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 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.
In this lesson, students will examine the long-term consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. They will focus on how the slave trade has impacted factors such as the economy, religion, culture, attitudes in society, politics, protest movements in countries such as the USA, Africa and Britain. This is a fully resourced lesson which includes printable fact sheets and worksheets as well as engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide – The Legacy of the Slave Trade
Slide 2-3: Multiple choice slave trade quiz with answers revealed
Slide 4-5: What do we mean by ‘legacy’ and which factors will we study?
Slide 6: The main lesson aims
Slide 7: Starter Task – A source analysis of a lynching of three back men in 1920. Questions also prompt further discussion.
Slide 8-11: Activity 1 – An activity based on the work of Bob Marley and an analysis of the lyrics to Slave Driver and Redemption Song. Also includes print-out worksheets.
Slide 12: Activity 2: The legacy of the slave trade – instructions to the task.
Slide 13: Activity 2 Worksheet (printable version)
Slide 14-19: Large A4 size printable fact sheets which can be shared among the class
Slide 20-21: Smaller two-sided version of the fact sheets
Slide 22: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 23: Further research activity
Slide 24-26: Learning Review Crossword with answers revealed and a printable version for students to complete.
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 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.
This bundle is an opportunity to purchase the full collection of my lessons so far about the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Please carefully read the list of lessons below so you are aware of the lessons you are about to purchase:
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 10-15. All lessons offer challenge as well as accessible activities and information for lower ability/younger students.
The bundle includes:
Lesson 1: An introduction to the Transatlantic Slave Trade (a source-based investigation)
Lesson 2: How did the Transatlantic Slave Trade Work?
Lesson 3: The features of the Middle Passage
Lesson 4: Slave Life - Slave auctions & life on the plantations
Lesson 5: The reasons for the abolition of slavery in Britain, 1807 & 1833
Lesson 6: The Legacy of the Slave Trade
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!
In this lesson, students will be able to use factual information as well as the views from historians and historical sources to help them form their own opinion to the question – is the British Empire something we should be proud or ashamed of? As always, the lesson is fully resourced and contains a number of printable resources, engaging activities and information. The lesson presumes that students already have a knowledge of what the British empire was although this is quickly recapped at the start of the lesson.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson learning aims and progress
Slide 3: Recapping the British Empire – includes a British Empire map and discussion questions
Slide 4: Starter Discussion based on an old Indian saying about the British in India.
Slide 5: Source analysis activity 1
Slide 6: Source analysis activity 2
Slide 7: Source analysis activity 3
Slide 8: Printable worksheet/question sheet based on the sources used in the previous slides
Slide 9: The two historical interpretations about the British empire
Slide 10: Activity 1 – How have attitudes to the British empire changed in recent years?
Slide 11: Activity 2 – Documentary clips about the legacy of the British Empire
Slide 12: Activity 3 - Instructions
Slide 13: Activity 3 - printable information sheet which includes sources and interpretations about the British empire.
Slide 14: Activity 4 – What is your opinion?
Slide 15: Activity 5 – Based on a higher level question about the difference in two historical interpretations.
Slide 16: Printable worksheet based on the two interpretations about the British Empire
Slide 17: Learning Review discussion.
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.
In this lesson, students will be able to describe the various features of Queen Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement and explain why and how Elizabeth I attempted to seek a ‘Middle Way’ between the Catholic and Protestant Churches at the start of her reign in 1558. Students will learn about the changes introduced by the Religious Settlement and why they were so important at the time.
The lesson contains plenty of activities, printable resources, starter and plenary tasks, engaging background information and discussion points for both high and lower ability students.
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.
A jam packed 4 lesson bundle to allow students to access resources and information for Unit 2 of Edexcel GCSE History Cold War and Superpower Relations.
**Lesson 10: **The Berlin Crisis, Berlin Ultimatum (1958)
**Lesson 11: **The building of the Berlin Wall (1961)
**Lesson 12: **The Cuban Revolution, Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis.
**Lesson 13: **The Prague Spring and Brezhnev Doctrine (1968)
This lesson specifically examines the experences of migrants from the Caribbean, Africa and Asia (India & Pakistan) in the second half of the 1900s. It specifically looks at the changing attitudes towards migrants after 1945, Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech, Race Relation legislation and the riots in Brixton and Burnley/Oldham/Bradford
Slide 1:Title slide
Slide 2: GCSE graded lesson outcomes
Slide 3: The role of the media in reporting on migration
Slide 4-6: Information about Enoch Powell’s Rivers of Blood speech with analysis questions & student printout.
