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 investigate the death of Emily Wilding Davison at the 1913 Epsom Derby. They will use their knowledge from the lesson to write a coroner’s report into her death and conclude if her death was an accident or if she deliberately set out to become a martyr.
The key questions of the lesson:
Who was Emily Davison and why do some people see her as a martyr?
What happened at the 1913 Derby?
Did Emily Davison deliberately set out to become a suffragette martyr?
What was the impact of her death for the suffrage movement?
The lesson pack includes:
1 x A4 Coroner’s Report writing frame (PDF & PPTX)
1 x Main PPTX
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3: As You Enter Activity - Modern day campaign groups and their publicity methods
Slide 4-5: What is Happening? A source analysis of the 1913 Derby incident
Slide 6: What is a Martyr?
Slide 7: Additional class clip links and further reading opportunities
Slide 8-10: Background to the events
Slide 11: Task 1 - Source Task Explanation and table
Slide 12: Sources sheet
Slide 13: Were Emily Davison’s actions deliberate?
Slide 14: Task 2 - Write a Coroner’s Report
Slide 15: Challenge Source Question
Slide 16: Follow Up Challenge Tasks
Slide 17-18: Emily Davison Recap Quiz with answers.
I would be grateful if you could leave a review for the lesson if you feel the lesson is effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this as feedback is highly valued.
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.
In this lesson, students will learn all about the events and significance of the 1888 match girls strike. This lesson can be used as a stand alone lesson about the events or as part of a wider set of lessons about women’s rights and votes for women.
The main learning aims of the lesson are:
Who were the match girls?
What were conditions like for the match girls?
Why did the match girls strike?
What was the significance of Anne Besant?
What were the attitudes of the time towards the strike?
What were the long and short term consequences of the strike?
This mega pack of resources is easily enough to fill 2-3 lessons depending on which resources you decide to use.
It includes:
1 x A4 Source worksheet (PDF & PPT)
1 x A4 Source table (PDF & PPT)
1 x A4 Attitudes to the strike worksheet
The main PPTX contains:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Learning Aims/Key Questions
Slide 3-4: As you enter activity with answers revealed
Slide 5: Starter Task - How might workers complain/protest about working conditions today?
Slide 6-7: Background information about the match girls
Slide 8: An outline of the first source based task (links to the A4 worksheets)
Slide 9 - 13: Background knowledge about the match girls strike
Slide 14: Task - Attitudes to the strike
Slide 15: Task - Create a poster or campaign speech in support of the strike (with full instructions)
Slide 16-18: Task - Storyboard with instructions and printable resource
Slide 19: Follow up challenge tasks
Slide 20: Learning Review
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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 allows student to use historical sources and information to assess how far women’s lives had changed/improved between the mid-1800s to c.1900. This can be used as a stand alone lesson or used as part of a scheme of work leading to the topic about votes for women.
The lesson is fully resourced and includes the following resources:
1 x A4 source sheet containing 8 sources about women in the 1800s (PPT & PDF)
1 x A4 source table to record findings (PPT & PDF)
1 x A4 worksheet containing factual information about improvements to women’s rights. (PPT & PDF)
1 x A4 blank timline
1 x Main Power Point which includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson key questions and aims
Slide 3: Discussion questions
Slide 4: Instructions for the source based task
Slide 5-6: Historical sources about attitudes to women in the 1800s - print friendly.
Slide 7-8: Filling in the missing terms activity with answers revealed.
Slide 9: Background information about changes in attitudes towards women.
Slide 10: Instructions for the main timeline task
Slide 11: Follow up/challenge tasks
Slide 12-15: Further research activities including a matching activity covering the key female pioneers of the 19th century.
Slide 16: Final discussion based task.
I would be grateful if you could leave a review for the lesson if you feel the lesson is effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this as feedback is highly valued.
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.
In this lesson, students will be able to identify and understand the arguments which were given in the early 1900s in support of and against votes for women. This will help them explain the attitudes towards women at the time and why gaining female suffrage was so difficult.
