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 pack of A4 sheets contains a variety of activities students can use to help them remember the subject content for the main Crime and Punishment topic. The revision resources cover the period c.1000 to the present day. The pack contains the following revision activities:
Activity 1: Timeline (fill in the missing events)
Activity 2: Key Individuals match up
Activity 3: Key Groups match up
Activity 4: Key Crime and Punishment individuals activity - based on the names mentioned in the Edexcel specification
Activity 5: Defintions of crime glossary fill
Activity 6: Defintions of law enforcement glossary fill
Activity 7: Definitions of punishments glossary fill
Activity 8: Multiple choice statistics quiz
Activity 9: Similarity & Different worksheet
Activity 10: ‘What’s the Question?’
Activity 11: Key term match up
Activity 12: An explanation practice worksheet
Activity 13: Chronology Activity
Activity 14: Medieval Crime and Punishment Quiz
Activity 15: Early Modern England Quiz
Activity 16: 18th and 19th Century Quiz
Activity 17: Modern Britain Quiz
Activity 18: Key word crossword
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.
In this lesson, students have the opportunity to use a range of historical sources and the views of historians to decide how far Queen Mary I of England deserved the nickname ‘Bloody Mary’.
The lesson includes:
A range of starter and learning review tasks
Engaging background information about the reign of Mary I
A link to a great ‘Bloody Britain’ documentary about Mary I with a worksheet for students to complete while they watch
A Source sheet gives a variety of written and visual opinions about Mary I
An opportunity for students to complete their own summary about their view
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 is for the final unit of Paper 3 USA: Home & Abroad. The bundle contains all the lessons and resources you will need to teach the unit without the need for any other resources.
The bundle contains:
Lesson 26: Why was there opposition to the Vietnam War?
Lesson 27: Why was there support for the Vietnam War?
Lesson 28: The Paris Peace Accords (1973) and the Fall of Saigon (1975)
Lesson 29: The Impact of the Vietnam War on America
Lesson 30: The Strengths of the Vietcong/North Vietnam and the Weakness of the US/South Vietnamese (ARVN)
This is a new and updated series of 29 fact sheets spread over 29 power point slides. I have taken key information from a variety of text books such as Pearson and Hodder to produce these for teachers or parents who may wish to use them for revision, classroom learning or home learning. They cover all aspects of the Edexcel specification for GCSE History and are a suitable replacement for the text books.
These have taken many, many hours to complete and I hope that you can find them useful for your students.
2023 UPDATE: Please kindly note that all images including clipart, vectors, illustrations etc are in the public domain and classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise stated in the notes below each slide. If you see any errors, please email be directly in the first instance.
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 based on a GCSE style question about the causes of the abolition of slavery. This is a fully resourced lesson which includes printable fact sheets and worksheets as well as engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide – Slave Auctions and Life on a Plantation
Slide 2: The purpose and main aims of the lesson.
Slide 3: Lesson Warm Up 1: Slave Trade vocabulary activity
Slide 4: Lesson Warm Up 2: Ordering the main events of the slave trade triangle
Slide 5: Lesson Warm Up 2: Answers
Slide 6: Lesson Warm Up 3: What reasons would there have been to oppose or support the slave trade at the time it was happening?
Slide 7: Starter Task: Why do you think the slave trade was abolished?
Slide 8: Background Information: Source analysis – economic reason for the abolition of the slave trade.
Slide 9-10: Background Information: The role of the anti-slavery campaigners
Slide 11-12: Background Information: The main reasons for the abolition of the slave trade.
Slide 13: Printable sheet to help students make notes about the reasons
Slide 14-15: Fact sheets designed to be printed back-to-back about the main reasons (black and white)
Slide 16-17: Fact sheets designed to be printed back-to-back about the main reasons (colour)
Slide 18: Introduction to the extended writing.
Slide 19: Model P.E.E. Paragraph
Slide 20: An optional/alternative task – writing a letter or speech to support the abolition of slavery.
