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.
**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.
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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 lesson examines the following questions relating to Henry VIII:
How did Henry VIII become King of England in 1509?
What were Henry VIII’s main aims as king?
What was Henry’s leadership style and his attitude to kingship?
What were Henry’s strengths and weaknesses at the start of his reign.
This is a fully resourced lesson which includes a printable fact sheet based on the GCSE Edexcel specification as well as worksheets, discussion tasks, engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The downloaded lesson includes the following:
1x A4 worksheet about Henry’s aims as the King of England
1x A4 worksheet about Henry’s strengths and weaknesses
1x main Power Point:
Slide 1: Title slide – Henry’s Accession to the throne – his strengths and weaknesses.
Slide 2-3: As You Enter Warm Up – Two slightly different warm up tasks which ask students to think about and discuss what characteristics they think a Tudor & modern-day monarch should have.
Slide 4-5: Starter – Source analysis task about Henry VIII’s personality with additional printable worksheet.
Slide 6-16: Task 1 - Students are taken through 5 scenarios as Henry Tudor and asked which scenario they would pick. Answers and explanations included along with challenge questions for each scenario.
Slide 17: Task 2 – Henry’s aims as king activity (linked to A4 worksheet)
Slide 18: Task 3 – Henry’s strengths and weaknesses activity (linked to A4 worksheet)
Slide 19: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Side 20: Example Exam Questions
Slide 21-22: Learning Review Quiz – With answers revealed
Slide 23: Lesson Fact Sheet – Based on the GCSE Edexcel Specification
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 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 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 fully understand the M.A.I.N. long-term causes of the First World War – Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism. Students will be first introduced to these key terms and then use them to explain the tensions which existed in Europe by 1914.
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 come in warmup activity – what causes war?
Slide 4: As you come in warmup activity 2 – Why do people argue?
Slide 5: Starter Task 1: Why is it important to learn about the causes of the First World War – suggestions then given.
Slide 6: Starter Task 2: Political cartoon analysis with prompt questions provided.
Slide 7: Background information about Europe in 1914
Side 8: Background information explaining the term long-term causes.
Slide 9: An overview of the M.A.I.N. reasons and discussion task.
Slide 10-13: Background information about militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism.
Slide 14-15: Activity 1: Student diagram to help make notes and explain the MAIN causes. Printable resource included.
Slide 16-17: Activity 2: Source based activity based on three cartoons of Europe in 1914.
Slide 18: A student fact sheet for the lesson – printable
Slide 19: Follow Up Challenge Tasks
Slide 20: Learning Review 1
Slides 21-23: Learning Review 2 with printable handout
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 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 26 slide lesson, students will student nine of the main weapons used during the First World War: rifles, artillery, machine guns, grenades, cavalry, flamethrowers, tanks, aircraft and gas. Students will be able to describe the features of each weapon before comparing and evaluating the effectiveness of the weapons.
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 activity – ‘Odd One Out’.
Slide 4: Background knowledge about the Wider Historical Context
Slide 5: Starter Task – Weapons True or False
Slide 6: Links to 7 useful clips about the weapons of the First World War.
Slide 7: Starter Task 2: Problem Solving Puzzle linked to the production of the Brodie Helmet.
Side 8: Fact Sheet (printable) about the weapons of the First World War.
Slide 9-18: Image based background knowledge about each weapon featured in the fact sheet.
Slide 19-20: Activity 1 - Instructions about how to complete the table with an A4 printable table included.
Slide 21-22 Activity 2 – Key Term Fill with answers revealed
Slide 23: Printable worksheet
Slide 24: Challenge Questions about the impact of the weapons
Slide 25-26: Learning Review – Match the statistics to the facts with answers revealed.
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.
In this lesson, students will be able to understand and explain the many and varies reasons why so many men voluntarily enlisted in into the British army at the start of the First World War. For example, students will learn about aspects such as propaganda, censorship, patriotism, the role of the British government, the formation of Pals Battalions, the White Feather Campaign and more.
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 – Why might young people today want to join the armed forces?
Slide 4: Previous Learning Recap – order the events
Slide 5: Previous Learning Recap – multiple choice quiz
Slide 6: Starter Task – Activity and discussion based on persuasion techniques.
Slide 7: Background information about the start of the First World War.
Side 8: Background information about the role of the British government, propaganda and censorship.
Slide 9: Background information about the creation of the Pals Battalions.
Slide 10: Useful Clips – three links to video clips covering topics from the lesson.
Slide 11-15: Activity 1: Using first-hand accounts (sources) to understand why men enlisted in 1914. Includes a practice source to do as a class and a printable table for students to record their ideas.
Slide 16-17: Activity 2: ‘Meet Wilf’ – A focus on the life of one recruit and his life in 1914. Why would Wilf want to enlist?
Slide 18: Activity 3: Why did men enlist diagram and instructions.
Slide 19: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 20: Extended writing opportunities
Slide 21: Learning Review Picture Quiz
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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.
In this lesson, students will be able to learn about the creation of the two military alliances in Europe by 1914. Students will understand why the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente were formed, the theory behind the military alliances acting as a deterrent and finally the idea behind the domino effect. Students will also consider the geographical and strategic impact of the alliances.
