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.
NEW 2025/6 SPEC - This is an updated lesson examines the main reasons for the increase in exploration during the reign of Elizabeth I such as the influence of new technology, trade in the Americas and West Africa and improved ship design.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT)
1 x 23 slide main Power Point Lesson
The main Power Point includes:
Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2-3: Warm Up Activity - Students compare two maps of the world before and after the Elizabethan Age of Discovery.
Slide 4-6: Warm Up Activity - A fun personality test to determine if students would make a suitable Elizabethan explorer - includes answers and printable questionnaire.
Slide 7-8: Starter Task - Picture quiz - What influenced the increase in Elizabethan exploration?
Slide 9: Background information covering the main factors which influenced Elizabethan exploration.
Slide 10: Background information about new technology such as astrolabes and quadrants.
Slide 11-12: Task 1 - Explaining the reasons for Elizabethan exploration with printable worksheets
Slide 13-14: Task 2 - Instructions to make a revision aid cube with printable cut out cube.
Slide 15-17: Task 3 - Exploration fact questions with answers and printable question sheet.
Slide 20: Learning Review - The Explain Game
Slide 21-22: Example exam/assessment questions based on Elizabethan exploration.
Slide 23: 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 lesson covers the causes, events and significance of the Revolt of the Northern Earls (1569).
This lesson has been updated in line with the 2025/6 amended specification and so takes into account amendments to the spec. and exam questions.
The lesson pack includes:
1 x A4 Fact sheet - The Revolt of the Northern Earls (PDF & PPT)
1 x Main 19 slide PowerPoint
The Main PowerPoint includes:
Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2-3: Threats to Elizabeth Picture Quiz with answers
Slide 4: The Revolt of the Northern Earls as a turning point
Slide 5-6: Starter Activity Gap Fill
Slide 7: Background information - Why was there Catholic opposition in the North?
Slide 8-9: Task 1 - Reasons for the Revolt of the Northern Earls instructions and printable worksheet.
Slide 10-12: Task 2 - The events and failure of the Revolt of the Northern Earls activities, printable worksheets and instructions.
Slide 13: Why was the revolt significant?
Slide 14-15: Learning Review Match Up Key Names with answers
Slide 16: Additional printable worksheet
Slide 17-18: Sample exam questions
Slide 19: 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. **
This lesson explores the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots. It then helps students to explain why Mary, Queen of Scots was a significant threat to Elizabeth.
This lesson has been updated in line with the 2025/26 amended specification and changes to some exam questions.
The resource pack includes:
1 x Fact sheet - Why was Mary, Queen of Scots a threat to Elizabeth I? (PDF & PPT)
2 x Model answer student worksheet
The 24 slide Main PowerPoint for the lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Learning Recap Activity - The foreign threats to Elizabeth I with answers
Slide 3-4: Learning Recap Quiz - Challenges to Elizabeth I quiz with answers
Slide 7-11: Background information about Mary, Queen of Scots with added activities throughout.
Slide 12: Discussion activity - What should Elizabeth I do with Mary, Queen of Scots?
Slide 13-15: Task 1 - Mary, Queen of Scots fact fill with printable worksheets
Slide 16-17: Explaining Mary’s threat table fill with printable worksheet and clear instructions
Slide 18: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 19-20: Learning recap true or false quiz with answers and corrections
Slide 21-23: Example practice exam questions
Slide 24: Lesson fact sheet based on GCSE specification.
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.
**This resource is for personal use only and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use. **
2025/6 NEW SPEC ! Students explain the main Catholic threats to Elizabeth and her Religious Settlement from both within England and Abroad. In particular, the threat of the Catholic nobility, the influence of the Pope and the challenges from Scotland, France and Spain.
This lesson has been updated in line with the 2025 amended specification and changes to some exam questions.
The lesson pack includes:
1 x Fact sheet about the Catholic threats from within England (PDF & PPT)
1 x Fact sheet about the Catholic threats from abroad (PDF & PPT)
1 x Differentiated gap fill worksheet
The main Power Point for the lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Recap Quiz with answers revealed about the Puritan threat to Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement.
Slide 3: Starter activity based on a religious map of Europe in 1558.