The lesson pack includes the following resources:
1 x A4 Women’s Suffrage Source Worksheet (PPT & PDF)
1 x A4 Sorting Task (PPT & PDF)
1 x A4 Letter to Herbert Asquith structure
1 x Main Power Point:
Main Power Point:
Slide 1: Title slide - The arguments for and against women’s suffrage
Slide 2: Main Key Questions
Slide 3: As you enter questions linked to modern day elections and democracy
Slide 4: Class Discussion - What are the arguments for and against lowering the voting age to 16?
Slide 5-6: Source analysis of poster in favour of and against women’s suffrage.
Slide 7: Written source analysis
Slide 8: The views of Queen Victoria about female suffrage
Slide 9: Task 1 - Arguments for and against women’s suffrage
Slide 10: Task 2 - Sorting task
Slide 11: Task 3 - Creating historical writing, letter to Prime Minister Herbert Asquith.
Slide 12: Follow up challenge tasks
Slide 13: Map of votes for women around the world.
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 factors that led to women gaining the vote for the first time in 1918. **
The key questions of the lesson are:
Who were the suffragists and what were their campaign methods?
Who were the suffragettes and what were their campaign methods?
How did the First World War help women win the vote?
Which factor played the most significant role in women gaining the vote by 1918?
This is a fully resourced lesson which includes the following:
1 x A4 Fact Sheet (PPTX &PDF)
1 x A4 Worksheet (PPTX &PDF)
1 x A4 Sources Worksheet (PPTX &PDF)
1 x Main Power Point Presentation:
Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2: Main key questions
Slide 3: ‘As You Enter’ discussion task based on the recent ‘Just Stop Oil’ protests.
Slide 4: Starter - What does the source tell you about attitudes to women in the early 1900s?
Slide 5: Information about women’s rights by the 1900s.
Slide 6: Discussion question/class debate about the use of violent or peaceful campaign methods.
Slide 7 - 11: Background information and discussion tasks about the suffragist and suffragette movements.
Slide 12: Knowledge check/pit stop
Slide 13: Background knowledge about the role of women in the First World War.
Slide 14: An outline of task one (fact sheet and worksheet)
Slide 15: Sources Task
Slide 16: Bright Sparks challenge questions.
Slide 17-18: Learning Review Gap Fill with answers.
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 can be used as a classroom workbook, for quick and easy catch up, revision or a set of knowledge organisers.
It specifically covers the content needed for the Edexcel GCSE Crime and Punishment study of the Historic Environment of Whitechapel.
Each A4 page contains:
All the content/subject knowledge needed according to the latest specification.
Key Terms
Exam style questions and activities
The resource comes as both PDF and PowerPoint files
My workbook for the Thematic Study section of Crime & Punishment can be found from TES in the link below: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13095708
I would be grateful if you could leave a review for the resource if you feel it has been effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this as your feedback is highly valued.
All images used in this resource 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.
For Edexcel GCSE History (1-9) Thematic Study – Crime and Punishment in Britain.
This highly accessible, high quality resource, can easily be adapted into a lesson based workbook, as a revision booklet or as a set of knowledge organisers.
It includes 28 pages and each A4 page includes:
An outline of the topic area
Information directly linked to the most recent GCSE specification
Key terms linked to the topic area
Questions and activities
Please note that this workbook covers the thematic study content only. The Historic Environment Study of Whitechapel is presented in a separate workbook which can be found on TES using this link https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13098047
I have included the resource as a PDF and Power Point file.
I would be grateful if you could leave a review for the resource if you feel it has been effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this as your feedback is highly valued.
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For Edexcel GCSE History (1-9) Thematic Study – Crime and Punishment in Britain.
In this lesson, students examine the impact of the war on Britain and then investigate if Prime Minister David Lloyd George’s promise for a ‘Land fit for heroes’ really became reality.
