Welcome to RA Resources. I have an extended range of fully resourced, high quality History lessons for KS2, KS3 and GCSE aimed at schools, tutors and home learning. Having taught History abroad and then in Cornwall for 20 years, these lessons reflect my creativity and teaching experience.
Please feel free to email me with any enquiries about the resources on offer. You can keep up to date with my latest published lessons using the Facebook link in my shop.
Welcome to RA Resources. I have an extended range of fully resourced, high quality History lessons for KS2, KS3 and GCSE aimed at schools, tutors and home learning. Having taught History abroad and then in Cornwall for 20 years, these lessons reflect my creativity and teaching experience.
Please feel free to email me with any enquiries about the resources on offer. You can keep up to date with my latest published lessons using the Facebook link in my shop.
This resource has been designed to give students an effective visual guide to the main events covered in The American West topic. The resource is available as a Power Point as well as a PDF. It can be used as a book insert, full colour display poster or revision tool.
The timeline has also organised the main events into the main themes of the American West (settlement, conflict with Plains Indians, law & order etc).
You will receive:
1 x full colour timeline poster
1 x black and white timeline which students can use to create their own colour coded key
1 x PDF version of the above.
UPDATE 2023: UPDATE 2023: Please note that all images (clipart/vector/illustrations/photographs) are in the public domain and are therefore classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you believe there are any errors, please email me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue.
The main focus of the lesson is the role and contributions of women to Britain’s war effort during World War One. Students will examine both the positive and negative experiences of women during the war, be able to describe the various roles that women took on and then carry out their own research into the topic.
This is a fully resources lesson which includes a warmup, starter task, engaging background information, various learning activities, challenge tasks and learning reviews.
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The lesson includes the following:**
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Outline of the main lesson aims
Slide 3: As you enter warm up – Discussion about the statement, ‘Most of the History we learn in school is about men’.
Slide 4: Starter Task 1: Women in Propaganda during the First World War.
Slide 5: Starter Task 2: Gender roles in 1914
Slide 6-7: Activity 1: Data analysis (including printable worksheet) about the employment figures of women in work between 1914-1919.
Slide 8-9: Activity 2: The experiences of women in the war – students read statements and mark if they show a positive or negative experience of war.
Side 10-17: Image based background information about the role of women during the First World War.
Slide 18-20: Activity 3 – A guided research task. Links are given to useful websites as well as useful documentary clips. Students are given a number of areas they can research.
Slide 21: Useful websites for the research and further reading
Slide 22: Useful short documentary clips
Slide 13: Challenge Tasks
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.
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 is intended as an introduction lesson to teaching the Black Death. Students will be given basic background information about the Black Death before they use a number of written sources to find out more about the causes, treatments, beliefs and consequences of the event. **
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This lesson pack includes:
3 x A4 Source Sheets (4 sources per page)
1 x Source question sheet for students to write their answer on
1 x Main powerpoint which guides the students through the tasks they have to complete. This includes a visual source based starter task, a copy of the sources, an explanation of the task, a copy of the table to be used in the task and further slides to help students question and explore the sources they have been given.
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 asks why King Henry VIII had so many wives. Students first collect information about Henry’s relationship with his six wives. They use this to help them analyse what made the marriages a success or failure. Plenty of printable worksheets, tables and timelines included!
This lesson can either be used in a unit of work about the Tudors and Henry VIII or as a stand-alone lesson covering Henry VIII and his six wives. It can also be used to help students analyse the art of the Tudors.
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:
Resource 1: A4 printable worksheets for students to create their own timeline of Henry’s marriages.
Resource 2: Power Point
Slide 1: Title slide – Why did Henry VIII have so many wives?
Slide 2: Outline of the main lesson aims
Slide 3: Lesson Warm Up Activity: Discussion questions about marriages today with challenge questions included.
Slide 4-5: Lesson Warm Up 2: A true or false quiz about marriage in Tudor England – with answers revealed and explained.
