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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.
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 American West Unit 1 Bundle - Edexcel - 9 lessons
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GCSE History American West Unit 1 Bundle - Edexcel - 9 lessons

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This bundle includes all of the lesson content and resources needed for the teaching of the American West Unit 1. Each lesson contains a fact sheet and printable worksheets. This means that no other resources are needed. Lesson 1: An introduction to the American West Lesson 2: Plains Indian Lifestyle and Beliefs Lesson 3: The importance of the buffalo & horse Lesson 4: Reasons for migration into the West Lesson 5: The experiences of the Mormons & Donner Party Lesson 6: US Government Policy towards the Plains Indians Lesson 7: The problems of farming the Great Plains Lesson 8: The Fort Laramie Treaty 1851 Lesson 9: Lawlessness & the Gold Rush
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
Migrants in Britain BUNDLE Unit 1 - Medieval England - GCSE History Edexcel
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Migrants in Britain BUNDLE Unit 1 - Medieval England - GCSE History Edexcel

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This bundle contains all the lessons and resources you will need to teach the first unit for the Edexcel GCSE History Paper 1 topic, Migrants in Britain. Lesson 1: Introduction to the skills and knowledge for the topic Lesson 2: Why did migrant groups migrate to England between c.800 - c.1500? Lesson 3: The experiences of Migrant groups in Medieval England Lesson 4: The Impact of Migrant groups in Medieval England Lesson 5: CASE STUDY - The Vikings in York These lessons contain at least one fact sheet about the topic to replace any need for a text book.
GCSE HISTORY Edexcel: Migrants in Britain Unit 2 (Early Modern England) BUNDLE
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GCSE HISTORY Edexcel: Migrants in Britain Unit 2 (Early Modern England) BUNDLE

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This bundle contains everything you need to teach Unit 2 (Migration in Early Modern England). With all of these lessons there is no need for any additional text books as fact sheets for each lesson are included (they have been adapted from both Pearson and Oxford GCSE History text books). Lesson 6: What changes were there in English society? Lesson 7: Which groups migrated to England and why? Lesson 8: What were the experiences of the migrant groups? Lesson 9: What impact did the migrant groups have on England? Lesson 10: Case Study - The Flemish and Walloon weavers in Sandwich and Canterbury Lesson 11: Case Study - The success of Huguenot migrants in Soho and Spitalfields, London.
GCSE HISTORY Edexcel: Migrants in Britain Unit 4 (Modern Britain 1900-Present) BUNDLE
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GCSE HISTORY Edexcel: Migrants in Britain Unit 4 (Modern Britain 1900-Present) BUNDLE

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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
GCSE Edexcel - The USA Home & Abroad - UNIT 1 BUNDLE - Civil Rights
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GCSE Edexcel - The USA Home & Abroad - UNIT 1 BUNDLE - Civil Rights

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This bundle provides you with the first 8 lessons needed to teach the topic USA Home & Abroad. It has a focus on the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s. The lessons included in this bundle all include facts sheets based on the Edexcel specification which means no other resources/text books will be needed. Lesson 1: Discrimination and Racism in the 1950s Lesson 2: The work of civil rights organisations such as CORE and NAACP Lesson 3: The Brown vs. Topeka Case (1954) Lesson 4: The events at Little Rock High School (1957) Lesson 5: The causes and events of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott Lesson 6: The Impact, Court Case and Consequences of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Lesson 7: The Civil Rights Act (1957) and SCLC Lesson 8: Opposition to Civil Rights and the murder of Emmett Till
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’.
USA Home & Abroad - UNIT 2 BUNDLE - Civil Rights   GCSE History Edexcel
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USA Home & Abroad - UNIT 2 BUNDLE - Civil Rights GCSE History Edexcel

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This bundle of lessons includes all of the resources you will need to teach Unit/Key Topic 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.
USA Home & Abroad Unit 3 BUNDLE - Vietnam War - GCSE History Edexcel
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USA Home & Abroad Unit 3 BUNDLE - Vietnam War - GCSE History Edexcel

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This is the bundle for Unit 3 of Edexcel’s USA Home & Abroad (Paper 3 topic). It includes the following lessons: Lesson 17 - The origins of the Vietnam War Lesson 18 - Eisenhower and Increasing Involvement in Vietnam Lesson 19 - Kennedy and the Strategic Hamlet Program Lesson 20 - Johnson and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident Lesson 21 - The guerrilla tactics of the Vietcong Lesson 22 - The military tactics of the USA Lesson 23 - The Tet Offensive Lesson 24 - The Nixon Doctrine, Vietnamisation, Cambodia, Laos, Easter Offensive & Operation Linebacker Lesson 25 - Reasons for the failure of Vietnamisation All other bundles available on TES https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12850932 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12840808
Spanish Armada  - 3 LESSON BUNDLE
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Spanish Armada - 3 LESSON BUNDLE

