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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 Revision, Exam Technique & Past Exam Questions: Edexcel Medicine in Britain
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GCSE History Revision, Exam Technique & Past Exam Questions: Edexcel Medicine in Britain

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This resources takes students through all of the question types for their Paper 1, Medicine in Britain and historic environment of the Western Front. The resource provides you and your students with tips about how to structure an answer to each question and gives worked examples along the way. It is a very useful resource to have to go through the expectations and format of the exam.
GCSE History (Edexcel) Early Elizabethan England Paper 2 Revision Resources Pack
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Early Elizabethan England Paper 2 Revision Resources Pack

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This pack of resources contains 16 A4 revision activity sheets suitable for Edexcel GCSE Early Elizabethan England. The resources are suitable for both home and classroom use and for students of all abilities. The pack includes: Activity 1: Gap fill Key Events of Elizabethan England Timeline Activity 2: Elizabethan England Key Individuals Match Up Activity 3: ‘Who are we?’ Quiz Activity 4: ‘Who am I?’ Quiz Activity 5: Elizabethan Key Events Activity 6: Challenges Facing Elizabeth Diagram Fill Activity 7: Religious Settlement Revision Worksheet Activity 8: Key Term Glossary Fill Page 1 Activity 9: Key Term Glossary Fill Page 2 Activity 10: Snazzy Statistics Multiple Choice Quiz Activity 11: Use Your Brain to Explain Activity 12: Two Features Practice Activity 13: What’s the Question? Activity 14: Spanish Armada Crossword Activity 15: Early Elizabethan Quiz Sheet 1 Activity 16: Early Elizabethan Quiz Sheet 2
GCSE History (Edexcel) Superpower Relations & Cold War Paper 2 Revision Resources Pack
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Superpower Relations & Cold War Paper 2 Revision Resources Pack

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I have put together 19 A4 pages of revision resources to help your students revise their subject knowledge for Paper 2 Superpower Relations and the Cold War exam. The pack includes: Activity 1: Timeline activity (students to complete the missing words from the timeline) Activity 2: Cold War Key Individuals Match Up Activity 3: American President Worksheet Activity 4: Soviet leader fact file task Activity 5: Key Event ‘What happened?’ activity (2 pages) Activity 6: Key Term Glossary Task ( 3 pages) Activity 7: Snazzy Statistics Quiz Activity 8: ‘Bang out of Order’ Chronology activity Activity 9: ‘What’s the Question?’ Activity 10: Key term match up activity (2 quizzes) Activity 11: ‘Westside’ or ‘Eastside’? Activity 12: Level 1 Easy Quiz Questions Activity 13: Level 2 Medium Quiz Questions Activity 14: Boss Level Quiz Questions
GCSE History (Edexcel) Medicine in Britain Paper 1 Revision Resources Pack
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Medicine in Britain Paper 1 Revision Resources Pack

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This resource pack includes a wide range of revision activities on A4 which can be used by students in the classroom or at home. The revision pack includes the following activities: Activity 1: A blank timeline covering all of the main eras in the study which students can add key dates to Activity 2: Medicine key individuals match up activity Activity 3: Key Individual significance sheet Activity 4: Cause, treatment or Prevention sort task Activity 5: Medieval Glossary fill in sheets (x2) Activity 6: Early Modern Glossary fill in sheet Activity 7: 18th and 19th century Glossary fill in sheets (x2) Activity 8: Modern Medicine Glossary fill in sheets (x2) Activity 9: Statistics multiple choice quiz Activity 10: Similarity and Different practice sheet Activity 11: What’s the Question Activity Activity 12: ‘Use your brain to explain’ 12 mark practice sheet Activity 13: Chronology of key developments activity Activity 14: Medieval Medicine Quiz Activity 15: Early Modern Medicine Quiz Activity 16: Industrial Britain Medicine Quiz Activity 17: Modern Britain Medicine Quiz Activity 18: When did the development happen tick sheet Where possible, answers have been provided either in the notes section of each slide or on a duplicated sheet.
GCSE History Edexcel Paper 3 Weimar & Nazi Germany Exam Technique Prep Revision
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GCSE History Edexcel Paper 3 Weimar & Nazi Germany Exam Technique Prep Revision