Slide 6: Starter Task – ‘Which Wife When?’ – Students have to name and order the six wives of Henry VIII.
Slide 7: Background information about who the wives of Henry VIII were.
Slide 8-9: Printable fact sheets about the wives of Henry VIII
Side 10-11: Task: Fact File instructions and printable worksheet
Slide 12: Analysis questions – Which marriages were the most and least successful and how can we measure this?
Slide 13: Evaluation Question and Extended Writing – Why did Henry VIII have so many wives?
Slide 14: Challenge Questions
Slide 15-16: Learning Review Activity – Which wife? Answers revealed.
Reviews are really important to me and if you have enjoyed the lesson, it would be great if you could do this. 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.
UPDATED NEW SPEC. 2025/6! The lesson examines the methods used by Jack the Ripper, his victims and the role of the press during the murders in Whitechapel.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Source Enquiry Sheet
1 x 23 slide main power point
The main lesson power point includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson aims and outcomes
Slide 3: Recap discussion with answers revealed
Slide 4: Starter source analysis
Slide 5: Background - How did Jack the Ripper get the name?
Slide 6-7: Task 1 - Analysis of the ‘Dear Boss’ letter with printable worksheet.
Slide 8-9: Task 2 - Jack the Ripper victim fact files and table fill with instructions and printable worksheet.
Slides 10-12: Printable victim fact files
Slide 13: Task 3: Similarities between the victims with answers revealed.
Slide 14: Background information and discussion about the usefulness of penny dreadful newspapers.
Slide 15: Exam Focus - ‘One feature’
Slide 16-16: Exam Focus - Resources to help students analyse the usefulness of a source relating to the murders.
Slide 20: Exam Focus - ‘Follow Up’ question/printable answer sheet.
Slide 21: Challenge Questions
Slide 22-23: Learning review quiz with answers.
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 bundle is an opportunity to purchase the full collection of my lessons so far about the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Please carefully read the list of lessons below so you are aware of the lessons you are about to purchase:
Every lesson is fully resourced and contains a wide range of activities, tasks, engaging background information, fact sheets and printable resources - all aimed at students between the ages of 10-15. All lessons offer challenge as well as accessible activities and information for lower ability/younger students.
The bundle includes:
Lesson 1: An introduction to the Transatlantic Slave Trade (a source-based investigation)
Lesson 2: How did the Transatlantic Slave Trade Work?
Lesson 3: The features of the Middle Passage
Lesson 4: Slave Life - Slave auctions & life on the plantations
Lesson 5: The reasons for the abolition of slavery in Britain, 1807 & 1833
Lesson 6: The Legacy of the Slave Trade
I always warmly welcome any positive reviews you are able to give and thank you for the time you spend doing this. Enjoy the lessons!
A 6 lesson bundle to take your students through:
- The establishment of a dictatorship
- The Police State
- Control of Religion
- Propaganda and Censorship
- Cultural Censorship
- Opposition Groups
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.
This bundle contains all of my lessons for KS2 - KS3 about King Henry VIII. The lessons are suitable and can be adapted to ages 8-15.
Please note that EVERY lesson is fully resourced and ‘ready to go’. This bundle will save you many hours of preparation and each lesson contains a wide variety of activities to keep your students engaged.
The bundle includes:
Lesson 1: Investigating the life and personality of the young Henry VIII (A source investigation)
Lesson 2: Henry VIII and the ‘Break from Rome’.
Lesson 3: The Dissolution of the Monasteries
Lesson 4: The Reformation
Lesson 5: Portraits of King Henry VIII - Why were portraits so important to Henry?
Lesson 6: The Wives of King Henry VIII - Why did Henry have so many wives?
In this 23 slide lesson, students will investigate the many developments made in medicine as a result of the First World War. Foor instance, students will study shell shock, the methods used to treat infection, X-rays, the treatment of broken bones, developments in blood transfusions and plastic surgery.
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 discussion tasks.
