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.
I have put together 19 A4 pages of revision resources to help your students revise their subject knowledge for Paper 2 Superpower Relations and the Cold War exam. The pack includes:
Activity 1: Timeline activity (students to complete the missing words from the timeline)
Activity 2: Cold War Key Individuals Match Up
Activity 3: American President Worksheet
Activity 4: Soviet leader fact file task
Activity 5: Key Event ‘What happened?’ activity (2 pages)
Activity 6: Key Term Glossary Task ( 3 pages)
Activity 7: Snazzy Statistics Quiz
Activity 8: ‘Bang out of Order’ Chronology activity
Activity 9: ‘What’s the Question?’
Activity 10: Key term match up activity (2 quizzes)
Activity 11: ‘Westside’ or ‘Eastside’?
Activity 12: Level 1 Easy Quiz Questions
Activity 13: Level 2 Medium Quiz Questions
Activity 14: Boss Level Quiz Questions
UPDATED & READY FOR THE 2025 exams!
This resource takes into account the latest amendments to Edexcel GCSE History question paper formatting, timing and question types.
This 13-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 2 Period Study exam for Superpower Relations and the Cold War and provides them with:
Example questions
Question walkthroughs
Advice about exam technique
Mark scheme reminders
Model answers
All past exam questions (2016-2023)
Slide 1: Introduction title slide
Slide 2: An overview of the Superpower & the Cold War question types
Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘Explain one consequence’ question type.
Slide 6-7: An outline of the ‘Narrative account’ question type.
Slide 8-9: An outline of the ‘Importance’ question type.
Slide 10: General tips for the Period Study exam
Slide 11-13: All past paper questions from 2016 Samples to 2023.
Buyers of this resource have often used it as part of a walkthrough for their students before the exam, as an introduction to the topic or as a way to remind students of the exam techniques as they practice their skills.
Please be aware that any images used in this resource are copyright free. Others which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you feel any errors have been made with this, please email me in the first instance at raschoolresources@gmail.com
UPDATED & READY FOR THE 2025 exams!
This resource takes into account the latest amendments to Edexcel GCSE History question paper formatting, timing and question types.
This 20-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 3 Period Study exam for Weimar and Nazi Germany and provides them with:
Example questions
Question walkthroughs
Advice about exam technique
Mark scheme reminders
Model answers
All past exam questions (2016-2023)
Slide 1: Introduction title slide
Slide 2: An overview of the Weimar and Nazi Germany question types
Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘What can you infer’ source-based question type.
Slide 6-8: An outline of the ‘Explain why’ question type.
Slide 9-11: An outline of the ‘How useful’ source-based question type.
Slide 12-16: An outline of the two 4-mark interpretation questions.
Slide 17-19: An outline of the final 20 mark ‘How far do you agree with the interpretation’ question.
Slide 20: All past paper questions from 2016 Samples to 2023.
Buyers of this resource have often used it as part of a walkthrough for their students before the exam, as an introduction to the topic or as a way to remind students of the exam techniques as they practice their skills.
Please be aware that any images used in this resource are copyright free. Others which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you feel any errors have been made with this, please email me in the first instance at raschoolresources@gmail.com
This resource pack includes a wide range of revision activities on A4 which can be used by students in the classroom or at home. The revision pack includes the following activities:
Activity 1: A blank timeline covering all of the main eras in the study which students can add key dates to
Activity 2: Medicine key individuals match up activity
Activity 3: Key Individual significance sheet
Activity 4: Cause, treatment or Prevention sort task
Activity 5: Medieval Glossary fill in sheets (x2)
Activity 6: Early Modern Glossary fill in sheet
Activity 7: 18th and 19th century Glossary fill in sheets (x2)
Activity 8: Modern Medicine Glossary fill in sheets (x2)
Activity 9: Statistics multiple choice quiz
Activity 10: Similarity and Different practice sheet
Activity 11: What’s the Question Activity
Activity 12: ‘Use your brain to explain’ 12 mark practice sheet
Activity 13: Chronology of key developments activity
Activity 14: Medieval Medicine Quiz
Activity 15: Early Modern Medicine Quiz
Activity 16: Industrial Britain Medicine Quiz
Activity 17: Modern Britain Medicine Quiz
Activity 18: When did the development happen tick sheet
Where possible, answers have been provided either in the notes section of each slide or on a duplicated sheet.
FULLY UPDATED & READY FOR THE 2025 EXAM SERIES
These writing frames provide a useful guide to help students answer all of the questions they will face in the Edexcel GCSE History exams. They have been updated to include the amended exam question numbering, mark schemes and wording ready in time for 2025.