Slide 21: Follow Up Challenge Tasks – Linking the reasons and evaluating the most important factors.
Slide 22-23: Learning Review – Who or What am I?
I would be grateful if you could leave a review for the lesson if you feel the lesson is effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this as feedback is highly valued.
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.
This bundle includes all of the lessons and teaching materials you will need to cover the 18th and 19th century, Crime and Punishment Unit 3.
Lesson 15: New and old definitions of crime
Lesson 16: The Tolpuddle Martyrs
Lesson 17: The Bow Street Runners and the development of the police
Lesson 18:The end of public execution and transportation
Lesson 19: Prison growth and reform
Lesson 20: Case Study - Pentonville Prison
Lesson 21: Case Study - Robert Peel
This bundle contains all of the resources you will need to teach the Edexcel GCSE History Paper 1 Historic Environment - ‘The British Sector of the Western Front, injuries, treatment and the trenches’
Lesson 1: An introduction to the Historic Environment
Lesson 2: The Western Front and the Trench System
Lesson 3: The Main Battles on the Western Front
Lesson 4: Transporting the Injured
Lesson 5: Treating Illness and Infection
Lesson 6: Wounds and Injuries
Lesson 7: RAMC, FANY and VAD
Lesson 8: The Chain of Evacuation
Lesson 9: The Context of Medicine Before the War
Lesson 10: Developments in the Treatment of Infections, Broken Bones inc. the use of X-Rays
Lesson 11: Developments in Blood Transfusion and Storage and Plastic Surgery.
This set of revision resources specifically covers the Whitechapel Historic Environment unit which forms the first part of the Paper 1 Crime & Punishment exam. This pack contains the following revision resources which are suitable for all abilities:
Activity 1: A Whitechapel timeline of key events (students fill in the missing words).
Activity 2: Whitechapel Key Individuals Match Up
Activity 3: Whitechapel Key Groups Match Up
Activity 4: A glossary filling in task for key policing terms
Activity 5: A glossary filling in task for key Whitechapel environment terms
Activity 6: A statistics multiple choice quiz
Activity 7: Whitechapel types of Sources/Evidence Match Up
Activity 8: A Practice ‘Follow Up’ worksheet - this is followed by a useful helpsheet with the various types of evidence which can be used in this question.
Activity 8: ‘Two Features’ practice and example questions
Activity 9: Know your Whitechapel facts with additional challenge questions
Activity 10: The Big Whitechapel Quiz Sheet 1
Activity 11: The Big Whitechapel Quiz Sheet 2 (additional challenge)
Activity 12: Mind Map/Revision Diagram outline
Activity 13: Revision crossword
My other set of revision resources for the Crime & Punishment Thematic Study can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12819422
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.
Thank you for viewing my resources. This lesson examines the many short term and longer term consequences of the crusades. It cover the many objects that were brought back to England as well as the ideas. It also examines the longer term impact the crusades had on our lives including people’s attitudes towards Islam.
In this resource pack you will get:
1 x A4 Worksheet about the various consequences of the crusades. Students read through the consequences to categorise them
1 x A4 question sheet which asks students to explain their most important consequences
1 x A4 answer sheet for the GCSE style question - Explain two consequences of the crusades
1 x Main Power Point which guides you and the students through the lesson:
Slide 1: Title slide - To examine the impact and consequences of the Crusades
Slide 2: Recap Starter Quiz - Filling in the missing terms about the Crusades
Slide 3: Answers revealed for the starter quiz
Slide 4: Printable student versions for the starter quiz
Slide 5: Animated and engaging background information about the relationship between the Christians and the Muslims during the Crusades
Slide 6: Animated and engaging background information about the modern day perspective of the Crusades
Slide 7: An overview of the impact of the crusades and introduction of the task
Slide 8: Task overview and model of what to do
Slide 9: Evaluating the consequences of the Crusades - additional higher level questions
Slide 10-12: GCSE style exam question - Explain two consequences of the Crusades - PEE structure and model answer given
Slide 13: Learning Review Option 1 - Memory game with full instructions
Slide 14: Learning Review Option 2: Pictionary
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 resource contains 20 slides which cover the whole Cold War & Superpower Relations topic. Each slide includes all the key information needed in line with the Edexcel GCSE specification.
