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.
Packed full of 13 festive activities, brain teasers and quizzes ready for Christmas. Suitable for KS2, KS3 and KS4 students.
The activity pack includes:
Activity 1: Christmas General Knowledge Quiz - 10 questions with answers revealed
Activity 2: Historical Christmas Quiz - 8 multiple choice questions with answers
Activity 3: Musical Christmas Quiz - 9 questions with answers
Activity 4: Geographical Christmas Match Up - 10 questions with answers and printable worksheet
Activity 5: 2024 Picture Quiz - Guess Who with answers
Activity 6: Christmas Food and Drink Multiple Choice Quiz with answers
Activity 7: Christmas Gifts - Students match up the years to the most popular gift of the time
Activity 8: Christmas at the Movies Quiz with answers
Activity 9: Christmas Picture-Grams with answers
Activity 10: Christmas Cryptic Treats quiz with answers
Activity 11: Christmas TV and Film Quiz - 10 questions with answers
Activity 12: Christmas Emoji Quiz - Each set of emojis make a famous Christmas song, with answers
Activity 13: Christmas Crossword (printable) with answers
All answers are included along with a range of printable resources where stated in the description above.
Please note that great care has been taken to ensure all images are in the public domain and have been attributed where needed in the notes section of each slide. If you feel any errors have been made please contact raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance.
This bundle of lessons includes all of the resources you will need to teach Unit/Key Topic 2 of the Paper 3 Home & Abroad topic. This second unit has a focus on the campaign for civil rights from the 1960s to 1975.
The lessons in this bundle are:
Lesson 9: The Greensboro Sit in, Freedom Riders and James Meredith
Lesson 10: Martin Luther King’s Civil Rights Campaign in Birmingham
Lesson 11: The Freedom Summer, Mississippi Murders and Selma
Lesson 12: The role of President Kennedy & Johnson with the Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965)
Lesson 13: Malcom X and the Black Power movement
Lesson 14: The Stokley Carmichael and the Black Panthers
Lesson 15: The Watts Riots and Kerner Report
Lesson 16: The Assassination of Martin Luther King and the Progress of Civil Rights by 1975.
Each lesson includes two different fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification. Therefore, you will not need to use or need any other resources alongside these lessons.
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**In this bundle you will find all the teaching resources needed to teach Unit 1 of AQA’s GCSE History thematic topic, Britain: Health and the People. **
The bundle includes the following lessons:
Lesson 1: An introduction to the topic and skills of Britain: Health and the People.
Lesson 2: Medieval ideas about Medicine and Disease
Lesson 3: Medieval beliefs about Disease and Treatment
Lesson 4: Medieval Surgery
Lesson 5: The role of Christianity in Medieval Medicine
Lesson 6: The influence of Islam on Medieval Medicine
Lesson 7: Public Health in Medieval Towns and Monasteries
Lesson 8: CASE STUDY: The Black Death.
As always, I warmly welcome positive reviews about my resources and I hope you find them useful.
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 provides an excellent introduction to the reign of King James I in England following the death of Elizabeth I.
-The lesson helps students explain why James VI of Scotland was chosen as the successor to Elizabeth I.
-Students are then given a range of sources and historical interpretations to form their own opinions about the strengths and weaknesses of King James I.
-Finally, students will use a fact sheet about James I to help them understand the growing tensions in England between the king and his parliament and religion.
The 14-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.
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 lesson allows students to learn about the main reasons for the growing tension between England and Spain during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King Philip II and why this led Spain to invade England in 1588. **
-Students will be able to describe the arguments and issues both sides had with each other and then explain in more depth why these arguments finally led to the Spanish sending the Armada to invade England in 1588.
-Students will have the opportunity to evaluate which factor led to the most tension between each country and as an outcome, students will be guided through a piece of historical writing about the causes of the Spanish Armada.
This resource contains:
1 x main lesson PowerPoint
1 x A4 differentiated writing frame
1 x BONUS Francis Drake Research/Homework 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. Thank you.
**This resource pack contains plenty of activities and tasks which will allow students to learn and explain why so many people decided to go on a crusade during the middle ages. **
In this pack you get:
1 x Worksheet - Students categorise the various reasons why people went on the pilgrimate using a key
1 x Worksheet - Students write up an extended answer to the question @Explain two reasons why people went on a crusade’. Sentence starters and structure given.