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This resource gives students a great overview of the format of the Paper 3 Modern Depth Study exam paper. Students are guided through the main expectations of the paper as well as how to structure each question included in the paper. Example answers and structure tips are provided throughout the presentation. It is common for teachers to use this resource in the final push towards the exam as a reminder of all the main teaching points or it can be used as part of a ‘Walking, talking mock’ with students. 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.
GCSE History (Edexcel) Crime & Punishment Paper 1 Revision Resources Pack
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Crime & Punishment Paper 1 Revision Resources Pack

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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.
GCSE History (Edexcel) Paper 2 Exam Technique Revision - Superpower Relations & Cold War
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Paper 2 Exam Technique Revision - Superpower Relations & Cold War

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This presentation has been designed to help students fully understand the expectations, format and question types in the Period Study (Paper 2) exam paper. This particularly focusses on questions from the Superpower Relations and the Cold War topic (two consequences, narrative account and importance). The presentation includes general exam technique advice, worked model answers, specific question by question exam techniques and a number of example exam questions. BONUS: You will also recieve a bonus student friendly exam technique sheet which provides sentence starters for each of the question types of the paper (consequence, narrative account and importance). Please be kind enough to leave a review if you find this resource effective.
GCSE History Edexcel Crime & Punishment Workbook Revision Study
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GCSE History Edexcel Crime & Punishment Workbook Revision Study

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This is a 109 page workbook ideal for either revision, student catch up or for classroom use. It covers the whole Crime and Punishment Paper 1 Unit for the Thematic Study. The workbook contains: Useful key term glossary Useful Crime & Punishment timeline Fact Sheets for each lesson/topic area 2-3 question sheets for each lesson/topic area Example Exam Questions throughout
KS3 History: Industrial Revolution - Living Conditions & Health in the Towns
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KS3 History: Industrial Revolution - Living Conditions & Health in the Towns

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In this lesson, students will discover what living conditions were like in Britain’s new industrial towns and specifically examine the increase in illness and disease. Particular attention is paid to the creation of terraced housing, the growth of slum areas, back-to-back housing and the pollution and waste created by such extreme overcrowding in the working class parts of towns. The lesson includes the following: Slide 1: Title slide Slide 2: Lesson learning aims and progress Slide 3: Lesson Warm Up – Class discussion about how students would describe ‘typical’ housing and accommodation today. Slide 4: Lesson Warm Up II – Fill in the missing facts about the growth of towns in the Industrial Revolution Slide 5: Missing terms from the warm-up revealed. Slide 6: Starter Task: Students view a diagram of typical terraced and back-to-back housing and use this to discuss what housing conditions were like and how this led to ill-health and disease. Slide 7: Source Analysis – An illustration of slum housing with prompt questions Slide 8: Source Analysis – Printable GCSE style question sheet Slide 9: Background Information – The growth of industrial towns Slide 10: Background Information – Overcrowded terraced housing Slide 11: Printable fact sheet Slide 12: Activity 1 – Printable worksheet Slide 13: Activity 2 – Creative historical writing task with full instructions Slide 14: Activity 3 – Extended historical writing task with structure ideas Slide 15: Follow Up Challenge Questions Slide 16: Learning Review Crossword with answers revealed Slide 17: Printable version of the learning review crossword 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.
GCSE History Edexcel Revision Guide and Workbook: Superpower Relations and the Cold War
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GCSE History Edexcel Revision Guide and Workbook: Superpower Relations and the Cold War

