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 lesson examines the creation, significance and strengths and weaknesses of the Black Panther Movement. This includes the role of Stokely Carmichael and the events at the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson key questions
Slide 3-4: Malcom X recap quiz with answers revealed
Slide 5-7: Animated and engaging background information about the development of the Black Panthers
Slide 8: Source analysis of the Black Panther Ten Point Programme
Slide 9: An overview of the aims and methods of the Black Panthers
Slide 10: An overview of the events at the Mexico Olympic Games
Slide 11-14: Practice Exam Question ‘How useful’ which includes a model answer, suggested structure and student answer sheets
Slide 15-18: Practice Exam Questions - ‘Interpretation Difference’ with printable resources and suggested structure
Slide 19: Practice Exam Question ‘How far do you agree with Interpretation 2’.
Slide 20: Lesson sorting activity and follow up questions
Slide 21: Black Panther creative task outline
Slide 22-23: Learning Review quiz with answers
Slide 24-25: Lesson fact sheets based on GCSE specification
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson concludes this part of the topic which covers ‘Conflict at Home’ and Civil Rights. The lesson examines the impact of the assassination of Martin Luther King and uses this to help evaluate how much progress the civil rights movement had made by 1975.
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3: Comparison of two differing historical interpretations about the progress of civil rights
Slide 4: Comparison of two different historical interpretations in an exam style format - printable version for students
Slide 5-6: Introduction to the 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question with analysis of the question itself an suggested structure
Slide 7-8: A timeline of the key events from 1964-75 - students need to use this to help them think about the reasons why there was progress or limited progress in civil rights.
Slide 9: A table for students to fill in their ideas about progress/little progress
Slide 10-12: A differentiated version of the above tasks whereby students organise various statements about civil rights into ‘progress’ or ‘limited progress’. Printable sheets and answers supplied
Slide 13: Overall evaluation questions
Slide 14-15: A fully animated and interactive ‘blockbusters’ game to help students recap some of the main events/people/terms from unit 2. Teacher question sheet and answers provided.
Slide 16-17: Fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson specifically looks at tracking the treatement of Jews in Germany between 1933-39. Care has been taken not to go beyond this date as the exam specification states, but one of the documentary clips will touch upon post 1939.
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 specifically examines the way culture in Nazi Germany was censored by the Nazi authorities.
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 provides the students with a basic knowledge of the Crime and Punishment paper and allows them to practice some of the key skills needed for the paper. All of the resources for the teaching of the lesson are included and so there is no need for any text books.
Slide 1: Title - To gain a general overview of the skills and knowledge needed to study Crime and Punishment
Slide 2: A copy of the exam paper front cover to go through with students
Slide 3: An overview of the three question types for this part of their exam
Slide 4: An outline of what a ‘Thematic Study’ is.
Slide 5: A discussion about the defintitions of ‘crime’, ‘law enforcement’ and ‘punishment’.
Slide 6: A slide which outlines the main reasons for change and continuity
Slide 7-8: A chronology task for students to place key periods of time and events in the correct order.
Slide 9-12: A key term activity - students have to read the key term and then select the correct meaning.
Slide 13-14: Fact organisation activity - this will give the students a brief overview of the some of the topics they will study over the course of this unit.
Slide 15: Lesson Fact Sheet
Slide 16: A basic course overview
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 lesson allows students to examine the failed colonisation of Virginia. Students will first look at the planning and funding of the trip and then explain why it was a failure.
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 looks at the care received in the early Medieval hospitals as well as that in the home. There is a focus on aspects of similarity and difference.
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.
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 has a focus on the role of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and the Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965). There is a strong emphasis this lesson on exam skills with practice questions for Section B of the exam paper. **
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Image recap activity
Slide 5: An overview of the three main presidents and their involvement in civil rights
Slide 6: An background information slide about the roles of Kennedy and Johnson with helping the progress of the civil rights movement
Slide 7: Main student activity sheet
Slide 8-10: Student overview of the ‘How useful’ question with two practice sources and printable answer sheets for students.
Slides 11-14: An overview, structure guide and printable answer sheets for the two interpretation questions
Slide 15: A student structure guide to the final question 3d
Slide 16: Learning Review quiz
Slide 17-18: Two fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines the key events of the Freedom Summer (1964) , the Mississippi Murders (1964) and the march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Students analyse how these key events caused publicity as well as the continued opposition towards black voter registration from groups such as the KKK and WCC.
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-7: Recap Activities covering Campaign C and the March to Washington with printable student version and answers
Slide 8 : Starter Task Discussion about the importance of black Americans gaining the vote.