**This is a set of 6 power point slides which can be printed off and given to students to help them structure their answers to the Edexcel GCSE History exam questions. **
Sheet 1: How to answer questions for Paper 1 (Thematic Study)
Sheet 2: How to answer questions for Paper 1 (Historical Environment)
Sheet 3: How to answer questions for Paper 2 (British Depth Study)
Sheet 4: How to answer questions for Paper 2 (Period Study)
Sheet 5: How to answer questions for Paper 3 (Modern Depth Study)
BONUS SHEET: A writing frame/guide to help students form PEE paragraphs, especially useful for the 8, 12 and 16 mark questions.
You can use these to stick into student books or print out for reference or revision.
This pack of resources contains 15 different A4 activity sheets designed to help students revise the subject knowledge needed for Weimar and Nazi Germany (Paper 3). The resources are ideal for revision sessions in the run up to the exam.
The resources are:
Weimar & Nazi Germany Timeline - students fill in the key events
Key Individuals and what they did match up
Key Term definition sheet
Key Event description sheet
Events in Weimar Germany Fact Fill
The Munich Putsch Sort Task
Key Term Glossary Fill (Events & Vocabulary)
Key Term Glossary Fill (People & Organisations)
Snazzy Statistics Quiz
Use Your Brain to Explain Activity
Weimar Germany Key Term Crossword
The Rise of the Nazi Party Speech bubble fill
How did Hitler become the Fuhrer Activity
Life in Nazi Germany Quiz Sheet
The Persecution of the Jews and other Minority Groups Worksheet
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.
UPDATED & READY FOR THE 2025 exams!
This resource takes into account the latest amendments to Edexcel GCSE History question paper formatting, timing and question types.
This 26-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 1 exam for Medicine in Britain and provides them with:
Example questions
Question walkthroughs
Advice about exam technique
Mark scheme reminders
Model answers
All past exam questions (2016-2023)
Slide 1: Introduction title slide
Slide 2: An overview of Medicine in Britain question types
Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘Describe one feature of’ question.
Slide 6-8: An outline of the ‘How useful’ question type
Slide 9-11: An outline of the ‘How would you follow up’ question type.
Slide 12: A helpful print out of the type of sources which could be used for the ‘follow up’ question.
Slide 13-15: An outline of the ‘similarity’ or ‘difference’ question.
Slide 16-17: An outline of the ‘Explain why’ question.
Slide 18-19: An outline of the ‘How far do you agree’ question.
Slide 20-26: All past paper questions from 2016 to 2023.
Buyers of this resource have often used it as part of a walkthrough for their students before the exam.
Please be aware that any images used in this resource are copyright free. Others which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you feel any errors have been made with this, please email me in the first instance at raschoolresources@gmail.com
This great lesson allows students to fully explain the various causes of Britain’s Industrial Revolution c.1750 to c.1900. Students are given a number of activities and tasks to help them define what the Industrial Revolution was. They will then use a clearly organised fact sheet to read about the main factors which led to the Industrial Revolution before thinking about how the factors linked to each other and argue which factor they believe to be the most important.
The 19 slide lesson contains a variety of discussion tasks, warm up start activities, printable resources, and learning reviews as well as engaging background information and challenge questions for higher ability students. There is a choice of printable resources 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 pack of resources contains 16 A4 revision activity sheets suitable for Edexcel GCSE Early Elizabethan England. The resources are suitable for both home and classroom use and for students of all abilities. The pack includes:
Activity 1: Gap fill Key Events of Elizabethan England Timeline
Activity 2: Elizabethan England Key Individuals Match Up
Activity 3: ‘Who are we?’ Quiz
Activity 4: ‘Who am I?’ Quiz
Activity 5: Elizabethan Key Events
Activity 6: Challenges Facing Elizabeth Diagram Fill
Activity 7: Religious Settlement Revision Worksheet
Activity 8: Key Term Glossary Fill Page 1
Activity 9: Key Term Glossary Fill Page 2
Activity 10: Snazzy Statistics Multiple Choice Quiz
Activity 11: Use Your Brain to Explain
Activity 12: Two Features Practice
Activity 13: What’s the Question?
Activity 14: Spanish Armada Crossword
Activity 15: Early Elizabethan Quiz Sheet 1
Activity 16: Early Elizabethan Quiz Sheet 2
This is a 44 page word document which includes all of the content needed for the Edexcel Paper 2 ‘Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941-91’. The Unit has been divided into 20 main topics along with example exam questions and revision tasks at the end of each topic.
I have included the content page along with the resource so you can view the topic list for yourself, along with an image of a typical page of the revision guide.
Thank you for viewing my resources. 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.
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.
This bundle contains the following lessons in line with Topic 3 for Early Elizabethan England:
Lesson 19: Elizabethan Education
Lesson 20: Elizabethan Sports, pastimes and theatre
Lesson 21: The causes of poverty in Elizabethan England.