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This is a 44 page word document which includes all of the content needed for the Edexcel Paper 2 ‘Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941-91’. The Unit has been divided into 20 main topics along with example exam questions and revision tasks at the end of each topic. I have included the content page along with the resource so you can view the topic list for yourself, along with an image of a typical page of the revision guide.
GCSE History (Edexcel) Medicine Historic Environment Western Front Revision Resources Pack
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Medicine Historic Environment Western Front Revision Resources Pack

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This pack of revision resources has been specifically designed to help students revise for the Historic Environment of the British Sector of the Western Front. This is the first section in the Paper 1 Medicine in Britain Thematic Study. The pack of resources are all on A4 power point and include the following: Activity 1: A timeline of the main events activity Activity 2: Medical progress before the war match up and worksheet Activity 3: Western Front Medical Pioneers March up with challenge tasks Activity 4: Western Front Environment Glossary Fill Activity 5: Western Front Medicine Glossary Fill Activity 6: Statistic Quiz (Multiple Choice) Activity 7: Western Front Sources Activity - allowing students to become familiar with the types of sources which can be used or analysed Activity 8: The ‘Follow Up’ activity - students use the previous sheet to decide which sources they would use to help them answer a series of questions. Activity 9: ‘Two Features’ practice Activity 10: Western Front Facts Activity Activity 11: The Big Western Fron Quiz (2 pages for back to back printing) Activity 12: Mind Map sheet Please leave a review of you find these resources useful for revision.
GCSE History (Edexcel) Weimar & Nazi Germany Paper 3 Revision Resource Pack
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Weimar & Nazi Germany Paper 3 Revision Resource Pack

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This pack of resources contains 15 different A4 activity sheets designed to help students revise the subject knowledge needed for Weimar and Nazi Germany (Paper 3). The resources are ideal for revision sessions in the run up to the exam. The resources are: Weimar & Nazi Germany Timeline - students fill in the key events Key Individuals and what they did match up Key Term definition sheet Key Event description sheet Events in Weimar Germany Fact Fill The Munich Putsch Sort Task Key Term Glossary Fill (Events & Vocabulary) Key Term Glossary Fill (People & Organisations) Snazzy Statistics Quiz Use Your Brain to Explain Activity Weimar Germany Key Term Crossword The Rise of the Nazi Party Speech bubble fill How did Hitler become the Fuhrer Activity Life in Nazi Germany Quiz Sheet The Persecution of the Jews and other Minority Groups Worksheet
GCSE History (Edexcel) Exam Technique  Revision & Past Exam Questions: Crime & Punishment
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GCSE History (Edexcel) Exam Technique Revision & Past Exam Questions: Crime & Punishment

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This resource is specifically created for the revision of GCSE History Edexcel Crime and Punishment Paper 1 questions. This includes all the question types you need at hand for Section A (The Historic Environment of Whitechapel) and Section B (Crime and Punishment, c.1000 - Present Day). All of the past exam questions from 2016 sample papers to 2021 are included along with hints and tips about how to answer each of the questions from both sections. This should save you a tonne of time!!!
GCSE History Edexcel 1-9 Crime and Punishment Knowledge Organiser Revision Sheet Paper 1
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GCSE History Edexcel 1-9 Crime and Punishment Knowledge Organiser Revision Sheet Paper 1

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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.
GCSE History Edexcel: Cold War & Superpower Relations Revision & Fact Sheet Resources
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GCSE History Edexcel: Cold War & Superpower Relations Revision & Fact Sheet Resources

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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.
GCSE HISTORY Edexcel:  How to answer the exam questions and technique (Papers 1-3)
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GCSE HISTORY Edexcel: How to answer the exam questions and technique (Papers 1-3)