The progressive key questions for the lesson are:
What was British society like after the First World War?
How did some people’s lives improve in the 1920s?
How did some people’s lives not improve in the 1920s?
Was Britain a land fit for heroes?
The bundle of resources for this lesson:
1 x A4 printable fact sheet about Britain in the 1920s
1 x A4 printable worksheet/sorting task
1 x A4 printable extended writing frame with structure strip
1 x PowerPoint includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Key Learning Outcomes
Slide 3: Starter Activity - the impact of WW1 discussion
Slide 4: An overview of David Lloyd George’s speech as Prime Minister
Slide 5-6: Source task - analysis of David Lloyd George’s ‘land fit for heroes’ speech Printable worksheet included.
Slide 7-9: Source activity with printouts and worksheets - students study the sources to investigate what Britain was like in the 1920s.
Slide 10-13: A variety of activities which all guide students to understand how far Britain improved in the 1920s. This includes a printable worksheet, instructions for the A4 worksheets and extended writing tasks.
Slide 15-16: Learning Review 1 - Gap fill with answers
Slide 17: Learning Review 2 - Did life improve?
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 are able to gain an understanding of the basic differences between capitalism and communism. This lesson can be used to pre-empt any topic where the terms are used such as the Cold War, inter-war years, Russian Revolution Vietnam War etc.
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The main key questions of the lesson are:**
What is capitalism and communism?
What are the features of capitalism and communism?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of capitalism and communism?
What are the common public attitudes towards capitalism and communism?
You will be purchasing:
1 x A4 worksheet
1 x 21 slide Power Point
The Main Power Point Includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Progressive Learning Aims
Slide 3/4: A choice of discussion questions for students as they enter the room
Slide 5: The importance of learning about capitalism and communism.
Slide 6: Starter Task - What do you know about capitalism or communism?
Slide 7: Printable fact sheet
Slide 8-9: Background information about capitalism and its strengths and weaknesses
Slide 10-11: Background information about communism and its strengths and weaknesses
Slide 12-15: Activity 1 - Problem solving scenarios and answers
Slide 16: Instructions about the A4 worksheet - a sorting task to categorise communism and capitalism.
Slide 17: Higher level challenge questions
Slide 18: Learning Review 1
Slide 19-21: Learning Review 2 - Key term match up with answers.
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 introduced to the League of Nations and will be given the resources to help them decide how far it achieved it aims. **
The key questions set out in the lesson are:
What was the League of Nations?
What were the aims of the League of Nations?
What were the main successes and failures of the League of Nations?
How successful was the League of Nations?
The lesson pack includes a full variety of resources such as printable worksheets, source analysis activities, starter tasks, recap tasks, discussion questions, opportunities for extended writing and engaging background information.
Resources included:
2 x A4 printable source analysis worksheets (political cartoons)
1 x A4 printable worksheet about the successes and failures of the League of Nations.
1 main PowerPoint lesson
1 x main powerpoint which includes:
Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3: A choice of ‘As you enter’ questions to provoke discussion about the lesson.
Slide 4-6: A filling in the missing terms sheet to help students understand the background of the League of Nations and the historical context of the First World War.
Slide 7: Source Starter Task - An extract from a speech about the League of Nations made by Woodrow Wilson with supporting questions.
Slide 8: Background information - What was the League of Nations?
Slide 9: Background information - The aims of the League of Nations
Slide 10: Activity 1 Sort Task instructions - students to decide if each statement is a success or failure of the League of Nations.
Slide 11: Extended writing activity
Slide 12: Follow Up Challenge Tasks
Slide 13-14: Cartoon source analysis task (links to the 2 worksheets also included in the pack)
Slide 15 - 16: Learning Review - True or False quiz with answers
Slide 17: Final overview task - How successful was the League of Nations?
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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.
**Lesson Key Questions: **
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
What was the impact of the Treaty of Versailles?
What were the attitudes towards the Treaty of Versailles?