- 1 x Main Power Point
Slide 1: Title slide - Explain why people went on a Crusade
Slide 2: Animated, illustrated and engaging background information about the background to the Crusades
Slide 3: Animated, illustrated and engaging background information about the causes of the crusades
Slide 4: Animated, illustrated and engaging background information about the role played by Pope Urban II
Slide 5: Starter Task - Which route would the students take to reach Jerusalem?
Slide 6: Introduction to the question - why did people decided to go on a crusade
Slide 7: Outline to the main task of categorising the reasons
Slide 8: Introduction to the main question and the use of the PEEL structure for historical extended writing
Slide 9: PEEL structure outline for a class model answer
Slide 10: An alternative poster task outline
Slides 11-13: Recapping key words about the crusades with answers revealed and a print out version
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 has a focus on the work of William Harvey and his short term & long term impact on the history of medicine in Britain. **
The lesson includes:
Clear learning aims and achievements
Recap task: Key Term Recap Quiz
Starter activity: True or False Blood Facts
Background information: Basic facts about Harvey
Think & Discuss Slide: What inspired Harvey’s work - using a visual source
Task Sheet 1: A differentiate worksheet which can be used as a stand alone resource or a possible homework sheet.
Task Sheet 2: A task to complete a fact sheet about William Harvey and the impact of his work.
Task Sheet 3: A comprehension style sheet as an alternative task
Exam focus: Examples of a 4, 12 and 16 mark exam question
Challenge Question: How would Harvey’s work help medicine?
Plenary: Form a Fact Task
Additional Research: 2 websites which can offer students more detail about the impact of William Harvey.
FACT SHEET: 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.
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 the following lessons designed for Key Topic/Unit 2 of Early Elizabethan England GCSE History:
Lesson 10: The Revolt of the Northern Earls
Lesson 11: The Ridolfi, Throckmorton and Babington Plots
Lesson 12: The role of Francis Walsingham
Lesson 13: Why Mary, Queen of Scots was Executed
Lesson 14 Increasing tension between Spain and England
Lesson 15: Robert Dudley in the Netherlands and the actions of Francis Drake
Lesson 16: Philip’s invasion plans and causes of the Spanish Armada
Lesson 17: The reasons for the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
**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.
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.
In this lesson, students take a fascinating look into the way conscientious objectors were treated during the First World War. Students will find out why some men became conscientious objectors, what the public attitude was to conchies and finally examine four case studies to decide how they would punish the conscientious objectors from the past.
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 enter warm up – War has been declared – would you volunteer? A selection of discussion questions linked to this modern day scenario.
Slide 4: Starter Task 1: Data analysis – students have to interpret a graph which shows the decline in volunteer recruits by the end of 1915.
Slide 5: Starter Task 2: Discussion and background information – why do you think there was a drop in recruitment by 1915?
Slide 6: Background information about the Military Services Act, 1916
Slide 7: Background information and match up activity – who were the different types of conscientious objectors?
Side 8: Background information about the different types of CO.
Slide 9: Source based activity based on the public attitudes towards COs.
Slide 10-11: The treatment and punishments given to conscientious objectors.
Slide 12-14: ‘Conchie Tribunal’ activity with two printable sheets
Slide 15: Useful clips
Slide 16: Challenge Tasks and Questions
Slide 17-18: Learning Review Quiz – with answers revealed
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.
**In this lesson, students will be able to describe the various features of Queen Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement and explain why and how Elizabeth I attempted to seek a ‘Middle Way’ between the Catholic and Protestant Churches at the start of her reign in 1558. **
Students will learn about the changes introduced by the Religious Settlement and why they were so important at the time.
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 provides an excellent way to introduce students to the era of the Stuart English/Scottish monarchs between 1603 and 1714. **
Students will learn about the end of the Tudor reign after the death of Elizabeth I and then be given engaging activities to help them complete a timeline of the main Stuart monarchs and seven key events which took place during the reign of the Stuarts.
The lesson contains a variety of discussion tasks, activities, printable resources, starters and learning reviews. The outcome will be the completion of a timeline which shows the chronological order of the Stuart Monarchs and the main events of the time.
