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 examine the challenges that Edward VI faced as a young Tudor king as well as the expectations he had as a new Tudor monarch. The outcome of the lesson will be students writing a letter to advise Edward VI about these challenges.
Background Information: Interesting and well presented information about the succession of Edward VI after the death of Henry VIII
**Task 1: **Students identify and select their top 5 qualities they believe a Tudor monarch should have.
Task 2: Students discuss and then note down the various challenges Edward faced as a young King of England.
Task 3: Students use their knowledge from the lesson so far to write a letter of advice to Edward. A writing frame is provided for this task.
Challenge Task: Students asked to think about the qualities and skills needed by the modern day English monarchy.
ALSO INCLUDES AN 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. 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 resource can be used as a classroom workbook, for quick and easy catch up, revision or a set of knowledge organisers.
It specifically covers the content needed for the Edexcel GCSE Crime and Punishment study of the Historic Environment of Whitechapel.
Each A4 page contains:
All the content/subject knowledge needed according to the latest specification.
Key Terms
Exam style questions and activities
The resource comes as both PDF and PowerPoint files
My workbook for the Thematic Study section of Crime & Punishment can be found from TES in the link below: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13095708
I would be 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.
For Edexcel GCSE History (1-9) Thematic Study – Crime and Punishment in Britain.
This fascinating lesson looks at the contributions made by the Islamic Empire to the progress of medicine and healthcare in Western Europe during the Medieval period. Students will study the influence of key individuals such as Rhazes, Abulcasis, Avicenna and Ibn al-Nafis as well as how Islamic teachings promoted a more rational, evidence led way of thinking in the study of medicine which led to several new approaches and medical discoveries.
This is a fully resourced lesson which includes a printable fact sheet based on the GCSE AQA specification as well as worksheets, discussion tasks, engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide – The significance of Islamic Medicine in the Medieval period.
Slide 2: Outline of the main lessons aims
Slide 3: As you come in activity: A blank map of the Islamic Empire and geography recall.
Slide 4-5: Learning Recap Activity – About the beliefs of the Christian Church.
Slide 6: Background information about the time of the Dark Ages in Europe.
Slide 7: Background information about the ‘Islamic Golden Age’.
Side 8-10: Source based analysis activities to discover the differences between Islamic and Christian approaches to medicine. Printable worksheet included.
Slide 11-12: Activity 1 – A worksheet and table to help students fully understand the contributions and significance of Islamic medicine.
Slide 13-14: Activity 2 – A table which asks students to compare the similarities and differences between Islamic and Christian approaches to medicine. Answers also given.
Slide 15: Example Exam Question - Similarity
Slide 16: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 17: Useful class clips and reading links
Slide 18: Learning Review Quiz – Multiple Choice with answers revealed.
Slide 19: Final lesson discussion
Slide 20: Lesson Fact Sheet – based on the AQA GCSE specification.
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. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.
This lesson examines the causes and main events/features of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955-56. Students have an opportunity to analyse the main causes as well as look at the details of the groups and individuals involved.
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.
Included in the lesson:
Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Previous Learning about Brown vs Topeka & Little Rock quiz with answers revealed
Slide 5: Student discussion and outline diagram of all of the methods used to oppose segregation so far covered in the course
Slide 6: Source Inference Starter Task about Martin Luther King
Slide 7: Source Inference Starter Task about Martin Luther King in an exam question format
Slide 8-11: Animated and engaging background information about the bus boycott
Slide 12: Student discussion questions about the impact of the boycott
Slide 13: An outline and instructions to the learning task
Slide 14: A print out version of the main learning task
Slide 15: Follow Up Challenge Questions and further source analysis
Slide 16-17: Learning Review Crossword with answers revealed
Slides 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 covers the topic of the Brown vs. Topeka case (1954) and its significance to the progress in civil rights in the USA. It covers what the Brown vs. Topeka Case was as well as its short term and long term impact in the USA.
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 & answers
Slide 5: Source Starter Activity
Slides 6-8: Engaging background information about the case
Slide 9: Printable worksheet
Slide 10-11: Exam Skill Activity - What is the difference between the interpretations?
Slide 12-13: Exam Skill Activity - Why are the interpretations different?
Slide 14-16: Exam Skill Activity - How useful are Sources B and C
Slide 17-18: Learning Review Quiz
Slide 19-20: Fact Sheets
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 looks at the health and hygiene of people who lived in both towns and the countryside during the Medieval period.
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You will be purchasing a whole lesson with all resources included as follows:
1 x 2 page fact sheets about health and hygiene in Medieval Towns and the Countryside
1 x Differentiated 2 page fact sheets about health and hygiene in Medieval Towns and the Countryside
1 x Main Power Point to accompany the fact sheets which includes a variety of starter tasks, discussion questions and activities for students to complete**
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 features, purpose and building of Pentonville Prison. It looks at the use of the separate and silent system as well as the use of punishments and reflection in the prison.