Slide 4-6: Starter Task – Medical vocabulary task with printable sheets and answers.
Slide 7: Background information & discussion task about the problems of treating soldiers on the Western Front.
Slide 8-9: Activity 1: How does war help progress in medicine? Fill in exercise with answers revealed.
Slide 10: Lesson fact sheet covering all aspects of medical progress and developments.
Side 11-16: Image based background information about each development – ideal to use when reading through the fact sheet.
Slide 17: Activity 2: Printable lesson worksheet
Slide 18: Activity 3: Extended writing task
Slide 19: Useful clips about medicine in the First World War
Slide 20: Challenge Tasks
Slide 21-23: Learning Review Crossword with printable crosswords and 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 use factual information as well as the views from historians and historical sources to help them form their own opinion to the question – is the British Empire something we should be proud or ashamed of? **
As always, the lesson is fully resourced and contains a number of printable resources, engaging activities and information.
The lesson presumes that students already have a knowledge of what the British empire was although this is quickly recapped at the start of the lesson.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson learning aims and progress
Slide 3: Recapping the British Empire – includes a British Empire map and discussion questions
Slide 4: Starter Discussion based on an old Indian saying about the British in India.
Slide 5: Source analysis activity 1
Slide 6: Source analysis activity 2
Slide 7: Source analysis activity 3
Slide 8: Printable worksheet/question sheet based on the sources used in the previous slides
Slide 9: The two historical interpretations about the British empire
Slide 10: Activity 1 – How have attitudes to the British empire changed in recent years?
Slide 11: Activity 2 – Documentary clips about the legacy of the British Empire
Slide 12: Activity 3 - Instructions
Slide 13: Activity 3 - printable information sheet which includes sources and interpretations about the British empire.
Slide 14: Activity 4 – What is your opinion?
Slide 15: Activity 5 – Based on a higher level question about the difference in two historical interpretations.
Slide 16: Printable worksheet based on the two interpretations about the British Empire
Slide 17: Learning Review discussion.
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.
UPDATED FOR NEW SPEC. 2025/6. This lesson looks at the structure and features of Anglo-Saxon society. Students learn about earls, thegns, peasant farmers, social status and the earldoms of Anglo-Saxon England.
The 20 slide lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: An outline of the exam questions for this topic
Slide 3: Lesson Progress/Learning Aims
Slide 4-5: Starter Knowledge True or False Quiz - 12 questions to assess student knowledge about Anglo-Saxon England with answers.
Slide 6: Starter Activity - What do the two maps teach you about Anglo-Saxon England? With answers
Slide 7-8: Background information about Edward the Confessor, Anglo-Saxon Earldoms and Danelaw
Slide 9: Social hierarchy of Anglo-Saxon England activity with answers
Slide 10: Background information diagram about Anglo-Saxon society
Slide 11-12: Task 1 with instructions and printable table and gap fill activity.
Slide 13: Gap fill answers for student self assessment
Slide 14: Challenge questions
Slide 15-16: Exam Focus - examples of the ‘one feature’ exam question with printable answer sheets
Slide 17-18: Learning Review - True or False with answers
Slide 19: Lesson fact sheet
Slide 20: 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 provides you with the first 8 lessons needed to teach the topic USA Home & Abroad. It has a focus on the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s. The lessons included in this bundle all include facts sheets based on the Edexcel specification which means no other resources/text books will be needed.
Lesson 1: Discrimination and Racism in the 1950s
Lesson 2: The work of civil rights organisations such as CORE and NAACP
Lesson 3: The Brown vs. Topeka Case (1954)
Lesson 4: The events at Little Rock High School (1957)
Lesson 5: The causes and events of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Lesson 6: The Impact, Court Case and Consequences of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Lesson 7: The Civil Rights Act (1957) and SCLC
Lesson 8: Opposition to Civil Rights and the murder of Emmett Till
In this lesson, students will study the causes, events and impact of the Reformation in Europe in the early 1500s. The lesson focusses on the actions of Martin Luther and explains the main criticisms that some people had about the Catholic Church. The lesson then covers the differences between the Catholic and Protestant Church and methods of worship.