Slide 9-10: Background information and tasks covering the Freedom Summer and Freedom Schools
Slide 11: Background information about the Mississippi Murders
Slide 12-15: Background information about voting rights in Selma and the march to Montgomery
Slide 16: Discussion and task covering the various pressures placed on President Johnson for further civil rights laws.
Slide 17: Student worksheet/question sheet about the events covered in the lesson.
Slide 18: Source analysis question sheet (includes two sources)
Slide 19-20: Learning Review Statistic Match Up
Slide 21-22: Fact Sheets created in line with the Edexcel specification.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines two key civil rights events during 1963 - King’s Campaign C in Birmingham, Alabama and the following March on Washington DC. Students examine the events as well as think about the significance of them for the progress of civil rights in America.
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Previous lesson recap quiz with answers revealed
Slide 5: Martin Luther King Source Starter Task
Slide 6-7: Picture Quiz - Identify which civil rights events caused publicity in America?
Slide 8: Brief background information about Campaign C and a map showing the location of Birmingham in the Deep South
Slide 9: Instruction sheet for the timeline exercise
Slide 10: Printable student worksheet for students to organise the events into the correct chronological order
Slide 11-12: Two different style timelines
Slide 13: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 14-15: Photographic evidence of the March on Washington
Slide 16: Inference practice question
Slide 17: ‘I have a Dream’ source analysis
Slide 18: Learning Review activity
Slide 19-20: Fact sheets based on Edexcel specification
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines the causes and events of the Watts Riots and the significance of the Kerner Report. It also evaluates the success/failures of King’s Campaign in the North.
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-5: Black Panther Recap - Word fill with answers and a printable version for students
Slide 6: Source starter task
Slide 7-12: Engaging background information about the three events including further source analysis and photographic evidence
Slide 13: Learning activity - students have to sort the statements about King’s Campaign in the North into ‘successes’ or ‘failures’. This includes an additional source task based on the same idea.
Slide 14: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 15-16: Learning Review Quiz with answers revealed
Slide 18-19: Lesson fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines the changing beliefs of Malcom X and how he influenced the Black Power Movement in the 1960s.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Previous learning about the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act True or False Quiz with answers
Slide 5: Photographic source inference starter
Slide 6-7: Malcom X source enquiry activity including a printable sheet of 6 sources based on his autobiography
Slide 8: An optional creative writing task
Slide 9: Printable student worksheet (students to write their answers on the sheet)
Slide 10: Practice Exam Question (inference)
Slide 11: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 12: Learning Review - Key Term Association
Slide 13-14: Lesson fact sheets based on Edexcel specification
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This final lesson of the Crime and Punishment unit looks at the treatment, laws and punishments of Conscientious Objectors during and after World War One and World War Two.
Slide 1: Title slide - The Treatment of Conscientious Objectors
Slide 2: Starter Task - students watch a short documentary clip taken from the BBC One Show and write down three facts about Conscientious Objectors.
Slide 3-6: Poster inference activity-students examine World War One propaganda posters to infer what the attitudes towards these men were at the time.
Slide 7-8: Background information
Slide 9: Option Task sheets
Slide 10-14: Sheets which will help students learn about the Conscientious Objectors using their preferred learning style.
Slide 15: Challenge question - which other groups from the study have been persecuted in law because of their beliefs and/or actions?
Slide 16: Example exam questions
Slide 17: Lesson Fact Sheet
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 lesson examines the case study of Derek Bentley, with a focus on the public reaction to his sentence and how his punishment led to the abolition of the death penalty.
Slide 1: Title slide - To explain the controversy of Derek Bentley’s execution in 1953
Slide 2-4: Learning recap - key terms, with printable version for students and answers revealed.
Slide 5: Starter Task - Students read and listen to the lyrics of Elvis Costello’s Let him Dangle’ in order to infer information about the Derek Bentley case.
Slide 6: The story of the Derek Bentley case, written in a student friendly format.
Slide 7: Explanation practice table
Slide 8: Activity - students imagine they are on the side of the defence and the prosecution and write down what their arguments would be.
Slide 9: Learning Task questions with challenge
Slide 10 - 11: Practice 12 and 4 mark questions
Slide 12: Lesson Fact Sheet
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 lesson has a particular focus on the treatment of minority groups other than the Jews who will be covered in more depth in lesson 27.
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 examines the development in the prison system during the 18th and 19th century and the roles played by Robert Peel, Elizabeth Fry and John Howard.
Worksheet 1: Practice Exam Question and outline
Worksheet 2: The task sheet on A4
Slide 1: Title - To explain the development and reform of prisons between 1700 - 1900
Slide 2-3: Previous lesson recap about punishments from this time
Slide 4: Short clip reminding students of the way prisons were run before 1700.