**Resource 1: **
A4 Power Point Worksheet - Would Fry and Howard have agreed with Pentonville Prison? Students decide which factors about Pentonville Prison Reformers such as Fry and Howard would have agreed with or not.
Resource 2: Lesson Power Point
Slide 1: Title Slide - Case Study - Pentonville Prison
Slide 2: Recap Task - What is the difference between prisons in c.1700s to prisons in c.1800? Illustrations and key terms to provide ideas.
Slide 3: A map showing the location of Pentonville Prison in London
Slide 4: Starter Task - What do the four illustrations teach you about Pentonville Prison?
Slide 5-10: Backgrounf information about the aims of Pentonville Prison and the reasons it was built.
Slide 11: Would Fry and Howard have approved of Pentonville Prison? This slide goes along with the other worksheet which comes with the lesson.
Slide 12: A worksheet for students to make notes on about Pentonville Prison.
Slide 13: Higher level challenge questions
Slide 14: An alternative question sheet about Pentonville Prison
Slide 15-17: A worksheet which allows students to examine how to structure a PEE paragraph (point, evidencem explain).
Slide 18: An example answer for a 12 mark question.
Slide 19: 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 similarities of law enforcement in Early Modern England as well as helping students explain why more effective methods such as the town constables, night watchmen, thief takers and army were needed.
A4 Worksheet: Provides a worksheet style set of tasks for the students.
Slide 1: Title slide - To examine the methods of law enforcement used in Early Modern England
Slide 2-4: Filling in the missing terms activity to help students recap law enforcement methods in Medieval England. Answers revealed as well as printable worksheets provided.
Slide 5-6: Discussion starter tasks based around the growth of towns and asks students to think about why the growth of towns would cause an increase in crime.
Slide 7: An outline of various reasons why towns needed more effective law enforcement after 1500.
Slide 8: An outline and analysis of the role of the Night Watchman
Slide 9: Task option 1 - Students to create a poster style fact file about the new methods of law enforcement between 1500-1700.
Slide 10: Challenge tasks
Slide 11: The reasons for change diagram
Slide 12-15: Examples of exam questions (4 mark and 12 mark) with sentence starter help for students.
Slide 16: 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 covers the importance and impact of the work carried out by Vesalius in the 1500s and how it progressed medicine in Britain.
The lesson includes:
Clear learning aims and achievements
Recap task: Crossword for the board or printable for students
Starter activity: Discussion about a source showing an illustration of Vesalius during a dissection.
Background information:8 slides which outline the work of Vesalius
Task Sheet 1: Students asked to think about Vesalius as a key individual Vs other factors which helped him such as the printing press.
Task Sheet 2: A differentiated version of the sheet above
Task Sheet 3: A comprehension style sheet as an alternative task
Exam focus: Give examples of a 12 and 16 mark exam question
Plenary: A true or false quiz to assess student learning
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.
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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 resource is for personal use only and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.
This lesson helps students identify the consequences and importance of the creation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT) – Included in every Cold War lesson!
1 x Main Power Point Lesson
The main Power Point includes?
RECAP: Two versions of a card sorting task (see image) which asks students to organise events and key terms into ‘east’ and ‘west’.
STARTER: A filling in the missing terms starter to recap the Berlin Crisis and link to the creation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Answers revealed and animated for student peer/self assessment.
DISCUSSION: An A4 chart which statistics about the two military alliances. The students have to work together to infer meaning from the chart.
BACKGROUND: A teacher led, animated version of events with a clear map to show the two military alliance sides.
TASK 1 AND 2: A letter to be written from the leaders of each country to their alliance members. Each short letter will outline the aims of the military alliance and its reason for being created. Instructions given on the sheet.
EXAMPLE EXAM QUESTION: Explain two consequences of the Berlin Crisis for the development of the Cold War [8] Two examples are given and students need to provide reasons for one answer being better than the other.
RECAP QUIZ: Is the fact about NATO or the Warsaw Pact?
FACT SHEET: An A4 printable fact sheet with all information needed for the lesson. This will save the use of the text book.
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. 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 covers the actions and policies of Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985-1991 along with his significance for US-Soviet relations and the fall of the Soviet Union.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT) – Included in every Cold War lesson!
1 x Main Power Point Lesson
The main PowerPoint includes:
RECAP: Missing terms quiz about the actions of President Reagan from lesson 16.
STARTER: A discussion question about the forms of technology available in the West by the 1980s and how this might show the difference between capitalism and communism.
STARTER: A cartoon for the students to discuss showing Mikhail Gorbachev and the ‘breaking up’ of the Soviet Union. Students have to interpret the cartoon as a way into the lesson.
STARTER: 3 sources. Students should read each one and ‘infer’ what they can about the actions of Gorbachev.
BACKGROUND: Various, clear slides to outline the events and actions taken by Gorbachev in this time before the students read further.
TASK: Students are asked to complete a fact file about Gorbachev. Students are given an outline of suggested headings for this fact file from basic facts to a description of each of his actions. They will then be prompted to examine his importance and such turning points in the Cold War.