Slide 7-9: Source based activity based on various experiences of migrants to Britain (sources and tables included)
Slide 10: Printable question sheet for students to use alongside the lesson fact sheet
Slide 11: 1960s Political cartoon analysis to show accepted attitudes at the time.
Slide 12: Big discussion question about the overall experiences of migrants after 1945.
Slide 13-15: Photographic images showing the race riots
Slide 16: Practice exam questions
Slide 17: Recap Activity
Slide 18: Lesson fact sheet
In this lesson, students will investigate the main reasons why the British government began the process of abolishing slavery in 1807. As well as being able to make notes about each reason, students will be guided to complete an extended piece of historical writing based on a GCSE style question about the causes of the abolition of slavery. This is a fully resourced lesson which includes printable fact sheets and worksheets as well as engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide – Slave Auctions and Life on a Plantation
Slide 2: The purpose and main aims of the lesson.
Slide 3: Lesson Warm Up 1: Slave Trade vocabulary activity
Slide 4: Lesson Warm Up 2: Ordering the main events of the slave trade triangle
Slide 5: Lesson Warm Up 2: Answers
Slide 6: Lesson Warm Up 3: What reasons would there have been to oppose or support the slave trade at the time it was happening?
Slide 7: Starter Task: Why do you think the slave trade was abolished?
Slide 8: Background Information: Source analysis – economic reason for the abolition of the slave trade.
Slide 9-10: Background Information: The role of the anti-slavery campaigners
Slide 11-12: Background Information: The main reasons for the abolition of the slave trade.
Slide 13: Printable sheet to help students make notes about the reasons
Slide 14-15: Fact sheets designed to be printed back-to-back about the main reasons (black and white)
Slide 16-17: Fact sheets designed to be printed back-to-back about the main reasons (colour)
Slide 18: Introduction to the extended writing.
Slide 19: Model P.E.E. Paragraph
Slide 20: An optional/alternative task – writing a letter or speech to support the abolition of slavery.
Slide 21: Follow Up Challenge Tasks – Linking the reasons and evaluating the most important factors.
Slide 22-23: Learning Review – Who or What am I?
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 10 lesson bundle contains the first 10 lessons needed to teach Edexcel (or other) Cold War and Superpower Relations for the 2016 1-9 specification.
Bundle includes:
Introduction lesson
Grand Alliance
Atomic Bomb and Telegrams
Satellite states and Iron Curtain Speech
Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
Cominform and Comecon
Berlin Crisis, Berlin Blockade and Berlin Airlift
Nato and Warsaw Pact
The Arms Race
The Hungarian Uprising
Every lesson includes a fact sheet which can be used in place of the GCSE text books. No other resources needed to teach this unit.
This lesson examines the case study of the Great Plague and has a focus on a comparison between the events of 1665 with the Black Death.
The lesson includes:
Clear learning aims and achievements
Recap task: A recap of the 1348 Black Death quiz and sorting activity
Starter activity: Sources about the Great Plague. One is an inference and the other a text taken from the National archives about the rules given out by Charles II.
Background information: Baic facts about the Great Plague.
Learning Task: A range of activities for all abilities including optional extension tasks.
Exam focus: Examples of exam questions and an example answer of the 4 marker similarity and difference question.
Challenge Question: Students to think about the similarities with the recent Covid-19 epidemic.
Plenary: Students to discuss which aspects changed the most and why.
FACT SHEETS: 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 resource contains a collection of revision resources aimed at helping students revise key knowledge and skills before their exams. The pack includes:
Activity 1: American West Timeline Fill
Activity 2: American West Key Individual Match Up
Activity 3: American West ‘Which Chief am I?’
Activity 4: American West ‘Which group are we’?
Activity 5: Key American West Government Policies
Activity 6: American West Glossary (Thematic). Three Sheets
Activity 7: Snazzy Statistics Multiple Choice Quiz
Activity 8: Consequence and Importance Practice
Activity 9: ‘Bang out of Order’ Narrative Account Chronology Activity.
