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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.

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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.
Queen Elizabeth I - 10 LESSON BUNDLE
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Queen Elizabeth I - 10 LESSON BUNDLE

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This is the full collection of all of my lessons about the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth I specifically aimed at KS3 and fully adaptable for KS2 & KS4. Please read the list of lessons below carefully so you are fully aware of the resources you are buying. Lesson 1: The strengths and weaknesses of Elizabeth I. Lesson 2: Princess Elizabeth’s early life and education. Lesson 3: the challenges faced by Elizabeth I in 1558. Lesson 4: The importance of portraits to Queen Elizabeth I Lesson 5: Queen Elizabeth I’s Religious Settlement. Lesson 6: Queen Elizabeth’s execution of Mary, Queen of Scots Lesson 7: The causes of the invasion of the Spanish Armada Lesson 8: The events of the invasion of the Spanish Armada Lesson 9: Explaining the defeat of the Spanish Armada Lesson 10: Causes of the Elizabethan ‘Age of Exploration’.
GCSE History Edexcel: Medicine in Britain UNIT 2 Bundle (1500 - 1700)
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GCSE History Edexcel: Medicine in Britain UNIT 2 Bundle (1500 - 1700)

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This is the bundle for Unit 2 of the Edexcel GCSE History Medicine in Britain topic. It includes all the resources you will need to deliver the unit. Lesson 9: The causes of disease in the Renaissance Lesson 10: Causes of Medical Progress Lesson 11: Prevention and Treatment of Disease Lesson 12: Care in Hospitals and Community Lesson 13: Improvements in Medical Training Lesson 14: Case Study: Andreas Vesalius Lesson 15: Case Study: William Harvey Lesson 16: Case Study: The Great Plague in London 1665
GCSE History Edexcel: Notting Hill Migrants Historic Environment - 10 LESSON BUNDLE
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GCSE History Edexcel: Notting Hill Migrants Historic Environment - 10 LESSON BUNDLE

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This bundle contains all of the resources and lessons you will need to teach Edexcel GCSE History Migration in Britain Historic Environment about Notting Hill (c.1948-c.1970). Each lesson comes with its own information sheet which means there is no requirement for any additional text books. Each lesson also contains practice exam questions, exam answer guides, printable worksheets as well as a number of varied learning activities. The lessons you will receive will be: Lesson 1: An introduction to the knowledge and skills of the Historic Environment Lesson 2: The impact of the war on life in Britain and Notting Hill Lesson 3: The reasons why Caribbean migrants came to Britain and Notting Hill Lesson 4: Housing conditions in Notting Hill Lesson 5: The impact of Caribbean cultures in Notting Hill Lesson 6: Racism and the police in Notting Hill Lesson 7: The Notting Hill Race Riots (1958) Lesson 8: The murder of Kelso Cochrane (1959) Lesson 9: Black Activism - Claudia Jones (West Indian Gazette/Caribban Carnival) and the British Black Panthers Lesson 10: Black Activism - Frank Crichlow and the trial of the ‘Mangrove Nine’.
GCSE History Edexcel - Anglo-Saxon & Norman England: Unit 1 - 10 lesson bundle
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GCSE History Edexcel - Anglo-Saxon & Norman England: Unit 1 - 10 lesson bundle

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UPDATED FOR 2025/6 SPEC. & EXAM QUESTIONS. This bundle contains the first 10 lessons for the Edexcel topic Anglo-Saxon and Norman England. Lesson 1: Anglo Saxon society and introduction to this unit. Lesson 2: The power of the Anglo-Saxon monarchy. Lesson 3: How Anglo-Saxon England was governed and controlled. Lesson 4: Anglo-Saxon Economy and Religion. Lesson 5: The House of Godwin and Harold’s embassy to Normandy. Lesson 6: The rising against Tostig in Northumbria. Lesson 7: The claims to the English throne. Lesson 8: The battles of Gate Fulford and Stamford Bridge. Lesson 9: The events and armies of the Battle of Hastings. Lesson 10: Explaining why William won at the Battle of Hastings.
First World War - 13 LESSON BUNDLE WW1
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First World War - 13 LESSON BUNDLE WW1

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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.
GCSE  History American West Unit 2 Bundle - Edexcel - 10 lessons
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GCSE History American West Unit 2 Bundle - Edexcel - 10 lessons

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This is a bundle for the Unit 2 GCSE History Edexcel. The lesson bundle includes: Lesson 10: The Homestead Act (1862) Lesson 11: The Transcontinental Railroad Lesson 12: Homesteaders and improved farming methods Lesson 13: Increasing lawlessness in the American West Lesson 14: The growth of the cattle industry Lesson 15: The changing role of the cowboy Lesson 16: Rivalry between Homesteaders and Ranchers Lesson 17: The impact of cattle ranching, gold mining and the railroad on the Plains Indians Lesson 18: Government Policies (Peace Plan and Indian Appropriations Act) Lesson 19: Conflict of the Indian Wars - Little Crow’s War, the Sand Creek Massacre and Red Cloud’s War.
GCSE History Edexcel - Anglo-Saxon & Norman England: Unit 2 - 9 lesson bundle
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GCSE History Edexcel - Anglo-Saxon & Norman England: Unit 2 - 9 lesson bundle

