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.
**This is the final lesson of the unit and examines further black activism in the case of Frank Crichlow and the trial of the Mangrove Nine. **
The lesson includes a fact sheet containing all the subject content needed to teach the lesson. Therefore, there is no requirement for any text books.
This lesson includes:
Clear learning aims/targets
Provoking starter tasks and discussion activities
Printable worksheets
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 specifically examines the impact of black activist groups - Claudia Jones and the West Indian Gazette and the formation of the British Black Panthers. **
The lesson includes practice exam questions as well as an information sheet which contains the subject knowledge needed for the lesson. Therefore, the lesson does not require any additional text books.
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson aims
Slide 3-4: Recap Task - Students have to match some useful statistics from this unit to the matching fact. Answers revealed on slide 4.
Slide 5: Printable student sheet for the recap task
Slide 6: Starter Task - Students are given three discussions questions about the influence of newspapers.
Slides 7-14: Background knowledge and photographs to show the influence of Claudia Jones and the Black Panther movement in Britain.
Slide 15: Learning Task Option 1 - A table for students to take notes into
Slide 16: Learning Task Option 2 - Students copy and complete the sentences to show their knowledge and understanding of the lesson.
Slide 17: Worksheet which includes the use of sources about the role of Claudia Jones and the British Black Panthers.
Slides 18-19: Practice ‘Two features’ questions with printable student answer sheet
Slides 20-25: Practice ‘How useful’ questions which includes printable student answer sheets, structure help and example responses.
Slides 26-27: Practice ‘Follow Up’ questions
Slide 28: Learning Review
Slide 29: Lesson fact information sheet
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.
In this lesson, students will be able to identify and understand the arguments which were given in the early 1900s in support of and against votes for women. This will help them explain the attitudes towards women at the time and why gaining female suffrage was so difficult.
The lesson pack includes the following resources:
1 x A4 Women’s Suffrage Source Worksheet (PPT & PDF)
1 x A4 Sorting Task (PPT & PDF)
1 x A4 Letter to Herbert Asquith structure
1 x Main Power Point:
Main Power Point:
Slide 1: Title slide - The arguments for and against women’s suffrage
Slide 2: Main Key Questions
Slide 3: As you enter questions linked to modern day elections and democracy
Slide 4: Class Discussion - What are the arguments for and against lowering the voting age to 16?
Slide 5-6: Source analysis of poster in favour of and against women’s suffrage.
Slide 7: Written source analysis
Slide 8: The views of Queen Victoria about female suffrage
Slide 9: Task 1 - Arguments for and against women’s suffrage
Slide 10: Task 2 - Sorting task
Slide 11: Task 3 - Creating historical writing, letter to Prime Minister Herbert Asquith.
Slide 12: Follow up challenge tasks
Slide 13: Map of votes for women around the world.
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.
In this lesson, students will be able to make the judgement - how far did life change in Medieval society between c.1100 - c.1500? They will study various features of life such as population, power, world knowledge, technology, entertainment, science, medicine, rich and poor and the growth of towns to help them answer the question. They will also have the opportunity to reseach the key discoveries of the medieval era.
The lesson pack includes the following resources:
1 x Medieval continuity & change writing frame and worksheet (PDF & PPT)
1 x Medieval continuity & change fact sheet (PDF & PPT)
1 x Medieval worksheet (PDF & PPT)
1 x Medieval Discoveries Research sheet (PDF & PPT)
Main Power Point:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: A recap of the Medieval topics
Slide 3: Starter activity - Continuity & change in your lifetime
Slide 4: The importance of continuity, change and historical turning points.
Slide 5: The importance of turning points in the past.
Slide 6: Starter activity 2 - Explain the impact of…
Slide 7: Task 1 instructions and explanation
Slide 8: Make a judgement questions
Slide 9-10: Medieval Discoveries Match up
Slide 11: Challenge questions.
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.
In this lesson, students will be able to explain how the Christian Church in Medieval England either helped or hindered the progress of medicine and healthcare. Students will recap the beliefs of the Christian Church about the causes of disease before looking at the role of Church hospitals and monasteries in Medieval England. Finally, students will have enough knowledge to answer an exam question about the significance of the Christian Church on the progress of medicine in the Medieval period.
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 – Where did Medieval ideas about Medicine come from?
Slide 2: Outline of the main lessons aims
Slide 3: As you come in activity and discussion about modern day hospitals in Britain.
Slide 4-5: Learning Recap Activity – About the beliefs of the Christian Church about disease.
Slide 6-8: Starter Activity – based on the illustration of the Hotel Dieu in Paris.
Slide 9: Background information about Bethlam Hospital in London
Side 10: Background information about Lazar Houses
Slide 11-13: Activity – Did the Christian Church help of hinder the progress of Medicine and Healthcare? Sorting task with printable resources and answers given.
Slide 14: Bonus Source Analysis Worksheet - aimed at higher ability students
Slide 15: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 16: Useful class clips and reading links
Slide 17: Example Exam Question - Significance
Slide 18: Learning Review Activity – ‘What’s the Question?’
Slide 19: 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.
**The activities in this resource will introduce students to Elizabeth I. Then, students will be given facts about her reign to weigh up her strengths and weaknesses. **
This will be followed by a range of worksheet based activities as well as an opportunity to compare the strengths of the Tudor monarchy compared with the strengths needed for a monarch in modern day Britain. As well as the main power point you will also receive an additional homework research task sheet to supplement the learning about Elizabeth I.