Activity 10: What’s the Question Quiz
Activity 11: American West Key Term Crossword
Activity 12: 2 x Higher ability quiz sheets
Please note that the answers to most questions (the ones involving simple factual answers) can be found in the notes section of each slide.
UPDATED & READY FOR THE 2025 exams!
This resource takes into account the latest amendments to Edexcel GCSE History question paper formatting, timing and question types.
This 15-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 2 British Depth Study exam for Early Elizabethan England and provides them with:
Example questions
Question walkthroughs
Advice about exam technique
Mark scheme reminders
Model answers
All past exam questions (2016-2023)
Slide 1: Introduction title slide
Slide 2: An overview of the British Depth Study question types
Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘Describe one feature of [2 x 2]’ question type.
Slide 6-8: An outline of the ‘Explain why [12]’ question type
Slide 9-11: An outline of the ‘How far do you agree [16]’ question type.
Slide 12-15: All past paper questions from 2016 Samples to 2023.
Buyers of this resource have often used it as part of a walkthrough for their students before the exam, as an introduction to the topic or as a way to remind students of the exam techniques as they practice their skills.
Please be aware that any images used in this resource are copyright free. Others which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you feel any errors have been made with this, please email me in the first instance at raschoolresources@gmail.com
All the resources, fact sheets, assessment material and sources you will need for the last unit of Weimar and Nazi Germany
Lesson 21: Women and the Family in Nazi Germany
Lesson 22: Young people in Nazi Germany
Lesson 23: Education in Nazi Germany
Lesson 24: Life for the Unemployed in Nazi Germany
Lesson 25: Workers in Nazi Germany
Lesson 26: Minority groups in Nazi Germany
Lesson 27: The persecution of the Jews in Nazi Germany
This is a new and updated series of 29 fact sheets spread over 29 power point slides. I have taken key information from a variety of text books such as Pearson and Hodder to produce these for teachers or parents who may wish to use them for revision, classroom learning or home learning. They cover all aspects of the Edexcel specification for GCSE History and are a suitable replacement for the text books.
These have taken many, many hours to complete and I hope that you can find them useful for your students.
2023 UPDATE: Please kindly note that all images including clipart, vectors, illustrations etc are in the public domain and classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise stated in the notes below each slide. If you see any errors, please email be directly in the first instance.
Thank you for viewing my resources. This lesson examines the many short term and longer term consequences of the crusades. It cover the many objects that were brought back to England as well as the ideas. It also examines the longer term impact the crusades had on our lives including people’s attitudes towards Islam.
In this resource pack you will get:
1 x A4 Worksheet about the various consequences of the crusades. Students read through the consequences to categorise them
1 x A4 question sheet which asks students to explain their most important consequences
1 x A4 answer sheet for the GCSE style question - Explain two consequences of the crusades
1 x Main Power Point which guides you and the students through the lesson:
Slide 1: Title slide - To examine the impact and consequences of the Crusades
Slide 2: Recap Starter Quiz - Filling in the missing terms about the Crusades
Slide 3: Answers revealed for the starter quiz
Slide 4: Printable student versions for the starter quiz
Slide 5: Animated and engaging background information about the relationship between the Christians and the Muslims during the Crusades
Slide 6: Animated and engaging background information about the modern day perspective of the Crusades
Slide 7: An overview of the impact of the crusades and introduction of the task
Slide 8: Task overview and model of what to do
Slide 9: Evaluating the consequences of the Crusades - additional higher level questions
Slide 10-12: GCSE style exam question - Explain two consequences of the Crusades - PEE structure and model answer given
Slide 13: Learning Review Option 1 - Memory game with full instructions
Slide 14: Learning Review Option 2: Pictionary
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 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: Anglo-Saxon key individuals match up activity
Activity 3: ‘Who are we?’ - Students guess the group by their description.
Activity 4: Anglo-Saxon & Norman Key Event Research Sheet
Activity 5: William I’s Actions Diagram Fill
Activity 6: Anglo-Saxon England Glossary Fill
Activity 7: Norman England Glossary Fill (x2 sheets)
Activity 8: Statistics Multiple Choice Quiz
Activity 9: ‘Use your brain to explain’ activity to help prepare for 12 and 16 mark questions.