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 – what causes war?
Slide 4: Starter Task: What is an alliance and why might countries form an alliance?
Slide 5: Image/map led background information about Europe by 1914.
Slide 6-7: Image/map led background information about the creation of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente.
Slide 8-9: Activity 1: Creating a map of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. Printable maps included.
Side 10: Learning Pit-Stop – The Domino Theory.
Slide 11: Activity 2: The geographical and strategic impact of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente.
Slide 12: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 13-15: Learning Review 1: Filling in the missing terms, with printable resources included.
Slide 16: Learning Review 2 activity
Slide 17: A copy of the map used which can be edited
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 investigate the main reasons why the British government began the process of abolishing slavery in 1807. As well as being able to make notes about each reason, students will be guided to complete an extended piece of historical writing about the causes of the abolition of slavery. **
This is a fully resourced lesson which includes printable fact sheets and worksheets as well as engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide – Slave Auctions and Life on a Plantation
Slide 2: The purpose and main aims of the lesson.
Slide 3: Lesson Warm Up 1: Slave Trade vocabulary activity
Slide 4: Lesson Warm Up 2: Ordering the main events of the slave trade triangle
Slide 5: Lesson Warm Up 2: Answers
Slide 6: Lesson Warm Up 3: What reasons would there have been to oppose or support the slave trade at the time it was happening?
Slide 7: Starter Task: Why do you think the slave trade was abolished?
Slide 8: Background Information: Source analysis – economic reason for the abolition of the slave trade.
Slide 9-10: Background Information: The role of the anti-slavery campaigners
Slide 11-12: Background Information: The main reasons for the abolition of the slave trade.
Slide 13: Printable sheet to help students make notes about the reasons
Slide 14-15: Fact sheets designed to be printed back-to-back about the main reasons (black and white)
Slide 16-17: Fact sheets designed to be printed back-to-back about the main reasons (colour)
Slide 18: Introduction to the extended writing.
Slide 19: Model P.E.E. Paragraph
Slide 20: An optional/alternative task – writing a letter or speech to support the abolition of slavery.
Slide 21: Follow Up Challenge Tasks – Linking the reasons and evaluating the most important factors.
Slide 22-23: Learning Review – Who or What am I?
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 examine the long-term consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. They will focus on how the slave trade has impacted factors such as the economy, religion, culture, attitudes in society, politics, protest movements in countries such as the USA, Africa and Britain. This is a fully resourced lesson which includes printable fact sheets and worksheets as well as engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide – The Legacy of the Slave Trade
Slide 2-3: Multiple choice slave trade quiz with answers revealed
Slide 4-5: What do we mean by ‘legacy’ and which factors will we study?
Slide 6: The main lesson aims
Slide 7: Starter Task – A source analysis of a lynching of three back men in 1920. Questions also prompt further discussion.
Slide 8-11: Activity 1 – An activity based on the work of Bob Marley and an analysis of the lyrics to Slave Driver and Redemption Song. Also includes print-out worksheets.
Slide 12: Activity 2: The legacy of the slave trade – instructions to the task.
Slide 13: Activity 2 Worksheet (printable version)
Slide 14-19: Large A4 size printable fact sheets which can be shared among the class
Slide 20-21: Smaller two-sided version of the fact sheets
Slide 22: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 23: Further research activity
Slide 24-26: Learning Review Crossword with answers revealed and a printable version for students to complete.
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 first look at the youth of Germany has a focus on the Hitler Youth groups. There are 4 source and interpretation questions towards the end of the lesson
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 and organisations used by the Nazi Party to create a police state (SS, SD, Gestapo, the legal system and concentration camps). Students encouraged to explain how successful each method was with the eventual completion of a 12 mark question. **
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.
**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.
**This lesson examines the basic definitions & types of crimes in Anglo-Saxon England including an introduction to crimes against property, crimes against the person, social crimes and crimes against authority. **
No other resources are needed as there are fact sheets and printable resources included in this lesson.
The lesson includes:
2 x A4 Worksheet
Main PPT
Slide 1: Title Slide: To examine the types and definitions of crime in Anglo-Saxon England
Slide 2: Previous lesson recap - helping students define crimes again the person, property, authority and social crimes
Slide 3-5: A filling in the missing terms sheet - student friendly printable versions and answers included
Slide 6: Background information about the power of the king.
Slide 7: Background information about Anglo-Saxon society
Slide 8: An outline of the worksheet tasks.
Slide 9: Lesson recap quiz
Slide 10: Fact Sheet
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.
**The aim of this lesson is to use a wide range of written and visual historical sources to help introduce the topic of the Transatlantic Slave Trade to students. Students will use these sources to help them infer information about the slave trade and build upon their source analysis skills. **
As always, this lesson includes a number of printable resources, engaging activities and information.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: The purpose and aims of the lesson.
Slide 3: Warm Up – What do we mean by the term ‘Transatlantic Slave Trade’?
Slide 4: Activity 1 – Instructions – how to ‘infer’ information from sources.