Slide 4-5: Background information about the Catholic threats from home and abroad.
Slide 6-7: Task 1 - Sorting exercise with printable worksheet
Slide 8-11: Task 2 - Graph based activity where students assess the level of threat from the Catholics (higher ability)
Slide 12: Printable write on worksheet
Slide 13: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 14-17: Practice exam/assessment questions with an analysis of a model answer to a 12 mark question.
Slide 18-20: Learning Review - Key term match up with answers
Slide 21-22: Fact sheets based on the GCSE specification
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 looks at the role the Church of England had in Elizabethan society as well as how the Church made sure the new rules of the Religious Settlement were being followed.
This lesson has been updated in line with the 2024/25 amended specification and changes to some exam questions.
Included in this resource:
1 x A4 Fact Sheet - The Influence of the Church of England in Elizabethan Society.
Main PPT includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Previous learning recap word fill activity with answers revealed
Slide 3-4: Recap picture activity based on Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement with answers revealed.
Slide 5-6: Background information about the role of the Church and the influence of parish priests in early Elizabethan England.
Slide 7-8: Task 1 instructions and printable worksheet - the role of the Church of England in the local community.
Slide 9-10: Task 2 instructions and printable worksheet - how the Religious Settlement was enforced by the Church of England.
Slide 11: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 12-13: A brilliant blockbusters style game which is fully animated and instructions included.
Slide 14: Example exam questions
Slide 15: 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.
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.
2025/6 NEW SPEC!! This lesson examines the divide between the Protestant and Catholic Church during the time of Elizabeth’s reign and how it caused tension and conflict in society and Elizabeth’s government.
The lesson has been updated fully in line with the new GCSE specification and exam paper amendments.
The lesson includes:
1 x A4 Fact sheet covering religious differences between Catholics & Protestants in 1558 (PDF & PPT)
1 x A4 Printable worksheet
The 18 slide main Power Point includes:
Title slide: The religious divisions in Elizabethan England
Slide 1-3: Gap fill activity to recap the main threats Elizabeth I faced in 1558.
Slide 5: Source analysis activity based on the different religious views of Elizabeth I and King Philip II of Spain
Slide 6: Starter discussion activity
Slide 7-10: Background information about the events of the Reformation in Europe and its impact on Elizabeth and England.
Slide 11-13: Task 1 - Sorting activity to identify Catholic and Protestant beliefs & key terms
Slide 14: Task 2 instructions which link to the worksheet
Slide 15: Exam focus assessment questions with prompts
Slide 16-17: Learning review picture quiz with answers
Slide 18: Fact sheet based on 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.
NEW SPEC - In this lesson, students examine the various threats and challenges which Queen Elizabeth faced from other countries such as Spain, France and Scotland as well as the influence of the Pope.
This lesson has been updated ready for the 2025 exams onwards and is based on the recently published GCSE specification.
The lesson includes:
1 x Fact Sheet/Revision Sheet - What were Elizabeth’s Threats from Abroad?
1 x Worksheet - Students outline, explain and then rate the threat of each nation.
Main Power Point Lesson - 15 slides:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2-3: Previous learning recap picture activity with answers revealed
Slide 4: Starter discussion
Slide 5: Starter Activity - Based on a religious map of Europe in 1558.
Slide 6: Task 1 - Instructions to the table based sorting activity (links to additional worksheet)
Slide 7-8: Task 2 - Outlining, explaining and rating the threats from abroad.
Slide 9: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 10-11: Learning Review 10 question quiz with answers revealed.
Slide 12-14: Example exam questions with printable answer sheets
Slide15: Lesson Fact sheet based on 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. **
**LATEST 2025 SPEC & EXAM FORMAT This lesson examines the problems Elizabeth I faced when she first became Queen of England in 1558 such as questions about her gender, pressure to marry, the country’s finances and threats towards her. **
Included in this resource:
1 x A4 fact sheet linked to Elizabeth’s challenges in 1558. (PDF & PPT)
Main 14 slide Power Point Presentation:
Slide 1: Title page - The Challenges faced by Elizabeth I in 1558
Slide 2-4: Previous lesson recap match-up about Elizabethan government and society. Includes answers and printable student worksheets.