Activity 10: Two Features Practice Questions
Activity 11: ‘What’s the Question’ Activity
Activity 12: Battle of Hastings Crossword
Activity 13: Anglo-Saxon Quiz Sheet
Activity 14: 1066 Quiz Sheet
Activity 15: William I’s Control of England Quiz Sheet
Activity 16: Norman England Quiz Sheet
Where possible, answers have been provided either in the notes section of each slide.
Further Anglo-Saxon and Norman England revision resources can be found at:
Anglo-Saxon & Norman Timeline:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12825103
Anglo-Saxon & Norman Fact Sheets:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12225783
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.
In this lesson, students will be able to define what the British Empire was and then explain why the British Empire expanded in the years c.1700-c.1900. As always, the lesson includes a wide range of activities, printable resources and engaging background knowledge to help students explain the growth of the British Empire.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson learning aims and progress
Slide 3: Lesson Warm Up – The definition of the term ‘Empire’
Slide 4: Starter Task – The British Empire by c.1900 – identify part of the British empire using the map
Slide 5: Background information – The growth of the British Empire.
Slide 6: Think & discuss question based on the phrase ‘ An empire one which the sun never sets’.
Slide 7: Activity 1 – Discussion and diagram based on the advantages Britain would gain having an empire.
Slide 8: Activity 2 – Match the historical interpretation about the British Empire to the reason for its growth
Slide 9: Activity 2 printable resource
Slide 10: Activity 2 answers
Slide 11: Three useful documentary clips about the growth of the British empire
Slide 12: Activity 3 - instructions
Slide 13: Activity 3 - printable worksheet (older/higher ability)
Slide 14: Activity 3 - printable worksheet (younger/lower ability)
Slide 15: Activity 4 - printable question sheet
Slide 16: Activity 5 – Extended historical writing task
Slide 17: Activity 5 – Model PEE paragraph
Slide 18: Challenge questions
Slide 19: Learning Review Quiz with answers
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.
In this lesson, students will learn all about the events of the transatlantic slave trade from the stage of the slave auction to life on the plantations. Students will be able to describe the differences between the two methods of slave auctions and also use sources to describe the events of the auctions. They will then use a detailed fact sheet to help them understand what life on s slave plantation was like. This is a fully resourced lesson which includes printable fact sheets and worksheets as well as engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide – Slave Auctions and Life on a Plantation
Slide 2: The purpose and aims of the lesson.
Slide 3: Recap Activity: Slave Trade recap quiz
Slide 4: Recap Activity answers
Slide 5: Source Analysis – A slave auction source with prompt questions and challenge questions.
Slide 6: Source Analysis – An alternative source about a slave auction with prompt questions and challenge questions.
Slide 7: Activity 1 – Source Analysis - instructions
Slide 8: Activity 1 – A printable sheet with 9 different sources about the slave auctions.
Slide 9: Background information about the two main methods of slave auctions.
Slide 10-16: Images of what life was like on a slave plantation.
Slide 17: Information/Fact sheet about life on a plantation
Slide 18: Printable question sheet about life on a plantation.
Slide 19: Challenge questions
Slide 20-21: 10 question learning review quiz with answers.
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. All of my lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.
UPDATED & READY FOR THE 2025 exams!
This resource takes into account the latest amendments to Edexcel GCSE History question paper formatting, timing and question types.
This 26-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 1 exam for Crime & Punishment and provides them with:
Example questions
Question walkthroughs
Advice about exam technique
Mark scheme reminders
Model answers
All past exam questions (2016-2023)
Slide 1: Introduction title slide
Slide 2: An overview of Crime & Punishment question types
Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘Describe one feature of’ question.
Slide 6-8: An outline of the ‘How useful’ question type
Slide 9-11: An outline of the ‘How would you follow up’ question type.
Slide 12: A helpful print out of the type of sources which could be used for the ‘follow up’ question.
Slide 13-15: An outline of the ‘similarity’ or ‘difference’ question.
Slide 16-17: An outline of the ‘Explain why’ question.
Slide 18-19: An outline of the ‘How far do you agree’ question.
Slide 20-26: All past paper questions from 2016 to 2023.
Buyers of this resource have often used it as part of a walkthrough for their students before the exam.
Please be aware that any images used in this resource are copyright free. Others which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you feel any errors have been made with this, please email me in the first instance at raschoolresources@gmail.com