PLENARY: Key term ‘Who/what am I?’
FACT SHEET: All of the information needed for the students on one sheet.
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. 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 how prisons have developed, especially with their specialisation and focus on the reform of young people.
Power Point 1:
Printable A4 Worksheets
Power Point 2:
Slide 1: To explain the development and specialisation of the prison system in modern Britain
Slide 2-3: Prison chronology recap activity
Slide 3: Key terms to help with the lesson
Slide 5-7: Discussion about the case of Vicky Pryce and Chris Huhne
Slide 8: Source inference about the prison population in Britain
Slide 9: Discussion - why has the prison population rapidly increased?
Slide 10: Source inference about the prison population of age and gender
Slide 11: Background information about the changing attitudes towards children in prison.
Slide 12: The main changes to the penal system after c.1900
Slide 13-17: A variety of short clips about young people in prisons. This will go along with the worksheets provided.
Slide 18-19: Practice exam questions
Slide 20: An additional activity which looks at the public attitudes towards prisons in modern Britain.
Slide 21-22: Key term crossword with answers revealed
Slide 23: 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 helps students to explain the reasons that led to the abolition of the death penalty in the later years of the 20th century.
Power Point Presentation 1: Two A4 worksheets to go along with the main power point lesson
Power Point Presentation 2:
Slide 1: Title slide - To explain the reasons for the abolition of the death penalty in Britain
Slide 2: Topic Recap Quiz
Slide 3: Topic Recap Quiz answers
Slide 4: Starter Task - what can students infer from the graph about the impact of the abolition of the death penalty?
Slide 5: Discussion - why do students think the death penalty was abolished in this time (prompt questions also given)
Slide 6-8: Background information about the events which led to the abolition.
Slide 9: How to structure a point, evidence and explain paragraph
Slide 10: A table from which students can note down the Point, evidence and explain for each factor that caused the abolition of the death penalty.
Slide 11: Two challenge tasks
Slide 12-13: Practice exam questions
Slide 14: The lesson fact sheet
Slide 15: The factors that cause change 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 which groups in German society benefitted from the improved living standards in Germany in the mid 1920s as well as those groups who did not.
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.
What was the Weimar Constitution?
Why was it needed?
What were the strengths and weaknesses of it?
What impact might this have on Germany in the future?
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 covers the Indian Wars between 1862-68 including Little Crow’s War, the Sand Creek Massacre and Red Cloud’s War. **
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT) – Included in every American West lesson!
1 x Main Power Point Lesson
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 of new punishments in the early modern period such as transportation, houses of correction, early prisons and the bloody code. It then looks at the similarities with Medieval punishments.
Slide 1: Title slide: To examine the Bloody Code and other punishments of Early Modern England
Slide 2: A recap quiz asking students to match a fact about Early Modern Law Enforecement methods to the matching role.
Slide 3: Answers revealed to the recap
Slide 4: Source analysis. A chart showing the decline in the crime rate between 1500-1700. Students asked to infer from this then question its usefulness.
Slide 5: Useful short clips covering the bloody code and punishments of this time.
Slide 6: An outline of the main purposes of punishments
Slide 7: Activity: students use the images to demonstrate their knowledge of Medieval punishments
Slide 8-9: Background information about the Bloody Code
Slide 10: Background information about prisons
Slide 11: Background information about Houses of Correction
Slide 12L Background information about transportation
Slide 13-14: Task sheet with instructions given
Slide 15: Challenge questions linked to a 16 mark question format
Slide 16: Lesson Fact Sheet
Slide 17: What causes change slide
Slide 18: A 4 mark question example
Slide 19: A 12 mark question example
Slide 20: A 16 mark example
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 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.
UPDATED NEW SPEC. 2025/6: This lesson examines the problems faced by Irish, Jewish and Eastern European migrants in Whitechapel and the increasing tensions between migrants and local residents.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT)
1 x Main 24 Slide Power Point Lesson
The Power Point Lesson Includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Outline of lesson key questions and aims
Slide 3: Features of Whitechapel Quiz
Slide 4-5: Key Term Recap activity with answers
Slide 6: Starter 1 - Immigration discussion
Slide 7: Starter 2 - Source analysis with prompt questions and challenge
Slide 8-9: Background information - Which migrant groups came to Whitechapel and why?
Slide 10-11: Task 1 - Match Up Activity - Based on useful key terms for the lesson
Slide 12-13: Task 2 - Migrants in Whitechapel worksheet with printable version
Slide 14-15: Exam Focus - One feature questions with printables and examples
Slide 16-18: Exam Focus - Usefulness source analysis with printable worksheets
Slide 19: Exam Focus - Follow Up question sheet and example
Slide 20: Challenge Questions
Slide 21-22: Learning Review Quiz - with answers
Slide 23: Lesson Fact Sheet
Slide 24: More from RA Resources
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. 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.