Slide 5-6: Starter Task - What challenges do you think Elizabeth faced?
Slide 7-8: Task 1 - Identify the challenges Elizabeth I faced from the images. Answers provided.
Slide 9-10: Task 2 - Student worksheet and instructions
Slide 11: Follow up challenge questions including practice exam question
Slide 12: Practice exam question
Slide 13: Two learning review activities
Slide 14: Fact sheet based on 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.
Students use written and visual sources to investigate what life was like in the London East End district of Whitechapel during the time of the Jack the Ripper murders. This lesson is specifically designed to give students the ‘big picture’ of Whitechapel before focussing on the Whitechapel murders.
The lesson includes:
1x 26 slide PowerPoint lesson
1x Metropolitan Police Report Worksheet
The lesson presentation includes:
Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2: Lesson aims and outcomes
Slide 3: An overview of where Whitechapel is located
Slide 4: An overview diagram of the main issues covered in the lesson.
Slide 5: Starter Source Activity - Students analyse a map of Whitechapel to infer from it facts about the area. Answers provided.
Slide 6: Starter Source Activity -A further source which encourages students to add more information to their findings in Source A.
Slide 7: Main task instructions
Slide 8: Printable worksheet
Slide 9- 14: 7 visual sources linked to what life was like in Whitechapel - all with provenance and prompt questions.
Slide 15-17: 5 written sources linked to what life was like in Whitechapel - all with provenance and prompt questions.
Slide 18: Task 2 - Discussion questions with answers
Slide 19-20: Task 3 - Match up the social issue in Whitechapel with the type of crime it links to.
Slide 21: Task 4 - Students instructed to write a police report about the area of Whitechapel.
Slide 22: Challenge questions
Slide 23-24: Learning Review - 12 question quiz with answers
Slide 25: Learning Review 2 - Key Term Jeopardy
Slide 26: More from RA Resources
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 bundle contains a series of lessons aimed at increasing your students’ knowledge and understanding of women’s rights in Britain between c.1850-c.1980.
The bundle contains 5 lessons:
Lesson 1: The story of the Match Girls Strike in 1888
Lesson 2: How far had women’s rights improved in Britain by 1890?
Lesson 3: Who were the Suffragists and the Suffragettes?
Lesson 4: What were the arguments for and against the vote for women?
Lesson 5: How far had women’s rights improved the lives of women by the 1970s?
This bundle would be perfect for a study of women’s history.
In this lesson, students will investigate the death of Emily Wilding Davison at the 1913 Epsom Derby. They will use their knowledge from the lesson to write a coroner’s report into her death and conclude if her death was an accident or if she deliberately set out to become a martyr.
The key questions of the lesson:
Who was Emily Davison and why do some people see her as a martyr?
What happened at the 1913 Derby?
Did Emily Davison deliberately set out to become a suffragette martyr?
What was the impact of her death for the suffrage movement?
The lesson pack includes:
1 x A4 Coroner’s Report writing frame (PDF & PPTX)
1 x Main PPTX
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3: As You Enter Activity - Modern day campaign groups and their publicity methods
Slide 4-5: What is Happening? A source analysis of the 1913 Derby incident
Slide 6: What is a Martyr?
Slide 7: Additional class clip links and further reading opportunities
Slide 8-10: Background to the events
Slide 11: Task 1 - Source Task Explanation and table
Slide 12: Sources sheet
Slide 13: Were Emily Davison’s actions deliberate?
Slide 14: Task 2 - Write a Coroner’s Report
Slide 15: Challenge Source Question
Slide 16: Follow Up Challenge Tasks
Slide 17-18: Emily Davison Recap Quiz with answers.
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.
In this lesson, students will be able to conclude how far women’s lives improved by the end of the 1970s. Within the lesson, students will study changes to women’s rights including: the introduction of the contraception pill, the legalisation of abortion, the Equal Pay Act, the Sex Discrimination Act as well as changes to home life, attitudes, divorce laws, work and education.
The key questions for the lesson are:
What were women’s lives like in 1950s Britain?
What developments were there in women’s rights in the 1960s and 1970s?
What aspects of women’s lives changed the most?
How far did women gain equality by the end of the 1970s?