These fact sheets can be used for revision or as information sheets for the teaching of the unit.
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 is a single sheet revision resource, that when enlarged to A3, will provide your students with an overall view of every topic they need to revise for the main part of Crime and Punishment in a clearly organised format. I have used this with my lower ability students who like the idea that they can begin their revision using this sheet as their starting point.
Please make sure you understand that this is a single sheet resource that hopefully you can preview here.
Hopefully you can appreciate the amount of time that was spent producing this resource, hence the price I am asking.
Hopefully this will be a resource that can last many years.
I also have similar sheets for Nazi Germany, Elizabeth and the American West.
This bundle contains all of my lessons covering the First World War and can easily be adapted to act as a full unit of work, especially for KS3 (ages 11-14).
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 fully engaged.
The lessons included in this bundle are:
Lesson 1: The European Alliance System by 1914.
Lesson 2: The M.A.I.N. Long-Term Causes of the First World War.
Lesson 3: The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand as a Short-Term Cause of the war.
Lesson 4: Recruitment and Enlistment into the British Army in 1914.
Lesson 5: The importance of Propaganda Posters for the Recruitment of Soldiers.
Lesson 6: The Features and Location of the Trenches on the Western Front.
Lesson 7: Evaluating the Weapons of the First World War.
Lesson 8: The Conditions in the Trenches and Trench Letters
Lesson 9: Medical Progress made during the First World War.
Lesson 10: The Christmas Truce of 1914
Lesson 11: The Role of Britain’s Empire in the First World War.
Lesson 12: The Contribution of Women to Britain’s War Efforts.
Lesson 13: The Treatment of Conscientious Objectors during the First World War.
This bundle contains all of the resources, including information sheets, that you will need to teach the Medieval unit for GCSE History Medicine Through Time. There is no need for any text book and teacher notes are given throughout.
The lessons are as follows:
Lesson 1 - Overview of skills and knowledge
Lesson 2 - Supernatural and Religious Explanations of Disease
Lesson 3 - The Theory of Four Humours, The Theory of Opposites, Miasma
Lesson 4 - Explain the continuity of theories throughout Medieval England
Lesson 5 - Religious and Rational Treatments and Prevention
Lesson 6 - Surgeons, Apothecaries, Physicians and Wise Women
Lesson 7 - Medieval Hospitals and Home Care
Lesson 8 - Case Study of The Black Death
Thank you for viewing my resources. This lesson contains a variety of activities and tasks which will allow students to understand the key events of each crusade as well as some of the individuals involved. This pack includes:
1 x A4 Fact Sheet about the crusades (colour free for photocopying)
1 x A4 Fact Sheet about the crusades (in colour if required)
2 x A4 Worksheets about the events covering key terms, sources and an analysis of the events. (including challenge questions)
1 x Main Power Point Presentation:
Slide 1: Title slide - To examine the main events and key people of the crusades
Slide 2: Animated, clear and engaging background information giving a brief background to the crusades
Slide 3: An overview of Pope Urban II’s speech which called for the First Crusade
Slide 4: My own designed map of the main routes and areas of the crusades
Slide 5: Why there was more than one crusade
Slide 6: An overview of the main fact sheet needed for the lesson
Slide 7: A table based activity for students to pick out facts such as dates, people and events from each event along with an analysis of if the crusaders were successful or not
Slide 8-9: A recap quiz with answers revealed for students to self assess (mainly based on key individuals and places).
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.
2023 UPDATE INFO: To take into account copyright, 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 lesson covers the period of detente during the 1970s. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand this period of time and how it led to an easing of the Cold War tensions. They will then be able to explain the factors that led to the end of detente.