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This bundle includes the following lessons. I have numbered them as their order in the whole topic: Lesson 11. The submission of the earls after Hastings Lesson 12. William’s use of rewards, the borderlands and Marcher Earldoms Lesson 13. The features and reasons for castle building. Lesson 14. Anglo-Saxon resistance (Edwin and Morcar) Lesson 15. Anglo-Saxon resistance (York and Durham) Lesson 16. Anglo-Saxon resistance Hereward the Wake Ely Lesson 17. The Harrying of the North Lesson 18. Norman Landownership Lesson 19. Revolt of the Norman Earls Lesson 20. William’s Royal Control
GCSE History Edexcel Unit 1 Bundle Cold War and Superpower Relations
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GCSE History Edexcel Unit 1 Bundle Cold War and Superpower Relations

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This 10 lesson bundle contains the first 10 lessons needed to teach Edexcel (or other) Cold War and Superpower Relations for the 2016 1-9 specification. Bundle includes: Introduction lesson Grand Alliance Atomic Bomb and Telegrams Satellite states and Iron Curtain Speech Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan Cominform and Comecon Berlin Crisis, Berlin Blockade and Berlin Airlift Nato and Warsaw Pact The Arms Race The Hungarian Uprising Every lesson includes a fact sheet which can be used in place of the GCSE text books. No other resources needed to teach this unit.
GCSE History Edexcel - Medicine in Britain - Western Front Historic Environment BUNDLE | 11 LESSONS
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GCSE History Edexcel - Medicine in Britain - Western Front Historic Environment BUNDLE | 11 LESSONS

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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.
GCSE History Edexcel: Medicine in Britain UNIT 3 Bundle 18th & 19th Century
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GCSE History Edexcel: Medicine in Britain UNIT 3 Bundle 18th & 19th Century

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This bundle includes all the lessons, resources and fact sheets you will need to teach Edexcel GCSE History Medicine in Britain. The lessons cover the period 18th and 19th century which forms Unit 3 of the course. Lesson 17 - The key individuals of the 18th & 19th century. Lesson 18 - Pasteur’s Germ Theory Lesson 19 - Robert Koch & his study of microbes Lesson 20 - The work of Florence Nightingale Lesson 21 - Improved hospital care Lesson 22 - James Simpson & Anaesthetics/Chloroform Lesson 23 - Joseph Lister & Antiseptics Lesson 24 - The 1875 Public Health Act Lesson 25 -Edward Jenner and Smallpox Vaccination Lesson 26 -Cholera in London 1854 Lesson 27 - Explaining the developments of the 18th & 19th century.
GCSE History Edexcel - Anglo-Saxon & Norman England: Unit 3 - 10 lesson bundle
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GCSE History Edexcel - Anglo-Saxon & Norman England: Unit 3 - 10 lesson bundle

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This discounted bundle contains all the lessons and information needed for the teaching of the final unit for Anglo-Saxon and Norman England. The bundle includes the following: Lesson 21 - Feudal System Lesson 22 - Importance of the Church Lesson 23 - Archbishops Stigand and Lanfranc Lesson 24 - The Extent of Social and Economic Change Lesson 25 - Norman Government Changes Lesson 26 - Norman Law and Order Lesson 27 - The Significance of the Domesday Book Lesson 28 - Culture and Language of the Aristocracy Lesson 29 - Bishop Odo Lesson 30 - William’s Personality and Robert of Normandy
American West - Unit 3 Bundle - GCSE History Edexcel
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American West - Unit 3 Bundle - GCSE History Edexcel

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This bundle is for Edexcel GCSE History and includes all of the lessons and resources you will need for the teaching of Unit 3. Lessons included: Lesson 20: Further improvements to Farming Lesson 21: The end of the Open Range Lesson 22: The Exoduster Settlement Lesson 23: The Oklahoma Land Rush Lesson 24: Lawlessness - Billy the Kid and Wyatt Earp Lesson 25: The Johnson County War Lesson 26: The Battle of Little Bighorn Lesson 27: The Wounded Knee Massacre Lesson 28: The Extermination of the Buffalo Lesson 29: Life on the Reservation Lesson 30: The Dawes Act
Medieval England & Norman Conquest - 20 LESSON BUNDLE
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Medieval England & Norman Conquest - 20 LESSON BUNDLE

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This bundle contains all of my lessons covering the period of the Norman Conquest and Medieval Society and would make a great scheme of learning. Please read the list of lessons below so you are fully aware of the lessons you will be purchasing: Lesson 1: Who should be king after the death of Edward the Confessor? Lesson 2: The events which led to the Battle of Hastings Lesson 3: William’s problems and challenges after the Battle of Hastings Lesson 4: William’s Harrying of the North Lesson 5: The Domesday Book Lesson 6: The Feudal System Lesson 7: Locating a Medieval Motte & Bailey castle Lesson 8: How did life change during the Norman Conquest Lesson 9: The importance of the Church and religion in Medieval society Lesson 10: Why did people go on a Medieval crusade? Lesson 11: The importance and impact of the Medieval crusades Lesson 12: The key events and individuals involved in the Medieval crusades Lesson 13: The murder of Thomas Becket Lesson 14: Health in Medieval England Lesson 15: The Black Death Source Investigation Lesson 16: The Black Death - Prevention, cures and treatments Lesson 17: The consequences of the Black Death Lesson 18: How did Medieval Kings die? Lesson 19: How far did Medieval Society change? Lesson 20: The life and roles in a Medieval castle