The lesson includes the following:
1 x A4 printable timeline of key events (PDF & PPT)
Main Power Point:
Slide 1: Lesson title
Slide 2: Lesson key questions
Slide 3: As you enter controversial statement discussion
Slide 4: Current statistics activity about women’s equality today.
Slide 5: As you enter controversial discussion point 2
Slide 6-7: Key term match up with answers revealed.
Slide 8-10: Source analysis to give students an idea of attitudes and the role of women in the 1950s.
Slide 11: Task 1 - Reading and outlining task
Slide 12 - 13: Two printable fact sheets
Slide 14: Task 2 - Timeline instructions
Slide 15: Follow Up Questions
Slide 16 - 17: Learning Review Quiz - match up the key statistics.
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.
Lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.
NEW UPDATED 2025/6 SPEC: This lesson examines the methods and techniques used by the Metropolitan Police in Whitechapel to investigate the murders of Jack the Ripper.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT)
1 x A4 Source Enquiry Sheet
1 x 24 slide main power point presentation
The lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson aims and outcomes
Slide 3: As you enter discussion - linked to modern day crime and policing
Slide 4-6: Recap Activity - Gap fill activity to recap the murders, policing and Whitechapel environment with answers and printable worksheets.
Slide 7-8: Starter - Which of the 12 police techniques could have been used in 1888? With answers.
Slide 9-10: Task 1 - Printable diagram with instructions and aims
Slide 11-12: Task 2 - Additional questions with printable question and activity sheet included.
Slide 13-14: Exam Focus - Examples and printable sheets for ‘one feature’ question.
Slide 15-18: Exam Focus - Two examples of the ‘how useful’ question with printable answer sheets and exam technique.
Slide 19-20: Exam Focus - Two examples of the ‘follow up’ question.
Slide 21: Learning Review Activities
Slide 22-24: Learning Review Crossword - with answers and printable sheet.
Slide 25: Lesson Fact Sheet
Slide 26: More from RA Resources
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.
Students examine the organisation of the Metropolitan police in Whitechapel and explain why policing the East End was so difficult. Students will then link their knowledge of policing to the reasons why Jack the Ripper was never caught.
The 23 slide power point lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson aims and outcomes
Slide 3: As you enter discussion about the rewards and challenges of modern policing
Slide 4: Recap - Why do you think Whitechapel in the 1880s was so difficult to police?
Slide 5-7: Starter Activity - Source analysis about violence to police officers in Whitechapel with printable worksheet
Slide 8-12: Task 1 - A fun personality questionnaire to see if students would make a suitable officer in the Whitechapel police. Results/answers and explanations given.
Slide 13-14: Background information about the Metropolitan Police and their work in Whitechapel.
Slide 15-16: Task 2 - A worksheet which asks students to read facts about Whitechapel and use these facts to explain why policing would be difficult.
Slide 17: Follow up questions
Slide 18-20: Task 3 - Source analysis questions with prompt questions and a printable worksheet.
Slide 21: Learning Summary - This discussion asks students to begin thinking about why the police never caught Jack the Ripper.
Slide 22: Learning Review Pyramid
Slide 23: More from RA Resources.
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 activity packed lesson students investigate the crimes of Jack the Ripper by examining fact files about each victim. Students analyse the similarities between the victims to create a Metropolitan Police leaflet warning those vulnerable about the murders.
The 19 slide lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Learning aims and outcomes
Slide 3: Discussion - Why we need to learn about the lives of the victims
Slide 4: Background information about the lives of women in Whitechapel
Slide 5: Starter - What can a newspaper illustration tell us about the murders and the victims? Answers included
Slide 6: Background information - How did Jack the Ripper get the name?
Slide 7-8: Task 1 - Analysis of the ‘Dear Boss’ letter with printable worksheet.
Slide 9: Task 2 -Lesson key term match up
Slide 10: Task 3 - Use the victim fact files to order the murders.
Slide 11-12: Task 4 - Instructions and printable table for students to record information about each victim.
Slide 13-15: Victim profiles which needed to be printed (2 profiles per page).
Slide 16: Task 5 - What were the similarities between the victims?