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This bundle of lessons and resources contain three individual lessons about the Spanish Armada. The three lessons cover: the causes of the Spanish Invasion of England in 1588, the events of the Spanish Invasion and the reasons why the Spanish were defeated by the English. Each lesson comes with a variety of fact sheets, printable worksheets, easy to access background information and a number of activities and discussion tasks suited to a range of ages and abilities. These lessons are also available individually. Lesson 1: The Causes of the Spanish Invasion of England: 1 x main lesson Power Point 1 x Francis Drake Homework Sheet 1 x Writing Frame Lesson 2: The events of the Spanish Invasion of England: 1 x main lesson Power Point 1 x Spanish Armada crossword 1 x A4 Tracking Map/Sheet Lesson 3: The Reasons for the Spanish Defeat: 1 x main lesson PowerPoint 1 x A4 set of fact sheets 1 x A4 set of differentiated fact sheets 1 x A4 writing frame 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.
USA Home & Abroad - Unit 4 BUNDLE - Vietnam - GCSE Edexcel History
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USA Home & Abroad - Unit 4 BUNDLE - Vietnam - GCSE Edexcel History

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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)
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’.
The Stuarts  Reign - 13 LESSON BUNDLE
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The Stuarts Reign - 13 LESSON BUNDLE

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This bundle of lessons contains all of my lessons covering the reign of the Stuart monarchy in Britain. Carefully read the list below so you are fully aware of the lessons you are purchasing in this bundle: Lesson 1: An introduction to the Stuart monarchs & events timeline. Lesson 2: The reign and personality of King James I. Lesson 3: The causes, events and consequences of the Gunpowder Plot, 1605. Lesson 4: Was Oliver Cromwell a ‘hero’ or ‘monster’? Lesson 5: What happened to Oliver Cromwell’s head? Lesson 6: The causes of the English Civil War Lesson 7: The belief in Witchcraft in the 1600s. Lesson 8: The significance of Matthew Hopkins. Lesson 9: Charles II - The ‘Merry Monarch’. Lesson 10: The causes, events and consequences of the Great Fire of London Lesson 11: The impact and events of the Great Plague. Lesson 12: The Age of Discovery & Scientific Revolution. Lesson 13: The Glorious Revolution - William and Mary As always, positive feedback will be warmly welcomed.
First World War Causes - 3 LESSON BUNDLE
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First World War Causes - 3 LESSON BUNDLE

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This bundle is an opportunity to purchase all three of my lessons which cover the causes of the First World War. These lessons act as a perfect way to introduce the First World War to your students and enable them to fully understand the long-term and short-term causes of war in 1914. Every lesson is fully resourced and contains a wide range of activities, tasks, engaging background information, fact sheets and printable resources - all aimed at students between the ages of 11-16. All lessons offer challenge as well as accessible activities and information for lower ability/younger students. The bundle includes: Lesson 1: The formation of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente Lesson 2: The M.A.I.N. Long-Term Causes of the First World War Lesson 3: The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the Road to War I always warmly welcome any positive reviews you are able to give and thank you for the time you spend doing this. Enjoy the lessons!
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.
Henry VIII & Ministers UNIT 1 BUNDLE  GCSE Edexcel History Edexcel
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Henry VIII & Ministers UNIT 1 BUNDLE GCSE Edexcel History Edexcel

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This bundle contains all of the lessons/resources you will need to teach the first unit/key topic of Edexcel’s British Depth Study Henry VIII and his Ministers. ** **The lessons included in this bundle include: Lesson 1: Tudor Government and Society in 1509 Lesson 2: Henry’s Strengths & Weaknesses and King of England in 1509 Lesson 3: The Rise of Thomas Wolsey Lesson 4: Wolsey’s Reforms Lesson 5: The Amicable Grant Lesson 6: Wolsey’s Foreign Policy Aims Lesson 7: Wolsey’s Foreign Policy Successes & Failures Lesson 8: Henry’s Marriage to Catherine of Aragon and the Succession Lesson 9: The Failure to gain an Annulment Lesson 10: The Reasons for the Fall of Wolsey by 1529 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!
Henry VIII & his Ministers GCSE Edexcel History - UNIT 3 BUNDLE - 9 lessons
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Henry VIII & his Ministers GCSE Edexcel History - UNIT 3 BUNDLE - 9 lessons

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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!
Henry VIII - SIX LESSON BUNDLE
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Henry VIII - SIX LESSON BUNDLE

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This bundle contains all of my lessons for KS2 - KS3 about King Henry VIII. The lessons are suitable and can be adapted to ages 8-15. 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 engaged. The bundle includes: Lesson 1: Investigating the life and personality of the young Henry VIII (A source investigation) Lesson 2: Henry VIII and the ‘Break from Rome’. Lesson 3: The Dissolution of the Monasteries Lesson 4: The Reformation Lesson 5: Portraits of King Henry VIII - Why were portraits so important to Henry? Lesson 6: The Wives of King Henry VIII - Why did Henry have so many wives?
Women's History - Women's Rights & the Vote/Suffrage - 5 Lesson Bundle
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Women's History - Women's Rights & the Vote/Suffrage - 5 Lesson Bundle

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This bundle contains a series of lessons aimed at increasing your students’ knowledge and understanding of women’s rights in Britain between c.1850-c.1980. The bundle contains 5 lessons: Lesson 1: The story of the Match Girls Strike in 1888 Lesson 2: How far had women’s rights improved in Britain by 1890? Lesson 3: Who were the Suffragists and the Suffragettes? Lesson 4: What were the arguments for and against the vote for women? Lesson 5: How far had women’s rights improved the lives of women by the 1970s? This bundle would be perfect for a study of women’s history.