Slide 16-18: Learning Review Crossword with answers and printable worksheet.
Slide 19-20: Example exam questions
Slide 21: Fact Sheet
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. 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 resource is for personal use only and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.
This lesson has a focus on the actions of Francis Drake and Robert Dudley and asks students to explain their role in the decline of Anglo-Spanish Relations in the years before the Spanish Armada.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT)
1 x Main 23 slide Power Point Lesson
1 x Worksheet
The Power Point includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2-3: Recap multiple choice quiz about Anglo-Spanish relationships - with answers
Slide 4 - 14: A series of role play/decision making tasks where students decide which option Elizabeth should select.
Slide 15 - 16: Background knowledge about Robert Dudley’s actions in the Netherlands
Slide 17: Background knowledge about Drake’s Raid on Cadiz
Slide 18-19: Task 1: Explaining how the events increased tensions between England and Spain
Slide 20-22: Example exam/assessment questions
Slide 23: Lesson fact sheet
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 resource is for personal use only and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.
This bundle includes all the lessons, resources and fact sheets you will need to teach Edexcel GCSE History Medicine in Britain. The lessons cover the period 18th and 19th century which forms Unit 3 of the course.
Lesson 17 - The key individuals of the 18th & 19th century.
Lesson 18 - Pasteur’s Germ Theory
Lesson 19 - Robert Koch & his study of microbes
Lesson 20 - The work of Florence Nightingale
Lesson 21 - Improved hospital care
Lesson 22 - James Simpson & Anaesthetics/Chloroform
Lesson 23 - Joseph Lister & Antiseptics
Lesson 24 - The 1875 Public Health Act
Lesson 25 -Edward Jenner and Smallpox Vaccination
Lesson 26 -Cholera in London 1854
Lesson 27 - Explaining the developments of the 18th & 19th century.
This bundle contains all the lessons and teaching resources you will need to teach Unit 2 of Crime and Punishment
Lesson 9: Early Modern Crimes - Heresy and Treason
Lesson 10: Early Modern Crimes - Smuggling, witchcraft, vagabondage
Lesson 11: Early Modern Methods of Law Enforcement
Lesson 12: Early Modern Punishments
Lesson 13: Case Study - The Gunpowder Plot
Lesson 14: Case Study - Matthew Hopkins
2023 UPDATE INFO: To take into account copyright, all photographic and illustrative images have been attributed where appropriate and/or are all in the public domain. Clipart/vector images are all creativecommons.publicdomain.zero.1.0 which do not have to be attributed. If you have any issues regarding copyright please email me in the first instance.
**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 Henry VIII & his Ministers 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
**This lesson allows students to identify and describe the many changes which happened in Britain during the period of the Industrial Revolution. The lesson allows students to contrast what Britain was like in c.1750 and by c.1900. **
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson learning aims
Slide 3: A slide to help students discuss and learn the definition of the term ‘Industrial Revolution’
Slide 4: An introduction to the changes of the Industrial Revolution
Slide 5: Lesson Warm Up Activity: What changes have you experienced in your lifetime?
Slide 6: Starter Activity: Spot the difference between the two paintings of Britain (c.1750 and c.1900)
Slide 7: Historical Source/Interpretation Activity
Slide 8: Documentary Link and Activity about the changes of the Industrial Revolution
Slide 9: An outline of the main learning task
Slide 10: Printable lesson fact sheet
Slide 11/12: Printable worksheets based on the fact sheet
Slide 13: Challenge Activity 1 – What was the impact of the Industrial Revolution?
Slide 14: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 15/16: Learning Review Quiz with answers revealed.
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.
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: Anglo-Saxon key individuals match up activity
Activity 3: ‘Who are we?’ - Students guess the group by their description.
Activity 4: Anglo-Saxon & Norman Key Event Research Sheet
Activity 5: William I’s Actions Diagram Fill
Activity 6: Anglo-Saxon England Glossary Fill
Activity 7: Norman England Glossary Fill (x2 sheets)
Activity 8: Statistics Multiple Choice Quiz
Activity 9: ‘Use your brain to explain’ activity to help prepare for 12 and 16 mark questions.
Activity 10: Two Features Practice Questions
Activity 11: ‘What’s the Question’ Activity
Activity 12: Battle of Hastings Crossword
Activity 13: Anglo-Saxon Quiz Sheet
Activity 14: 1066 Quiz Sheet
Activity 15: William I’s Control of England Quiz Sheet
Activity 16: Norman England Quiz Sheet
Where possible, answers have been provided either in the notes section of each slide.
Further Anglo-Saxon and Norman England revision resources can be found at:
Anglo-Saxon & Norman Timeline:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12825103
Anglo-Saxon & Norman Fact Sheets:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12225783
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 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.
This timeline is a one page resource which gives students a great visual guide to the main events in Elizabethan England between 1558-1588.
The resource can be used as a book insert, classroom display poster or revision resource. The timeline has been clearly organised into the main political, economuc, religious and foreign themes of Early Elizabethan England.