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Updated for 2022 **This is a set of 6 power point slides which can be printed off and given to students to help them structure their answers to the Edexcel GCSE History exam questions. ** Sheet 1: How to answer questions for Paper 1 (Thematic Study) Sheet 2: How to answer questions for Paper 1 (Historical Environment) Sheet 3: How to answer questions for Paper 2 (British Depth Study) Sheet 4: How to answer questions for Paper 2 (Period Study) Sheet 5: How to answer questions for Paper 3 (Modern Depth Study) Sheet 6: How to structure 12 and 16 mark questions. You can use these to stick into student books or print out for reference or revision.
GCSE History Revision:  Edexcel 1-9 Crime and Punishment with Whitechapel - Paper 1
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GCSE History Revision: Edexcel 1-9 Crime and Punishment with Whitechapel - Paper 1

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This is a pack of revision materials needed for the Edexcel Paper 1 Crime and Punishment with Whitechapel. Included in this revision pack: An overview sheet for each historical period (Medieval, Early Modern, Industrial, Modern). They have been produced in colour and black and white for easy photocopying. Each sheet contains wider historical context, religion, Crimes and Laws, Law Enforcement and Punishments. There is also a focus with continuity and change with the case studies also included. A 4 sheet revision handout for the Whitechapel Historical Environment which also includes a section on the types of evidence which could be used for the follow up question. Loads of revision cards which can be simply photocopied, cut out and used as a revision card game in class. I have uploaded one slide of each in the preview boxes but it is all included in a 23 slide Power Point for ease of use.
GCSE History Edexcel: Early Elizabethan England UNIT 2 Bundle
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GCSE History Edexcel: Early Elizabethan England UNIT 2 Bundle

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This bundle includes the following lessons designed for Unit 2: Lesson 10: The Revolt of the Northern Earls Lesson 11: The Ridolfi, Throckmorton and Babington Plots Lesson 12: The role of Francis Walsingham Lesson 13: Why Mary, Queen of Scots was Executed Lesson 14 The rivalry with Spain in the Netherlands Lesson 15 Increasing tension between Spain and England Lesson 16: Robert Dudley in the Netherlands and the actions of Francis Drake Lesson 17: Philip’s invasion plans and causes of the Spanish Armada Lesson 18: The reasons for the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
GCSE History Edexcel: USA Conflict Home & Abroad - 1950s Discrimination & Segregation (Lesson 1)
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GCSE History Edexcel: USA Conflict Home & Abroad - 1950s Discrimination & Segregation (Lesson 1)

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This is the first lesson of Edexcel’s Paper 3 Modern Depth Study topic The USA, 1954-1975: Conflict at Home & Abroad. The lesson provides a useful outline for students of the issues of racism, discrimination and segregation in the USA, in particular in the South. You will have no need for any text books as all resources and information (in the form of a fact sheet) are provided in the lesson. Slide 1: Title slide - Discrimination and Segregation in the South in 1950s USA Slide 2: Key Question included in the lesson Slide 3: Essential key term match up & discussion activity Slide 4: Sources Inference starter task Slide 5: A clear map of America showing the areas known as the South and Deep South Slide 6: A blank, printable map of America for students to shade and identify key states Slide 7-9: Background information about discrimination and segregation in the USA during the 1950s. Slide 10: ‘Pause, think & discuss’ questions Slides 11-13: Usefulness and Inference practice sources and questions linked to the exam skills Slide 14: Student Question/Worksheet for the lesson Slide 15: An alternative creative task Slides 16-17: Learning Review activity with answers revealed Slide 18: Lesson Fact Sheet 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.
Lesson 1: GCSE History 1-9 Edexcel Whitechapel - Intro to skills and knowledge.
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Lesson 1: GCSE History 1-9 Edexcel Whitechapel - Intro to skills and knowledge.

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This lesson gives students a basic overview of the Whitechapel Historic Environment and introduces them to the knowledge and skills needed for the exam. The lesson includes: An introduction to the three question types A ‘Metropolitan Police Examination’ to establish student prior knowledge and promote interest Examples of the basic follow up questions A useful sheet containing the source types which students can use for the ‘Follow Up’ question The overall aims 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.