This lesson can either be used in a unit of work about the Tudors and Henry VII/VIII or as a stand-alone lesson covering the Reformation.
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 – The Reformation
Slide 2: Outline of the main lesson aims
Slide 3-4: Lesson Warm Up – What was the role and importance of the Church in Christian society before 1500? Picture based activity.
Slide 5-6: Background Information about the importance of the Church in the early 1500s.
Slide 7: Discussion Question – Why did the Roman Catholic Church have so much influence over people by c.1500?
Slide 8-9: Starter Task: Printing Press Illustration and background information about the impact of the printing press on religion.
Slide 10: Background Information about the actions of Martin Luther
Side 11-12: Background Information about the main criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church and Reformation.
Slide 13-14: Activity 1: Place the differences between the Catholic and Protestant Church in the table. Answers given.
Slide 15: Useful clips and further reading links
Slide 16-17: Printable fact sheet with questions
Slide 18: Activity 2: Creative Historical Writing Task – A letter from Martin Luther
Slide 19: Activity 3: Historical Source analysis
Slide 20: Follow Up Challenge Tasks
Slide 21-23: Learning Review – Key Term Match Up & Definitions
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 examine the main events of the ‘Glorious Revolution’ in the years 1688-9. They will learn all about the background to the revolution and be able to fully explain why Parliament were concerned about the rule of King James II. Students will have an opportunity to create their own storyboard of the events as well as then explain the significance of the Glorious Revolution. **
Students will also be able to use this information to explain the significance of the Bill of Rights and the equal rule of William III and Mary II.
The lesson contains a variety of discussion tasks, warm up start activities, printable resources, and learning reviews as well as engaging background information and challenge questions for higher ability students. There is a choice of printable resources to suit different ages and abilities. The lesson is mainly aimed at KS3 students between the ages of 11-14 but can easily be adapted for younger or older students.
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 first allows students to explore the many stereotypes about Henry VIII and then study four historical sources and sour historical interpretations which may challenge these stereotypes. The lesson particularly examines the younger years of King Henry VIII. **
The lesson includes a starter task which explores the idea of stereotypes.
Students are then given brief background information about Henry VIII’s youth.
Students are then presented with a variety of sources and interpretations to use as part of a group or individual exercise whereby they infer information about Henry VIII from them.
As well as all of the resources needed, you will also get 2 x A4 printable worksheets for students to write their responses on.
Please note that all images (clipart/vector/illustrations/photographs) are in the public domain and are therefore classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you believe there are any errors, please email me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue.
This lesson covers the work, findings and impact of Louis Pasteur’s Germ Theory on the understanding of the cause of disease.
**The lesson includes: **
Clear learning aims and achievements
Recap task: Students have to think about and identify the past theories about the cause of disease.
Starter activity: A source analysis from a sceptic of the Germ Theory with linked questions.
Background information: 6 student friendly information slides about the work and findings of Louis Pasteur.
Differentiated Task Sheet: Students taken through the process of completing a storyboard with additional extension questions.
Task Sheet 1: A slightly more challenging task sheet with higher level questions.
Exam focus: Linked questions about the Germ Theory
Plenary/Learning Review: ‘Sentence Me’ - students have 8 key terms from the lesson which they then have to include in a factual sentence.
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…
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 covesr the reasons why the NHS was founded in 1948 and also the impact it had on the healthcare and treatment of patients from 1948 to the present day. For example, the lesson looks at the development of NHS hospitals, GP surgeries and the impact of the NHS on men, women and children.
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.
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This is the full set of fact sheets that can be found in each of the lessons for the Paper 1 Medicine in Britain thematic study. There are 43 slides in total with 35 lesson’s worth of fact sheets.
They can be used for home learning, catch up, revision or in class.
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.