The lesson contains:
1 x Main Power Point (11 slides)
3 x Choice of A4 timeline templates for student to complete using the facts from the main Power Point
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 lesson is suitable for teaching the important skill of chronology to KS2 or KS3 (Year 7) students in History.
Students are introduced to the term chronology and then have a task to place various key periods of British history into chronological order. The lesson also includes knowledge of key terms such as decade, century, post, pre and circa. This power point includes all the resources needed to teach a lesson about history and chronology with printable worksheets and a crossword.
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 covers the increased role and responsibility of the British government in methods of disease prevention. It will focus on the development of new vaccines, government laws and healthy lifestyle campaigns.
All resources such as worksheets and information sheets are included with this lesson meaning that you will not need any additional resources.
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. **
**In this lesson, students will be able to learn about the arguments which were used during the 1800s to support and argue against reforms to improve working conditions in the mines, mills and factories of the Industrial Revolution. **
In addition, students will then learn how some of the reforms set out to help workers.
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 laws today make sure people are safe and looked after in their workplace.
Slide 4: Source Inference Task
Slide 5: Source Inference Task 2
Slide 6: Think & Discuss – What are ‘Reforms’? How does Parliament create new laws?
Slide 7: Think & Discuss – Arguments for and Against the reform of working conditions during the Industrial Revolution
Slide 8: Background information – The public reaction and outrage at finding out about working conditions
Slide 9: Background Information – Who were the ‘Reformers’ and what did they call for?
Slide 10: Activity 1 – What would the Reformers want to do to help improve working conditions?
Slide 11: Activity 1 – An alternative way to think about what the reformers would want to do to help improve working conditions
Slide 12: Activity 2 – Students given a choice of written or creative tasks linked to their learning so far.
Slide 13: Activity 3 – Organise the facts about the reforms worksheet instructions
Slide 14: Printable worksheet
Slide 15: Organise the facts answer sheet
Slide 16: Follow Up Challenge tasks and questions
Slide 17: Learning Review Activity Pyramid.
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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 examines the role of the the Church in Medieval society as well as why the Church and religion were such important parts of people’s lives.
In your purchase you will get:
1 x A4 Information Sheet about Medieval Religion and the Church
1 x A4 Question/activity sheet
1 x A4 Differentiated question/activity sheet for students to write on
1 x A4 Higher ability question sheet based on historical sources and the ‘Normanisation’ of the Church
1 x Power Point presentation which provides the structure of the lesson. As with all of my presentations it includes starter tasks, activities, clear, engaging and animated information and learning recap activities.
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 traditional lifestyle of the Indigenous Peoples such as their beliefs and their way of life.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT) – Included in every American West lesson!
1 x Main Power Point Lesson
All of the lessons for the American West unit 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.
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 covers the importance and impact of the work carried out by Vesalius in the 1500s and how it progressed medicine in Britain.
The lesson includes:
Clear learning aims and achievements
Recap task: Crossword for the board or printable for students
Starter activity: Discussion about a source showing an illustration of Vesalius during a dissection.
Background information:8 slides which outline the work of Vesalius
Task Sheet 1: Students asked to think about Vesalius as a key individual Vs other factors which helped him such as the printing press.
Task Sheet 2: A differentiated version of the sheet above
Task Sheet 3: A comprehension style sheet as an alternative task
Exam focus: Give examples of a 12 and 16 mark exam question
Plenary: A true or false quiz to assess student learning
FACT SHEET: 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.
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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.
NEW 2025/6 SPEC. This lesson examines the reasons for and significance of Francis Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT)
1 x 17 slide powerpoint lesson with printable worksheets
The main powerpoint slides include:
Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2: Define the term circumnavigate activity with answer.
Slide 3-4: Francis Drake recap multiple choice quiz with answers.
Slide 5: Starter discussion questions
Slide 6: An outline of Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe.
Slide 7: Class clip link with questions
Slide 8-10: Task 1 - Fact sheet worksheet with instructions and choice of two printable worksheets.
Slide 11: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 12-14: Learning review crossword with answers and printable versions.
Slide 15-16: Example exam/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.
**In this lesson, students will create a timeline to explain how Hitler was able to manipulate events to help him achieve the dictatorship of Germany by 1934. **
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.