RECAP: A chart showing all of the key events which caused tension since 1945. The students are asked to rate/shade in their graph to identify how much tension each event caused between the two sides of the Cold War.
STARTER: Students discuss 4 questions about WHY there was a call for peace during this time in history from: the USA, the Soviet Union, the world, the public.
BACKGROUND: Key terms such as detente and MAD covered to give a brief overview of the topic.
**TASK 1: **Students should be able to explain WHY there was a call for detente in this time by filling in the peace symbol with their facts. (see image).
TASK 2: A choice of two worksheets which can also be printed if needed. Students should now use BBC Bitesize/the fact sheet or their text book to explain why there was detente in this time. The differentiated fact sheet outlines the key events already for the students.
TASK 3: Students now identify the various reasons why detente ended by 1979.
EXTENSION TASK: Asks higher ability students to think about the propaganda used during this time and asks if detente really did happen.
FACT SHEET: A fact sheet crammed full of information about the causes, events and consequences of detente.
This is the final set of lessons needed to teach Unit 4 of the Edexcel GCSE History Migrants in Britain. Each lesson contains a variety of tasks and activities aimed at all levels along with example exam questions, discussion tasks and learning reviews. In addition, you will also find a fact sheet for each lesson which is based on information from all GCSE text books. Therefore, there is no need for any other resources such as text books.
Lesson 18: The changes to society in the period c.1900-present
Lesson 19: The impact of both world wars on migration to Britain
Lesson 20: Migration to Britain after 1945 to the present day
Lesson 21: The experiences of migrants in Britain during the world wars.
Lesson 22: The experiences of black and Asian migrants to Britain after the world wars
Lesson 23: The impact of migration on Britain in the modern period.
Lesson 24: Case Study - Caribbean migrants to Bristol
Lesson 25: Case Study - Asian migrants to Leicester
This bundle of lessons contains all the teaching materials you will need for Edexcel GCSE History Unit 3 - Migration in the Industrial Age 1700-1900. Each lesson comes with a variety of activities and tasks as well as additional fact sheets which cover the content needed.
Lesson 12: The Changes in Society 1700-1900
Lesson 13: Where migrants came from and why they came to Britain
Lesson 14: The experiences of migrant groups in Britain
Lesson 15: The impact of migrant groups in Britain
Lesson 16: Case Study: Migration in Liverpool
Lesson 17: Case Study: Jewish Migration to the East End of London.
I would really appreciate your reviews if you have time. This is a new History topic for Edexcel and I would really like to make it appeal to more teachers.
This bundle of lessons includes all of the resources you will need to teach Unit 2 of the Paper 3 Home & Abroad topic. This second unit has a focus on the campaign for civil rights from the 1960s to 1975. The lessons in this bundle are:
Lesson 9: The Greensboro Sit in, Freedom Riders and James Meredith
Lesson 10: Martin Luther King’s Civil Rights Campaign in Birmingham
Lesson 11: The Freedom Summer, Mississippi Murders and Selma
Lesson 12: The role of President Kennedy & Johnson with the Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965)
Lesson 13: Malcom X and the Black Power movement
Lesson 14: The Stokley Carmichael and the Black Panthers
Lesson 15: The Watts Riots and Kerner Report
Lesson 16: The Assassination of Martin Luther King and the Progress of Civil Rights by 1975.
Each lesson includes two different fact sheets based on the edexcel specification. Therefore, you will not need to use or need any other resources alongside these lessons.
Please be kind enough to leave a review if you have found the lessons useful.
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.
This timeline is a one page resource which gives students a great visual guide to the main events in Elizabethan England between 1558-1588.
The resource can be used as a book insert, classroom display poster or revision resource. The timeline has been clearly organised into the main political, economuc, religious and foreign themes of Early Elizabethan England.
You will receieve:
1 x full colour display version of the timeline
1 x black and white version which students can colour code and key themselves
1 x Pdf file of both of the above versions.
Please be kind enough to leave a review if you find this resource useful.