Slide 5: Source and information sheet for students to recap the problems that faced the previous prison system
Slide 6: A slide to record student ideas
Slide 7: BBC Class Clips about Victorian prisons
Slide 8: Background information about Humanitarianism
Slide 9: Elizabeth Fry
Slide 10 and 11: Image based information about the development of prisons
Slide 12: The role played by Robert Peel with prison reform
Slide 13: Learning Task - students to identify and categorise the reasons why prisons reformed
Slide 14: Follow up qiestions
Slide 15-16: Recap crossword with answers revealed
Slide 17: Lesson Fact sheet
Slide 18: Example practice exam questions
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 lesson examines the Greensboro Sit-in (1960), the Freedom Riders (1961) and the case of James Meredith at the University of Mississippi (1963). The main aim of the lesson is for students to understand the events as well as explain their significance to the progress of civil rights in the 1960s.
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The lesson structure is:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-5: Recap of Key Terms used in Unit 1 with answers and student friendly printable sheets
Slide 6: Source Starter Task: A photograph of the Anniston Bus Bombing of 1961 with discussion questions
Slide 7: A map of where the main events happened.
Slide 8: Brief background outline of the Greensboro Sit in
Slide 9-10: Brief background information about the Freedom Riders
Slide 11-13: Brief background information about the case of James Meredith
Slide 14: Example ‘How useful’ question and source
Slide 15: Student printout page for the ‘How useful’ question
Slide 16: Example/Modek answer for the ‘How useful’ question
Slide 17: Student Task - A table for students to fill in about the three events
Slide 18: Student Task 2 - A worksheet for students to use alongside their fact sheet
Slide 19: Follow Up/Challenge Task using two sources about the James Meredith case
Slide 20-21: Learning Review - Students need to decide which event each statement belongs to
Slide 22-23: Lesson fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
**This lesson examines the reasons why there was opposition to the civil rights movement in the 1950s and with this includes a study of the murder of Emmett Till. **
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The presentation includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-5: Unit Recap of the main civil rights groups with answers and printable resources
Slide 6: A higher ability starter task which recaps the main civil rights groups
Slide 7: A Source Inference practice question
Slide 8: A ‘How useful’ practice question with help to structure and answer the question
Slide 9: Model answer to the ‘How useful’ question.
Slide 10: Printable student answer sheet for the ‘How useful’ question
Slide 11: Think & Discuss question
Slide 12-14: Animated background information about the murder of Emmett Till and growth of opposition to civil rights
Slide 15: Printable student worksheet (including source based questions about Emmett Till)
Slide 16: Printable table for students to make notes about the reasons for opposition and evaluate their role
Slide 17-18: Practice 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question with advice about structure and how to answer the question
Slide 19: Challenge question
Slide 20-21: Unit 1 recap quiz of the key individuals and name included in unit 1.
Slides 22-23: Lesson fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines how the success of the Montgomery bus boycott led to the 1957 Civil Rights Act as well as the formation of the Southern Christian Leadership Council. Students assess the impact of the Civil Rights Act and also have an opportunity to contrast two different interpretations.
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The lesson presentation includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3: Recap activity timeline of key events
Slide 4: Recap activity answers
Slide 5-6: Exam Skill Practice - Two different interpretations about the impact of the bus boycott. Student printout version included.
Slides 7-11: Engaging and animated background knowledge about the SCLC and Civil Rights Act with discussion questions included.
Slide 12: Worksheet based question sheet
Slide 13-14: Learning Review Activity
Slide 15-16: Two fact sheets including all the information needed for the lesson based on GCSE specification
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson specifically examines the main reasons why the Montgomery Bus Boycott was successful in achieving its aim of desegregating buses in 1956. As well as other activities, students will then have an opportunity to answer a 12 mark practice exam question on this topic.
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The presentation includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Key Term Match Up Recap and answers
Slides 5-7: Previous Learning about the Bus Boycott Chronology Activity with printable sheet and answers
Slide 8: Source Starter Task Analysis
Slide 9: Source Starter Task Analysis Student Print Out
Slide 10: Background information about the success of the case
Slide 11: Class discuss and source about why the boycott was successful
Slide 12: Basic comprehension style worksheet about the court case
Slides 13-16: An overview of the 12 mark question and how to structure (includes a model answer PEE paragraph)
Slide 17: A printable table for students to organise their notes about the reasons
Slide 18: Challenge Follow Up Questions
Slides 19-20: True or False Learning Review
Slides 21-22: Fact Sheets for the lesson
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.