This is a fully resourced lesson which includes a number of printable worksheets, discussion tasks, engaging background information, activities, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The downloaded lesson includes the following:
3x A4 printable source analysis worksheets
1x A4 printable fact sheet
1x A4 printable Treaty of Versailles worksheet
1x main lesson 17 slide powerpoint.
Features of the power point include:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Progressive Key Questions
Slide 3: World War One recap activity
Slide 4-6: Background information and discussion questions about the Treaty of Versailles.
Slide 7-8: Think and discuss questions about the punishments given to Germany after WW1.
Slide 9: A map showing Germany’s loss of land after the Treaty of Versailles.
Slide 10-11: Activity - A diagram of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
Slide 12: Introduction to the A4 worksheet
Slide 13: Introduction to the source analysis sheets
Slide 14: Follow up challenge tasks
Slide 15-17: Learning Review Key Term Match Up
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 & 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 15-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 2 British Depth Study exam for Henry VIII & his Ministers 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 British Depth Study question types
Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘Describe one feature of [2 x 2]’ question type.
Slide 6-8: An outline of the ‘Explain why [12]’ question type
Slide 9-11: An outline of the ‘How far do you agree [16]’ question type.
Slide 12-15: 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 highly accessible resource can be used as a revision booklet, a set of knowledge organisers or be easily adapted into a lesson-based workbook to accompany students’ learning about the Cold War and Superpower Relations.
READY FOR 2025 EXAMS: All knowledge & example exam questions are based on the most recent updates to the GCSE specification ready for the 2025 exam series. For example, the booklet will ask students to explain ‘one consequence’ rather than two.
It includes 24 pages and each A4 page includes:
An outline of the topic area
Information directly linked to the GCSE specification
Key terms linked to the topic area
Questions and activities
I would be grateful if you could leave a review for the resource if you feel it has been effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this as your feedback is highly valued.
All images used in this resource 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.
For Edexcel GCSE History (1-9) Period Study – Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941-91
**This highly accessible resource can be used as a revision booklet, a set of knowledge organisers or be easily adapted into a lesson-based workbook to accompany students’ learning about the American West. **
All knowledge & example exam questions are based on the most recent updates to the GCSE specification ready for the 2025 exam series. For example, the booklet will refer to Indigenous Peoples, rather than Plains Indians and ask students to ‘Explain ONE consequence’ rather than two.
It includes 32 pages and each A4 page includes:
An outline of the topic area
Information directly linked to the GCSE specification
Key terms linked to the topic area
Questions and activities
I would be grateful if you could leave a review for the resource if you feel it has been effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this as your feedback is highly valued.
All images used in this resource 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.
For Edexcel GCSE History (1-9) Period Study – The American West c.1840 – c.1890.
Newly created for the most recent Specification changes in 2025/6
This resource can either act as a revision booklet, a set of knowledge organisers or be easily adapted into a basic workbook to accompany students’ learning about Early Elizabethan England.
It includes 27 pages and each A4 page includes:
An outline of the topic area
Information directly linked to the GCSE specification
Key terms linked to the topic area
Questions and activities
I would be really grateful if you could leave a review for the resource if you feel it has been effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this as your feedback is highly valued.
All images used in this resource 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.
**This resource can act as a revision booklet or a basic workbook to accompany learning about Henry VIII & his Ministers (Edexcel GCSE History British Depth Study). **
It includes 27 pages and each A4 page includes:
An outline of the topic area
Information directly linked to the GCSE specification
Key terms linked to the topic area
Questions and activities
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.
This pack contains 17 A4 printable pages of revision resources which have been specifically created to help students revise for their GCSE Paper 2 exam. Answers are provided where appropriate.
The revision pack contains the following activities:
Activity 1: Henry VIII Timeline - A gap filling exercise giving students an overview of when the main events happened.
Activity 2: Henry VIII Blank Timeline - A blank timeline to allow students to create their own narrative of events.