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 covers further reasons for lawlessness as well as further examples of lawlessness such as Bill Hickock, Jesse James, Thomas Smith and the Reno Gang.
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
All of the lessons for the American West unit contain a variety of learning tasks suitable for all abilities, practice exam questions, engaging individual or group activities as well as the key information needed for the Edexcel Specification. Each lesson features a fact sheet which is intended to be used as a substitute for the text book. Therefore, this lesson contains everything you will need for the lesson.
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 is the first lesson for Unit 2 - Migration in Early Modern England. It takes a look at what society was like and the changes which took place during the Early Modern period. Students use this knowledge of the wider historical context to then explain how these changes would have impacted migration.
As with every lesson in this topic, the resources include a fact sheet to cover all of the information needed. Therefore, no text books are needed.
Side 1: Title slide - To examine the changes in Early Modern Society
Slide 2: GCSE Graded lesson outcomes
Slide 3: A Medieval Migration Recap quiz
Slide 4: An outline of the lesson
Slide 5: Starter Activity 1: Name the monarchs from their portrait
Slide 6: Starter Activity 2: Where in the world mapping activity
Slide 7: Two types of migration - voluntary and forced
Slide 8: An explanation of the main learning task
Slide 9: A printable table to be used with the main learning task
Slide 10: Two 4 mark practice exam questions
Slide 11: Two 12 mark practice exam questions
Slide 12: Challenge Follow Up questions
Slide 13: Useful research questions
Slide 14 - 15: Learning Review - What were the main changes in society?
Slide 17: The lesson fact sheet
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 has a focus on how the people of Medieval Britain treated and attempted to prevent medical problems linked with the Theory of the Four Humours and Miasma.
The lesson includes both supernatural & religious treatments as well as the more rational treatments of the time.**
The lesson includes a recap from previous learning, choice of starter task, background information about the wider historical context, a set of learning tasks which are differentiated for higher and lower ability, extention task/s, a focus on the exam questions, a review (plenary) and finally two fact sheets which can be used as a replacement for any books.
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 is likely to cover 2 hours. It questions the causes, features, events and reasons for the failure of the Revolt of the Earls in 1075.
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 choice of tasks for all levels, 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.
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 changes to landownership as a method of control used by William after 1071. **
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 choice of tasks for all levels, clearly written instructions in the notes section of each slide, exam practice questions, extension questions, a plenary, differentiation for higher ability students and a fact sheet which can be used on its own or alongside other resources you may have.
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 specifically focusses on Hereward the Wake’s resistance at Ely and then encourages the students to think about why all of the rebellions between 1068-71 were a failure.
The lesson includes: Clear learning aim with learning outcomes linked to GCSE grades, a recap from previous learning, an engaging starter task, background information with a map of Ely’s location, a choice of tasks for all levels including a sort tasks and comprehension question sheets, clearly written instructions in the notes section of each slide, exam practice questions, extension questions, a plenary, differentiation for higher ability students and a fact sheet which can be used on its own or alongside other resources you may have.
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 looks at a further two attempts at resistance against William from the north along with the involvement of Edgar Aethling. It explores the events of the rebellions and then explains why these rebellions again failed.
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 choice of tasks for all levels, clearly written instructions in the notes section of each slide, exam practice questions, extension questions, a plenary, differentiation for higher ability students and a fact sheet which can be used on its own or alongside other resources you may have.
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 helps students explain the reasons for Edwin and Morcar’s attempted revolt against William in 1068 and then explain why it failed. **
The lesson is 17 slides long and includes: GCSE Grade descriptors, recap of previous learning, starter task, background information, a sorting task of reasons, exam practice questions, extension tasks, plenary and then a lesson fact sheet which can be printed to use with the lesson. This lesson can be used without the need for any text books if needed.
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.
A look into William’s use of rewards and his creation of the Marcher Earldoms on the borderlands with Wales.
Slide 1: Learning Aim and Key Terms
Slide 2: GCSE Learning Outcomes
Slide 3: Recap from the previous lesson - students have to fill in the missing words from the list provided.
Slide 4: Recap answers revealed for peer or self assessment.
Slide 5: A teacher printable copy with 3 missing word sheets on an A4 page.
Slide 6:Starter Task: Students play the role of William and consider questions about who he should reward and what he should reward.
Slide 7: Background information
Slide 8: Background information
Slide 9: Information and map showing the creation of the Marcher Earldoms. Discussion task included.
Slide 10: Task Sheet - Students to write a speech as William to describe and explain his use of rewards to his followers and also explain his creation of the Marcher Earldoms.
Slide 11: Differentiated guidance sheet with sentence starters and levels.
Slide 12: Another task sheet which can be printed off for students in class. Two levels of difficulty for this sheet.
Slide 13: Extension questions.
Slide 14: Exam practice questions based on the lesson (4, 12 and 16 marker questions).
Slide 15: Plenary - Key term anagrams
Slide 16: Plenary answers
Slide 17: Fact Sheet to use with the lesson. This can be used without the need of GCSE text books or alongside them.
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 decline of the cattle industry during the 1880s and consequently the changing life of the cowboy. **
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 looks at the further developments in farming techniques by the 1870s and 1880s, in particular: dry farming, barbed wire, mechanisation and steel wind pumps.
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.