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 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
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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 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.
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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 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 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?
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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 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.
Students explain why Anglo-Saxon Earls submitted to William in 1066 after the Battle of Hastings.
This 36 slide lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations (GCSE History Edexcel).
Included in the PPT
Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2: Lesson progress and learning aims
Slide 3-5: Learning recap activity covering key terms from key topic 1 with printable resources.
Slide 6: Starter 1 - Discussion - What problems would William face after victory at the Battle of Hastings?
Slide 7: Background information & starter answers
Slide 8: Definition activity covering the term ‘submission’.
Slide 9-11: Starter 2 - Instructions for the problem solving activity with printable worksheet for students to use alongside the activity.
Slide 12-17: Problem solving multiple choice quiz questions - students pick one from a choice of three.
Slide 18-23: Problem solving answers
Slide 24-25: Task 1 - What were William’s actions after the Battle of Hastings? Printable worksheet included.
Slide 26-27: Task 2 - Why did the Anglo-Saxon earls submit sort task with printable activity sheet.
Slide 28: Follow up challenge questions.
Slide 29-30: EXAM FOCUS EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Slide 31-32: Learning Review 1 - Students use a map of South-East England to explain the events they learned in the lesson.
Slide 33-34: Learning Review 2 - 8 question quiz with answers
Slide 35: Lesson fact sheet
Slide 36: 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 unless a school license is purchased and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.
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.
**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.
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 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
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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 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
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.
**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
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.
**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.
**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’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.
This fascinating lesson looks at the contributions made by the Islamic Empire to the progress of medicine and healthcare in Western Europe during the Medieval period. Students will study the influence of key individuals such as Rhazes, Abulcasis, Avicenna and Ibn al-Nafis as well as how Islamic teachings promoted a more rational, evidence led way of thinking in the study of medicine which led to several new approaches and medical discoveries.
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 – The significance of Islamic Medicine in the Medieval period.
Slide 2: Outline of the main lessons aims
Slide 3: As you come in activity: A blank map of the Islamic Empire and geography recall.
Slide 4-5: Learning Recap Activity – About the beliefs of the Christian Church.
Slide 6: Background information about the time of the Dark Ages in Europe.
Slide 7: Background information about the ‘Islamic Golden Age’.
Side 8-10: Source based analysis activities to discover the differences between Islamic and Christian approaches to medicine. Printable worksheet included.
Slide 11-12: Activity 1 – A worksheet and table to help students fully understand the contributions and significance of Islamic medicine.
Slide 13-14: Activity 2 – A table which asks students to compare the similarities and differences between Islamic and Christian approaches to medicine. Answers also given.
Slide 15: Example Exam Question - Similarity
Slide 16: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 17: Useful class clips and reading links
Slide 18: Learning Review Quiz – Multiple Choice with answers revealed.
Slide 19: Final lesson discussion
Slide 20: Lesson Fact Sheet – based on the AQA GCSE specification.
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.