Activity 3: Key Individuals Match Up - Students match the name of the key individuals to their role during Henry’s reign.
Activity 4: ‘Who are We’? - Students given a description of 14 groups of people who they have studied in this unit and use these as clues to guess their identities.
Activity 5: ‘Who am I?’ quiz where students identify the key individual from a first person description.
Activity 6: Key Events - Students outline/give a summary of 13 key events.
Activity 7: Henry’s Wives - Students complete a table which prompts them to revise the main facts about each wife studied in this unit.
Activity 8: Henry’s Ministers - Students complete a table which prompts them to revise the key facts about Thomas Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell.
Activity 9: Key Term Glossary - Aimed at lower to middle ability students. x2 sheets
Activity 10: Key Term Glossary - Aimed at middle to higher abilities students. x2 sheets
Activity 11: Explanation Revision - Students are given a wide variety of possible ‘explain’ type questions.
Activity 12: Features Practice
Activity 13: What’s the Question Quiz
Activity 14: Pilgrimage of Grace Crossword
This bundle contains all the lessons/resources you will need to teach the second unit/key topic of Edexcel’s GCSE British Depth Study - Henry VIII and his Ministers.
The lessons included in this bundle include:
Lesson 18: Henry VIII’s Break from Rome
Lesson 19: The Act of Supremacy & The Act of Succession
Lesson 20: Opposition from Elizabeth Barton, John Fisher & Thomas More
Lesson 21: The impact of the Reformation on the English Church
Lesson 22: The Role of Monasteries in Early Tudor England
Lesson 23: The Reasons for the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Lesson 24: The Impact of the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Lesson 25: The Causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace
Lesson 26: The events, failure and significance of the Pilgrimage of Grace.
These are high quality, fully resourced lessons which do not require any text books. Each lesson contains a range of warm up tasks, starter activities, discussion questions, engaging background information, learning tasks, practice exam questions, A4 printable worksheets, learning reviews and much more!
**In this lesson, students will study the key events of the Pilgrimage of Grace which took place in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. They will then use this knowledge to explain why the Pilgrimage of Grace failed as well as its significance. **
The downloaded lesson includes the following:
2x A4 printout timelines
1x A4 printout worksheet – Features exam practice
1x main Power Point:
Slide 1: Title slide – The Causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace
Slide 2: Main Lesson Aims
Slide 3: As You Enter Warm Up 1: Map Activity – from a choice of markers on the map, locate which two counties are Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Challenge question also included.
Slide 4-5: Recap Activity: A 10 question recap quiz about the causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace. Answers included.
Slide 6: Starter Activity: Which side is strongest – Robert Aske’s Pilgrims or the Duke of Norfolk’s men? Statistical analysis.
Slide 7: Starter Activity 2: How should Henry VIII try and solve the problem of the Pilgrimage of Grace? Problem solving activity with four options to pick from and explain.
Slide 8: Starter Activity 3: Source Analysis – Students study an extract from the Pontefract Articles to work out the main demands of the Pilgrims.
Slide 9: Background Information: A map-based background information slide about the start of the Pilgrimage of Grace in Lincolnshire.
Slide 10: Task 1: Students use a choice of two A4 timelines to outline the main events.
Slide 11: Task 2: Explaining why the Pilgrimage of Grace failed. A table based on the weaknesses of the Pilgrims and the Strengths of Henry VIII.
Slide 12: Background Information: What was the significance of the Pilgrimage of Grace? Students can use the heading of each factor to help them explain the significance of the event.
Slide 13: Challenge Source Analysis: Students are given three sources about the Pilgrimage of Grace with questions to answer about them.
Slide 14: Practice Exam Questions
Slide 15 – 16: Learning Review 1: Match the roles to the key names of individuals who took part in the Pilgrimage of Grace.
Slide 17 – 18: Learning Review 2: Lincolnshire or Yorkshire – students to decide which county uprising the facts belong to.
Slide 19: Lesson Fact Sheet
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.