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.
In this lesson, students will be introduced to the League of Nations and will be given the resources to help them decide how far it achieved it aims. The key questions set out in the lesson are:
What was the League of Nations?
What were the aims of the League of Nations?
What were the main successes and failures of the League of Nations?
How successful was the League of Nations?
The lesson pack includes a full variety of resources such as printable worksheets, source analysis activities, starter tasks, recap tasks, discussion questions, opportunities for extended writing and engaging background information.
Resources included:
2 x A4 printable source analysis worksheets (political cartoons)
1 x A4 printable worksheet about the successes and failures of the League of Nations.
1 x main powerpoint which includes:
Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3: A choice of ‘As you enter’ questions to provoke discussion about the lesson.
Slide 4-6: A filling in the missing terms sheet to help students understand the background of the League of Nations and the historical context of the First World War.
Slide 7: Source Starter Task - An extract from a speech about the League of Nations made by Woodrow Wilson with supporting questions.
Slide 8: Background information - What was the League of Nations?
Slide 9: Background information - The aims of the League of Nations
Slide 10: Activity 1 Sort Task instructions - students to decide if each statement is a success or failure of the League of Nations.
Slide 11: Extended writing activity
Slide 12: Follow Up Challenge Tasks
Slide 13-14: Cartoon source analysis task (links to the 2 worksheets also included in the pack)
Slide 15 - 16: Learning Review - True or False quiz with answers
Slide 17: Final overview task - How successful was the League of Nations?
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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 lesson examines the reasons for the development of the Bow Street Runners and how this resulted in the first professional police force.
Worksheet 1: An alternative 2 page worksheet for students to complete
Worksheet 2: A set of different timelines (differentiated) for students to complete their study of the development of the police.
Slide 1: Title - To explain the early development of the police in Britain
Slide 2-4: Law enforcement recap - match up the key terms along with additional recap questions
Slide 5-8: Background information about law enforcement at the start of 1700 and the creation of the Bow Street Runners
Slide 9: Two clips covering the development of the Bow Street Runners and the police
Slide 10: Timeline task overview (links to the additional worksheets)
Slide 11: Follow up tasks and questions
Slide 12: Challenge Task - Comparison of two political cartoons about the development of the police
Slide 13-16: Examples of exam questions (4, 12 and 16 mark questions)
Slide 17: Lesson Review: Students have to decide which set of options provides the correct series of events with the development of the police
Slide 18: Lesson Fact Sheet
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 examines the newly defined crimes of the 20th century with the aim of explaining their creation.
Slide 1: Title slide - To explain the changing definitions of crime between c.1900-Present Day
Slide 2-3: A recap quiz which asks students to match the creation of a crime with the era it was created in. Answers revealed for self assessment.
Slide 4: The wider historical context of the period c.1900 = Present. An activity sheet which students use to think about why aspects of crime have changed.
Slide 5: Discussion Task - What are our modern attitudes towards crime?
Slide 6: Discussion Task - Why do students think attitudes towards some crimes have changed in the modern era?
Slide 7-8: Task Sheets to help students make notes on the various crimes and how they have changed.
Slides 9-13 - Fact Sheets for each crime which can be printed and then swapped between students.
Slide 14: Challenge Tasks
Slide 15-16: Practice exam questions
Slide 17-18: Two lesson fact sheets
Slide 19-20: Learning Review with answers revealed.
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.
For Edexcel GCSE History (1-9) British Depth Study – EARLY ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND
Newly created for the most recent Specification changes 2023/4
This resource can either act as a revision booklet, a set of knowledge organisers or be easily adapted into a basic workbook to accompany students’ learning about Early Elizabethan England.
It includes 27 pages and each A4 page includes:
An outline of the topic area
Information directly linked to the GCSE specification
Key terms linked to the topic area
Questions and activities
I would be really grateful if you could leave a review for the resource if you feel it has been effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this as your feedback is highly valued.
All images used in this resource 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.
This lesson covers the teaching of the three Grand Alliance conferences at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam. The theme of the lesson is the consequences of the conferences and the declining relationship with the Soviet Union.
STARTER: A recap of of basic Cold War terms with an odd one out quiz.
KEY QUESTIONS: Who were the Grand Alliance? What did they discuss? What were the consequences of the Conferences?
BACKGROUND: An outline of the purpose of the meetings and their locations.
TASK SHEET 1: A table to outline 3 consequences of each conference.
TASK SHEET 2: A differentiated question and task sheet. To be printed for students to complete.
EXAM QUESTION: Explain two consequences of the Yalta Conference in February 1945 [8]
EXAM QUESTION: How to complete the question and an example of a first paragraph given. Students are then asked to complete the second paragraph using the same structure and terms.
RECAP: 10 questions to finish statements of. Each one getting increasingly more difficult.
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.
Key Questions:
What and where were the Soviet Satellite States?
What was the importance of the creation of the satellite states?
What was the impact of Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech in 1946.
STARTER: Students have 6 events from their previous learning which they should aim to organise in the correct chronological order.
RECAP QUIZ: Another chance to recap key terms about the Cold War, conferences and telegrams.