Lesson 22: Attitudes towards poverty
Lesson 23: The causes of the increase in exploration.
Lesson 24: Francis Drake’s circumnavigation of the world.
Lesson 25: Walter Raleigh’s failed colonisation of Virginia.
This is a 109 page workbook ideal for either revision, student catch up or for classroom use. It covers the whole Crime and Punishment Paper 1 Unit for the Thematic Study.
The workbook contains:
Useful key term glossary
Useful Crime & Punishment timeline
Fact Sheets for each lesson/topic area
2-3 question sheets for each lesson/topic area
Example Exam Questions throughout
This bundle contains all the lessons and teaching resources you will need to teach Unit 2 of Crime and Punishment
Lesson 9: Early Modern Crimes - Heresy and Treason
Lesson 10: Early Modern Crimes - Smuggling, witchcraft, vagabondage
Lesson 11: Early Modern Methods of Law Enforcement
Lesson 12: Early Modern Punishments
Lesson 13: Case Study - The Gunpowder Plot
Lesson 14: Case Study - Matthew Hopkins
2023 UPDATE INFO: 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.
This bundle contains
Lesson 14 - Detente, SALT 1, Helsinki, SALT 2
Lesson 15 - The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Lesson 16 - President Reagan and the Star Wars Programme
Lesson 17 - Mikhail Gorbachev’s ‘New Thinking’
Lesson 18 - The fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
A jam packed 4 lesson bundle to allow students to access resources and information for Unit 2 of Edexcel GCSE History Cold War and Superpower Relations.
**Lesson 10: **The Berlin Crisis, Berlin Ultimatum (1958)
**Lesson 11: **The building of the Berlin Wall (1961)
**Lesson 12: **The Cuban Revolution, Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis.
**Lesson 13: **The Prague Spring and Brezhnev Doctrine (1968)
In this lesson, students will have an opportunity to study several written and visual sources about children’s working conditions during Britain’s Industrial Revolution. They will use these sources to form their own opinion about the conditions and challenges that children faced in a variety of jobs such as in the factories, textile mills and mines. Students will then be guided to think about the usefulness and reliability of the sources they have studied.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson learning aims
Slide 3: Lesson Warm Up – A quick quiz and discussion about the rules which impact young people working today
Slide 4: Background information and discussion – What jobs did children do during the Industrial Revolution?
Slide 5: Background information and discussion – Why did so many children work during the Industrial Revolution?
Slide 6: Starter Activity: Source Inference – a visual source about the conditions in mines
Slide 7: Background information – An overview of working conditions and the role of ‘pauper apprentices’.
Slide 8: Background information – An overview of working conditions
Slide 9: 9 sources covering the topic of children’s working conditions
Slide 10: Single source analysis activity and instructions
Slide 11: Printable table for students to complete their analysis
Slide 12: Source Analysis Task 2 Instructions and model examples
Slide 13: Usefulness and reliability help sheet
Slide 14: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 15: Learning Review
Please be kind enough to leave a review of this lesson if you have found it effective. Thank you.
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. Thank you.
This lesson allows students to identify and describe the many changes which happened in Britain during the period of the Industrial Revolution. The lesson allows students to contrast what Britain was like in c.1750 and by c.1900. The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson learning aims
Slide 3: A slide to help students discuss and learn the definition of the term ‘Industrial Revolution’
Slide 4: An introduction to the changes of the Industrial Revolution
Slide 5: Lesson Warm Up Activity: What changes have you experienced in your lifetime?
Slide 6: Starter Activity: Spot the difference between the two paintings of Britain (c.1750 and c.1900)
Slide 7: Historical Source/Interpretation Activity
Slide 8: Documentary Link and Activity about the changes of the Industrial Revolution
Slide 9: An outline of the main learning task
Slide 10: Printable lesson fact sheet
Slide 11/12: Printable worksheets based on the fact sheet
Slide 13: Challenge Activity 1 – What was the impact of the Industrial Revolution?
Slide 14: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 15/16: Learning Review Quiz with answers revealed.
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.
2023 UPDATE INFO: To take into account copyright, photographic and cartoon images have been attributed where appropriate and are, to the best of my knowledge, all in the public domain. Images created by myself using Power Point tools have also been noted as creations of RAResources. Please contact me in person if you see any errors.
This is about the impact, symptoms, causes, treatments and methods of prevention of the Black Death. This will also be suitable for KS3
Every lesson in this topic includes: Clear learning aims and achievements, a recap task, a starter activity, background information, a variety of tasks to pick from to suite your students, extension and challenge tasks, exam questions, a learning review (plenary) and finally a fact sheet which can be used as a stand alone resource for the lesson or as part of revision/student catch up.
Please be kind enough to leave a review if you have found this resource effective. The rest of my Medicine lessons can be purchased individually or as a discounted bundle.