Slide 5: Activity 2 – Practice whole class inference instructions
Slide 6: Activity 2 – Practice whole class inference possible answers
Slide 7: Printable answer sheet/table
Slide 8 - 14 : Written and visual source printouts
Slide 15: Follow Up & Challenge Questions
Slide 16: Learning Review Activities
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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.
In this lesson, students will discover what living conditions were like in Britain’s new industrial towns and specifically examine the increase in illness and disease. Particular attention is paid to the creation of terraced housing, the growth of slum areas, back-to-back housing and the pollution and waste created by such extreme overcrowding in the working class parts of towns.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson learning aims and progress
Slide 3: Lesson Warm Up – Class discussion about how students would describe ‘typical’ housing and accommodation today.
Slide 4: Lesson Warm Up II – Fill in the missing facts about the growth of towns in the Industrial Revolution
Slide 5: Missing terms from the warm-up revealed.
Slide 6: Starter Task: Students view a diagram of typical terraced and back-to-back housing and use this to discuss what housing conditions were like and how this led to ill-health and disease.
Slide 7: Source Analysis – An illustration of slum housing with prompt questions
Slide 8: Source Analysis – Printable GCSE style question sheet
Slide 9: Background Information – The growth of industrial towns
Slide 10: Background Information – Overcrowded terraced housing
Slide 11: Printable fact sheet
Slide 12: Activity 1 – Printable worksheet
Slide 13: Activity 2 – Creative historical writing task with full instructions
Slide 14: Activity 3 – Extended historical writing task with structure ideas
Slide 15: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 16: Learning Review Crossword with answers revealed
Slide 17: Printable version of the learning review crossword
I would be grateful if you could leave a review for the lesson if you feel the lesson is effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this as feedback is highly valued.
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. Thank you.
This lesson’s focus is on public health in Medieval England. Specifically, the lesson looks at the problems of public health in Medieval towns and how health and hygiene were so much better in Medieval monasteries. Students will also examine what was done in an attempt to improve public health in towns and why these improvements were so difficult to enforce.
This is a fully resourced lesson which includes a printable fact sheet based on the GCSE AQA specification as well as worksheets, discussion tasks, engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide – Public Health in Medieval Towns and Monasteries
Slide 2: Outline of the main lesson aims
Slide 3: As you come in activity: What is meant by ‘public health’ and what are examples of modern-day public health?
Slide 4: Starter Task 1: An analysis of a diagram of a Medieval town and how it shows problems with health.
Slide 5-6: Starter Task 2: Source Analysis Task with a printable sheet of 9 interpretations and sources linked to Medieval towns.
Slide 7: Starter Task 3: A diagram of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire – In what ways was health better?
Side 8: Printable worksheet to be used alongside the lesson fact sheets.
Slide 9: Creative Task Option & Instructions.
Slide 10: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 11: Useful class clips and reading links
Slide 12: Example Exam Questions
Slide 13-15: Learning Review 1 – Key term match up with answers and student print out.
Slide 16-17: Learning Review 2 – Monastery or Town Quiz
Slide 18-19: Two Lesson Fact Sheets based on the AQA GCSE specification.
Slide 20: The original version of the Fountains Abbey diagram
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 focus their study on the conditions of the Middle Passage of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The lesson provides facts, visual and written sources to help students understand the Middle Passage. **
There are also optional tasks relating to the 1977 TV series Roots as well as a further online activity based on the BBC Bitesize website about the Slave Trade. This is a fully resourced lesson which includes printable fact sheets and worksheets as well as engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
Please note that I am not able to provide any links to the TV series Roots but this is easily available on most streaming services as well as on DVD.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide – The Conditions on the Middle Passage
Slide 2: The purpose and aims of the lesson.
Slide 3: Recap Activity: Match the stage of the slave trade to the number on the slave trade map
Slide 4: Recap Activity answers
Slide 5: Starter Task – How could we find out about the Middle Passage?
Slide 6: Recap Activity 2 – Use the 8 images on the slide to discuss how the slave trade worked.
Slide 7: Visual Source Analysis of The Brooks slave ship – source inference
Slide 8: Visual Source Analysis of The Brooks slave ship - source usefulness
Slide 9: Visual Source Analysis of The Brooks slave ship – printable worksheet
Slide 10: Main Task - instructions
Slide 11: Main Task – sources about the Middle Passage printable information sheet
Slide 12: Main Task – Table printout for students
Slide 13: The origins of the TV series Roots – background information
Slide 14: The origins of the TV series Roots – background information
Slide 15: Think & discuss question about the usefulness of Roots as evidence
Slide 16: Roots table task
Slide 17: Assessing the usefulness of the TV series Roots
Slide 18: Online Activity & Research – BBC Bitesize
Slide 19: Printout of the question sheet needed for the BBC Bitesize task
Slide 20: Middle Passage Creative Task options
Slide 21: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 22: Learning Review Activity
I would be grateful if you could leave a review for the lesson if you feel the lesson is effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this as feedback is highly valued.
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. Thank you.
This lesson examines who the main opposition groups in Nazi Germany were as well as why opposition towards the Nazi Party was limited.
All resources and factual information are included with the lesson.
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
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