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.
Learning Aims:
To know the difference between right and left wing.
To identify the challenges from the right and left wing in and out of the Reichstag.
To explain why the extreme right and left challenged Weimar.
To explain how Ebert tackled the challenges.
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 lesson looks at the various methods used by the Nazis to reduce unemployment but also questions the usefulness of these statistics by taking into account the ‘hidden unemployed’.
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 lesson provides students with a great selection of activities to help them understand and explain the main causes of the English Civil War in 1642. **
-Students are introduced to the idea of a Civil War and will discuss the role of a parliament in the 1600s.
-They will then read through a variety of different reasons why King Charles I and parliament argued in the years before 1642 and organise these reasons into economic, religious or political factors.
Finally, students will have an opportunity to fully explains the causes of the English Civil War in a piece of extended historical writing before completing a crossword which covers all the main terms from the lesson.
The 17-slide lesson contains a variety of discussion tasks, activities, printable resources, starters and learning reviews as well as engaging background information about King James I and the events which led to the start of the English Civil War.
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.
NEW SPEC 2025/6 - Students examine how far the attitudes and policies towards the poor changed during the reign of Elizabeth I.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT)
1 x 17 slide Main PowerPoint Lesson
Main Powerpoint Includes:
Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2: Warm up discussion questions based on modern day government help for the poor.
Slide 3-4: Recap picture quiz linked to the causes of poverty in Elizabethan England with answers.
Slide 5-6: Starter Task - Source analysis covering Elizabethan attitudes towards the poor. 5 sources included with printable worksheet.
Slide 7-8: Background knowledge about Elizabethan attitudes towards the poor including the difference between the deserving poor and idle poor.
Slide 9-10: Main task worksheet with instructions and printable worksheet.
Slide 11: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 12-13: Learning review quiz with answers
Slide 14-16: Example eexam/assessment questions
Slide 17: Lesson 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 useful timeline clearly displays all of the main events covered in the Paper 1 Thematic Study of Migrants in Britain. The resource can be used as a revision tool, book insert or high quality display for your classroom.
Once purchased you will have:
1 x full colour timeline (Power Point)
1 x black and white timeline which can be used by students to colour/create their own key of the main events)
1 x PDF version of the above
I would really appreciate a review of the resource if you feel it has been useful.
This bundle contains all the lessons and resources you will need to teach the first unit for the Edexcel GCSE History Paper 1 topic, Migrants in Britain.
Lesson 1: Introduction to the skills and knowledge for the topic
Lesson 2: Why did migrant groups migrate to England between c.800 - c.1500?
Lesson 3: The experiences of Migrant groups in Medieval England
Lesson 4: The Impact of Migrant groups in Medieval England
Lesson 5: CASE STUDY - The Vikings in York
These lessons contain at least one fact sheet about the topic to replace any need for a text book.
**In this lesson, students look at the fascinating story of what happened to Oliver Cromwell’s head. **
Students are guided through the key events of Oliver Cromwell’s rule as Lord Protector, his death and the Restoration of King Charles II.
Students will then use a fact sheet to help them complete a number of optional tasks including a timeline, storyboard and role play. My students absolutely love this lesson!
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.
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.
**In this lesson, students will be able to understand and explain the main challenges faced by Elizabeth I as she came to the throne in 1558. **
-Students will take part in a problem solving activity and have to select which solution Elizabeth should take in order to keep her reign of England secure.
-The challenges featured in this lesson include: the economy, Mary, Queen of Scots, marriage, poverty and religion.
-Students play the role of one of Queen Elizabeth’s advisors to try and make sure Elizabeth deals with these problems effectively.
The lesson contains plenty of activities, printable resources, starter and plenary tasks, engaging background information and discussion points for both high and lower ability students.
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 lesson is suitable for either late stage KS2 or early stage KS3. It covers the concept of evidence and how historians need to use sources to find out about the past. **
All resources for the teaching of this lesson are included. The lesson includes:
Starter Task: What is evidence?
Background Information: Why is evidence important?
Discussion Task: What other jobs use evidence?
Group Task: Guess the famous person from the evidence.
Learning Task: What different types of historical evidence are there?
**Task Sheet: ** Questions to consolidate knowledge including challenge tasks.
**Optional Task: **Creating a personal time capsule
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.
In this lesson, students are able to gain an understanding of the basic differences between capitalism and communism. This lesson can be used to pre-empt any topic where the terms are used such as the Cold War, inter-war years, Russian Revolution Vietnam War etc.
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The main key questions of the lesson are:**
What is capitalism and communism?
What are the features of capitalism and communism?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of capitalism and communism?