BACKGROUND: Clear background and images to help students learn about the location of the satellite states in eastern Europe.
ACTIVITY 1: Students given a blank copy of a European map and must shade the countries which are part of the Soviet state and those in the west. The sheet is differentiated to help students locate countries quickly but can be easily modified.
CLASS CLIP: Students watch a 6 minute clip from BBC Teach about the Iron Curtain speech to gain background information.
ACTIVITY 2: Students think about and mark on their map where the idea of the ‘Iron Curtain’ would be. A clear map follows to show this.
ACTIVITY 3: An A4 printable worksheet with comprehension style questions and extention tasks if needed.
LESSON RECAP: Students to identify which countries are in front or behind the ‘Iron Curtain ‘West Side’ or ‘East Side’?
**LESSON FACT SHEET **- All the information that students will need for the lesson to avoid having to use the books. This can be stuck into students’ books or kept as a handout.
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 lesson focuses on the changes introduced by William to the government. It asks the students to describe these changes before explaining the purpose of them for William’s aim in gaining more wealth, power and control.
The lesson includes: Clear learning aim with learning outcomes linked to GCSE grades, a recap from previous learning, an engaging starter task, background information, a pit-stop plenary, a choice of tasks for all levels and learning styles, clearly written instructions in the notes section of each slide, exam practice questions, extension questions, a plenary, differentiation for higher ability students and two fact sheets which can be used on its own or alongside other resources you may have.
Please be kind enough to leave a review if you have found this lesson useful.
2023 UPDATE INFO: To take into account copyright, photographic and cartoon images have been attributed where appropriate and are all in the public domain. At times, the images I have wanted to use have been restricted and so you may wish to use your own. 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 impact of Florence Nightingale on improvements in hospital care and nursing.
The lesson includes:
Clear learning aims and achievements
Recap task: Recapping previous improvements in hospital care
Starter activity & Background: Students given plenty of discussion and problem solving tasks while being taken through the early life of Florence Nightingale.
Task Sheet 1: A table where students select and then explain the impact that Nightingale had (printable)
Task Sheet 2: An additional task sheet with further tasks and aspects to think about.
Exam focus: Three exam questions linked to the lesson.
Plenary: Which statistic for which fact?
Additional Research: Link to the National Archives
Challenge Question: Linking Nightingale to Covid-19
FACT SHEET: Every lesson comes with a fact sheet which can be given to the students as a replacement for a text book. This means you will not need any other resources for the lesson unless you feel you would like to offer more…
Please be kind enough to leave a review if you have found this resource effective.
2023 UPDATE INFO: To take into account copyright, photographic and cartoon 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 is the full set of fact sheets that can be found in each of the lessons for the Paper 1 Medicine in Britain thematic study. There are 43 slides in total with 35 lesson’s worth of fact sheets. As you can imagine this has taken a long time to create and so I hope you do not mind the price. It can be used for home learning, catch up, revision or in class.
With all slides, the images, vectors and clipart used are all in the public domain and Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section below each slide.
This set of resources is more than enough to cover at least two lessons.
The resources allow students to examine the Treaty of Versailles using the following key questions:
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
What was the impact of the Treaty of Versailles?
What were the attitudes towards the Treaty of Versailles?
This is a fully resourced lesson which includes a number of printable worksheets, discussion tasks, engaging background information, activities, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The downloaded lesson includes the following:
3x A4 printable source analysis worksheets
1x A4 printable fact sheet
1x A4 printable Treaty of Versailles worksheet
1x main lesson 17 slide powerpoint.
Features of the power point include:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Progressive Key Questions
Slide 3: World War One recap activity
Slide 4-6: Background information and discussion questions about the Treaty of Versailles.
Slide 7-8: Think and discuss questions about the punishments given to Germany after WW1.
Slide 9: A map showing Germany’s loss of land after the Treaty of Versailles.
Slide 10-11: Activity - A diagram of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
Slide 12: Introduction to the A4 worksheet
Slide 13: Introduction to the source analysis sheets
Slide 14: Follow up challenge tasks
Slide 15-17: Learning Review Key Term Match 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 lesson outlines the development of the smallpox vaccination from the use of inoculation to Edward Jenner’s use of a vaccination. Students also explain the reaction to Jenner’s work as well as the impact it had.
2023 UPDATE INFO: To take into account copyright, photographic and cartoon 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 factual knowledge needed about the main battles fought by the British on the Western Front. Plenty of background knowledge as well as two ‘usefulness’ practice questions. All the resources are provided including printable worksheets and a fact sheet which can be used in place of the text book.
Please be kind enough to leave a review if you found this lesson useful.
2023 UPDATE INFO: To take into account copyright, photographic and cartoon 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 resource is a 29 slide set of fact sheets for each lesson/topic for the GCSE Early Elizabethan England based on the GCSE Edexcel specification. It can be used as a revision resource or to accompany the teaching of the Early Elizabethan England Edexcel topic.
2023 UPDATE: All images (clipart, vectors, illustrations, photography) are in the public domain and Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you see any errors, please email me in the first instance.