You will receieve:
1 x full colour display version of the timeline
1 x black and white version which students can colour code and key themselves
1 x Pdf file of both of the above versions.
Please be kind enough to leave a review if you find this resource useful.
This highly accessible, high quality resource, can easily be adapted into a lesson based workbook, as a revision booklet or as a set of knowledge organisers.
It includes 28 pages and each A4 page includes:
An outline of the topic area
Information directly linked to the most recent GCSE specification
Key terms linked to the topic area
Questions and activities
Please note that this workbook covers the thematic study content only. The Historic Environment Study of Whitechapel is presented in a separate workbook which can be found on TES using this link https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13098047
I have included the resource as a PDF and Power Point file.
I would be grateful if you could leave a review for the resource if you feel it has been effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this as your feedback is highly valued.
All images used in this resource 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.
For Edexcel GCSE History (1-9) Thematic Study – Crime and Punishment in Britain.
In this 20 slide lesson, students will be able to gain an understanding of what life was like for the soldiers who experienced the trenches on the Western Front. Students will first analyse a choice of sources written by soldiers who experienced the front line. They will then be guided through their own research about life in the trenches before being given the opportunity to write their own ‘letter from the trenches’. This lesson also covers the issue of censorship.
This is a fully resources lesson which includes a warmup, starter task, engaging background information, various learning activities, challenge tasks and learning reviews.
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The lesson includes the following:**
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Outline of the main lesson aims
Slide 3: As you enter activity – Photographic source analysis of a trench.
Slide 4: As you enter activity – Photographic source (higher level) ‘What can you infer from the source’ question.
Slide 5: Starter Task – Where do historians get their evidence about what life was like in a trench? Discussion and answers revealed.
Slide 6: Starter Task 2 – What factors did the experiences of soldiers depend on? Discussion and answers revealed.
Slide 7-: Activity 1: Single source analysis task with instructions.
Side 8-11: Activity 2: Multiple source analysis task with a choice of 12 sources all about life in the trenches and printable resources and clear instructions.
Slide 12-13: Activity 3: Life in the trenches research task with instructions, a check list and printable note making sheet.
Slide 14: Activity 4 – Writing a letter home instructions sheet.
Slide 15-17: Activity 5 – The censorship of letters and printable task sheet to censor a letter.
Slide 18: Useful clips about life in the trenches
Slide 19: Challenge Questions
Slide 20: Learning Review Activity
I would be really 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 lesson takes the students through an overview of the Wall Street Crash, then the students gain knowledge of how Hitler used this event to increase his support from a variety of social groups. **
This lesson includes:
Clear learning aims/targets
Provoking starter tasks and discussion activities
Printable worksheets
Engaging background information
Challenge tasks
Exam links
Learning Review
Fact Sheet linked to the GCSE specification
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 resource is for personal use only and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.
This bundle contains all of my lessons covering the period of the Norman Conquest and Medieval Society and would make a great scheme of learning.
Please read the list of lessons below so you are fully aware of the lessons you will be purchasing:
Lesson 1: Who should be king after the death of Edward the Confessor?
Lesson 2: The events which led to the Battle of Hastings
Lesson 3: William’s problems and challenges after the Battle of Hastings
Lesson 4: William’s Harrying of the North
Lesson 5: The Domesday Book
Lesson 6: The Feudal System
Lesson 7: Locating a Medieval Motte & Bailey castle
Lesson 8: How did life change during the Norman Conquest
Lesson 9: The importance of the Church and religion in Medieval society
Lesson 10: Why did people go on a Medieval crusade?
Lesson 11: The importance and impact of the Medieval crusades
Lesson 12: The key events and individuals involved in the Medieval crusades
Lesson 13: The murder of Thomas Becket
Lesson 14: Health in Medieval England
Lesson 15: The Black Death Source Investigation
Lesson 16: The Black Death - Prevention, cures and treatments
Lesson 17: The consequences of the Black Death
Lesson 18: How did Medieval Kings die?
Lesson 19: How far did Medieval Society change?
Lesson 20: The life and roles in a Medieval castle
This is the bundle for Unit 2 of the Edexcel GCSE History Medicine in Britain topic. It includes all the resources you will need to deliver the unit.
Lesson 9: The causes of disease in the Renaissance
Lesson 10: Causes of Medical Progress
Lesson 11: Prevention and Treatment of Disease
Lesson 12: Care in Hospitals and Community
Lesson 13: Improvements in Medical Training
Lesson 14: Case Study: Andreas Vesalius
Lesson 15: Case Study: William Harvey
Lesson 16: Case Study: The Great Plague in London 1665
All the resources, fact sheets, assessment material and sources you will need for the last unit of Weimar and Nazi Germany
Lesson 21: Women and the Family in Nazi Germany
Lesson 22: Young people in Nazi Germany
Lesson 23: Education in Nazi Germany
Lesson 24: Life for the Unemployed in Nazi Germany
Lesson 25: Workers in Nazi Germany
Lesson 26: Minority groups in Nazi Germany
Lesson 27: The persecution of the Jews in Nazi Germany