Slide 17: Task 6 - Instructions to help students create a police warning leaflet
Slide 18: Challenge questions
Slide 19: Learning Review - Odd one out (various answers possible).
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 analyse six fact files about the main Jack the Ripper suspects before arguing which individual was guilty and prepare a ‘Most Wanted’ poster about their chosen suspect.
The 19 slide lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson aims and outcomes
Slide 3: As you enter discussion - what does the term ‘innocent until proven guilty’ mean?
Slide 4-6: Recap - A gap fill recap of the Jack the Ripper murders with answers and printable worksheets for students to write on.
Slide 7: Starter Task - Picture quiz - why would gaining accurate eyewitness evidence be difficult in 1880s Whitechapel?
Slide 8-9: Task 1 - Useful key terms match up with answers.
Slide 10-11: Task 2 - Instructions to the main table fill task with printable worksheet/table for students to fill in.
Slide 12-14: 6 fact files about the suspects.
Slide 15: Task 3 - Students to explain their top suspect with a writing frame given to help them explain their choice.
Slide 16: Task 4 - Instructions about how to complete a ‘Most Wanted’ poster about their chosen suspect.
Slide 17: Challenge questions and cartoon analysis
Slide 18-19: Learning Review - Which suspect quiz with answers revealed.
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.
UPDATED CONTENT & SPEC. FOR 2025/6. The lesson examines the power of Anglo-Saxon kings and monarchy with a focus on Edward the Confessor.
The 18 slide lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide - The Power of Anglo-Saxon monarchs - Edward the Confessor
Slide 2: Lesson aims & progress tracker
Slide 3: As you enter activity - Pick three qualities a monarch should have.
Slide 4-5: 12 question recap quiz referring back to the previous lesson about Anglo-Saxon society with answers.
Slide 6-7: Starter Task - Use the images to identify the main powers of Anglo-Saxon monarchs, with answers and background information included.
Slide 8-10: Task 1- Sort task for students to identify the powers of Edward the Confessor, the weaknesses and the duties his subjects had towards him. Answers and printable worksheet included.
Slide 11-12: Task 2 - Follow up questions with printable worksheet
Slide 13: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of ‘One feature’ question
Slide 14: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of 12 and 16 mark exam questions
Slide 15-16: Learning Review - Gap fill missing terms activity with answers
Slide 17: Lesson fact sheet
Slide 18: More from RA Resources
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations (GCSE History/Edexcel).
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 study the various methods used by the Metropolitan Police to catch Jack the Ripper in 1888. They will evaluate the effectiveness of each method and use their knowledge to explain why the police never caught Jack the Ripper.
The lesson pack includes:
1 x Fact sheet about the police investigation methods
1 x Worksheet
1 x 16 slide powerpoint
The main power point lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson aims and outcomes
Slide 3-4: A choice of two discussion questions for students as they enter the classroom
Slide 5-6: Starter - Which police techniques would the Metropolitan Police have used and not used in 1888? Includes answers.
Slide 7: Background information about the role of Inspector Abbeline
Slide 8: Source based task about the use of sniffer dogs during the investigation.
Slide 9: Task 1 - Read the facts and key terms
Slide 10-11: Task 2 - Printable worksheet and table fill task instructions
Slide 12: Task 3 - Explain and evaluate questions
Slide 13: Choice of two learning recap activities
Slide 14-16: Learning review crossword with answers and printable sheets.
Please note that this lesson has been adapted from my GCSE History Edexcel lesson for Whitechapel and so will contain some similar but adapted tasks.
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 bundle contains 5 fully resourced lessons ready to teach a mini unit about the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888 in Whitechapel, London.
The bundle/unit contains:
Lesson 1: What was life like in Victorian Whitechapel in 1888?
Lesson 2: Why was Whitechapel challenging to police in the 1880s?
Lesson 3: Who were the victims of Jack the Ripper?
Lesson 4: Who were the main suspects in the Jack the Ripper investigation?
Lesson 5: What police methods were used by the Metropolitan police to catch Jack the Ripper and why was ‘Jack’ never caught?
Please note that some of the tasks included in this bundle are similar to the tasks published in my GCSE Edexcel Crime and Punishment/Whitechapel study.