What are the common public attitudes towards capitalism and communism?
You will be purchasing:
1 x A4 worksheet
1 x 21 slide Power Point
The Main Power Point Includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Progressive Learning Aims
Slide 3/4: A choice of discussion questions for students as they enter the room
Slide 5: The importance of learning about capitalism and communism.
Slide 6: Starter Task - What do you know about capitalism or communism?
Slide 7: Printable fact sheet
Slide 8-9: Background information about capitalism and its strengths and weaknesses
Slide 10-11: Background information about communism and its strengths and weaknesses
Slide 12-15: Activity 1 - Problem solving scenarios and answers
Slide 16: Instructions about the A4 worksheet - a sorting task to categorise communism and capitalism.
Slide 17: Higher level challenge questions
Slide 18: Learning Review 1
Slide 19-21: Learning Review 2 - Key term match up with answers.
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 bumper lesson contains everything you need to teach the causes, importance, events and consequences of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT) – Included in every Cold War lesson!
1 x Main Power Point Lesson
The main PowerPoint includes:
Recap: A task where students are asked to look at a timeline of Cold War events so far and discuss which events will have caused the most amount of tension between the USA and the Soviet Union.
Task 1: Short term and long term consequences table.
Task 2: A narrative account storyboard which can easily be used alongside the fact sheet.
Task 3: Students organise the events into either causes, events or consequences (see image). This will help students identify a consequence for the exam question.
Task 4: A comprehension sheet with additional extension task if needed asking students to explain why the USA did not support the uprising.
EXAM QUESTION: Explain two consequences of the Hungarian Uprising 1956 [8] - Students given two example sections to analyse and then expected to write their own.
RECAP 1: Students given 10 answers and have to write one question to fit each
RECAP 2: 10 basic questions about the Hungarian Uprising to test student knowledge.
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.
**Students to explain why Hitler decided to re-organise the Nazi Party after his release from prison in 1924 and then explain why the Nazi Party did not gain the support it hoped for. **
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.
UPDATED NEW 2025/6 SPEC. This lesson examines the reasons behind the attempt to colonise Virginia and the reasons for its failure as well as the role played by Walter Raleigh in planning the Virginia Project.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT)
1 x 21 slide main power point Lesson
1 x A4 printable sorting task - Why did the attempt to colonise Virginia fail?
2 x A4 printable comprehension style worksheets
The main power point presentation includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: A discussion and definition of the term colonise
Slide 3: Starter 1 - The location of modern day Virginia
Slide 4: Background information about the colonisation of Virginia
Slide 5-6: Starter 2 - A choice of two slightly different activities based around the problems faced by the settlers in colonising land in the 1500s.
Slide 7-10: Background information about the significance and role of Walter Raleigh with added discussion questions.
Slide 11-13: Task 1 - Why colonise Virginia match up activity with answers and printable resource
Slide 14: Task 2 - Planning for the attempted colonisation diagram
Slide 15: Task 3 - Sort task based on the reasons for the failure (links to printable worksheet also included in the pack)
Slide 16-17: Learning Review Quiz - with answers
Slide 18-19: Example exam/assessment questions
Slide 20-21: Lesson fact sheets
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 single page resource is a really useful timeline of all the key events covered in the Paper 1 Thematic study Medicine in Britain. 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.
Please be kind enough to leave a review if you find this resource useful.
This lesson examines the Nazi use of propaganda and censorship and asks why it was so important to the Nazi regime.
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 lesson takes a look at three main questions:
- Why did Hitler have to think very carefully about his policies towards the Christian faiths in Germany?
- What did the Nazi regime do? (The concordat and the Reich Church)
- What was the outcome for the Christian Churches in Germany.
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 lesson takes a fascinating look into the radical cultural changes in Weimar Germany. The lessons aims are:
To know what the main changes were.
To know specific terms and people linked to the changes.
To explain why the changes happened.
To detail the impact of these changes in Germany.
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.
**A lesson dedicated to the Munich Putsch. Students to investigate the facts of the Munich Putsch before organizing a series of statements into causes, negative consequences or positive consequences. The outcome of the lesson being to discuss the idea that the failure of the putsch was a blessing in disguise. **
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 resource has been designed to give students an effective visual guide to the main events covered in The American West topic. The resource is available as a Power Point as well as a PDF. It can be used as a book insert, full colour display poster or revision tool.
The timeline has also organised the main events into the main themes of the American West (settlement, conflict with Plains Indians, law & order etc).
You will receive:
1 x full colour timeline poster
1 x black and white timeline which students can use to create their own colour coded key
1 x PDF version of the above.
UPDATE 2023: 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.