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Welcome to RA Resources. I have an extended range of fully resourced, high quality History lessons for KS2, KS3 and GCSE aimed at schools, tutors and home learning. Having taught History abroad and then in Cornwall for 20 years, these lessons reflect my creativity and teaching experience. Please feel free to email me with any enquiries about the resources on offer. You can keep up to date with my latest published lessons using the Facebook link in my shop.

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Welcome to RA Resources. I have an extended range of fully resourced, high quality History lessons for KS2, KS3 and GCSE aimed at schools, tutors and home learning. Having taught History abroad and then in Cornwall for 20 years, these lessons reflect my creativity and teaching experience. Please feel free to email me with any enquiries about the resources on offer. You can keep up to date with my latest published lessons using the Facebook link in my shop.
Migrants in Britain BUNDLE Unit 1 - Medieval England - GCSE History Edexcel
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Migrants in Britain BUNDLE Unit 1 - Medieval England - GCSE History Edexcel

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This bundle contains all the lessons and resources you will need to teach the first unit for the Edexcel GCSE History Paper 1 topic, Migrants in Britain. Lesson 1: Introduction to the skills and knowledge for the topic Lesson 2: Why did migrant groups migrate to England between c.800 - c.1500? Lesson 3: The experiences of Migrant groups in Medieval England Lesson 4: The Impact of Migrant groups in Medieval England Lesson 5: CASE STUDY - The Vikings in York These lessons contain at least one fact sheet about the topic to replace any need for a text book.
Women's History - Women's Rights & the Vote/Suffrage - 5 Lesson Bundle
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Women's History - Women's Rights & the Vote/Suffrage - 5 Lesson Bundle

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This bundle contains a series of lessons aimed at increasing your students’ knowledge and understanding of women’s rights in Britain between c.1850-c.1980. The bundle contains 5 lessons: Lesson 1: The story of the Match Girls Strike in 1888 Lesson 2: How far had women’s rights improved in Britain by 1890? Lesson 3: Who were the Suffragists and the Suffragettes? Lesson 4: What were the arguments for and against the vote for women? Lesson 5: How far had women’s rights improved the lives of women by the 1970s? This bundle would be perfect for a study of women’s history.
Cold War & Superpower Relations  - Unit 3 Bundle - GCSE History Edexcel
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Cold War & Superpower Relations - Unit 3 Bundle - GCSE History Edexcel

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This bundle contains Lesson 14 - Detente, SALT 1, Helsinki, SALT 2 Lesson 15 - The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Lesson 16 - President Reagan and the Star Wars Programme Lesson 17 - Mikhail Gorbachev’s ‘New Thinking’ Lesson 18 - The fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Migrants in Britain 1700-1900  - 6 LESSON BUNDLE - GCSE History Edexcel
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Migrants in Britain 1700-1900 - 6 LESSON BUNDLE - GCSE History Edexcel

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This bundle of lessons contains all the teaching materials you will need for Edexcel GCSE History Unit 3 - Migration in the Industrial Age 1700-1900. Each lesson comes with a variety of activities and tasks as well as additional fact sheets which cover the content needed. Lesson 12: The Changes in Society 1700-1900 Lesson 13: Where migrants came from and why they came to Britain Lesson 14: The experiences of migrant groups in Britain Lesson 15: The impact of migrant groups in Britain Lesson 16: Case Study: Migration in Liverpool Lesson 17: Case Study: Jewish Migration to the East End of London. I would really appreciate your reviews if you have time. This is a new History topic for Edexcel and I would really like to make it appeal to more teachers.
Industrial Revolution Victorian - 7 LESSON BUNDLE
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Industrial Revolution Victorian - 7 LESSON BUNDLE

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**This bundle contains 6 lessons to support your teaching of the dramatic changes which took place during Britain’s Industrial Revolution. ** The lessons included in this bundle are: Lesson 1: What were the causes of the Industrial Revolution? Lesson 2: How did Britain change during the Industrial Revolution? Lesson 3: Source Enquiry - What were working conditions like for children? Lesson 4: What were the conditions like in the textile mills? Lesson 5: How far did reforms improve working conditions? Lesson 6: How bad were living conditions in Britain’s industrial towns? Lesson 7: The Match Girls Strike of 1888 This bundle is not intended as a full scheme of learning as all schools approach this topic differently. All images used in these lessons 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.
GCSE History Edexcel 1-9 Weimar Nazi Germany Bundle Part 2 Hitler's Rise to Power
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GCSE History Edexcel 1-9 Weimar Nazi Germany Bundle Part 2 Hitler's Rise to Power

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A 5 lesson bundle to take your students through all the information needed for Unit 2 of the Paper 3 topic. As stated on the cover, all factual information has been included with a printable fact sheet available for each lesson. Lesson 10 - The development of the Nazi Party Lesson 11: The Causes, events and consequences of the Munich Putsch Lesson 12: The Nazi Party's 'Lean Years', 1924-29 Lesson 13: The impact of the Wall Street Crash and growth in Nazi Support Lesson 14: To explain how Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany by Jan.1933 Thank you very much for your purchase and I hope this really helps you out with your teaching of this topic.
AQA GCSE - Britain Health & People - UNIT 1 BUNDLE  - 8 lessons
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AQA GCSE - Britain Health & People - UNIT 1 BUNDLE - 8 lessons

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**In this bundle you will find all the teaching resources needed to teach Unit 1 of AQA’s GCSE History thematic topic, Britain: Health and the People. ** The bundle includes the following lessons: Lesson 1: An introduction to the topic and skills of Britain: Health and the People. Lesson 2: Medieval ideas about Medicine and Disease Lesson 3: Medieval beliefs about Disease and Treatment Lesson 4: Medieval Surgery Lesson 5: The role of Christianity in Medieval Medicine Lesson 6: The influence of Islam on Medieval Medicine Lesson 7: Public Health in Medieval Towns and Monasteries Lesson 8: CASE STUDY: The Black Death. As always, I warmly welcome positive reviews about my resources and I hope you find them useful. 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.
Crime & Punishment 1500-1700 - GCSE History Edexcel -  UNIT  2 BUNDLE
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Crime & Punishment 1500-1700 - GCSE History Edexcel - UNIT 2 BUNDLE

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This bundle contains all the lessons and teaching resources you will need to teach Unit 2 of Crime and Punishment Lesson 9: Early Modern Crimes - Heresy and Treason Lesson 10: Early Modern Crimes - Smuggling, witchcraft, vagabondage Lesson 11: Early Modern Methods of Law Enforcement Lesson 12: Early Modern Punishments Lesson 13: Case Study - The Gunpowder Plot Lesson 14: Case Study - Matthew Hopkins 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.
Crime and Punishment - GCSE History Edexcel -  UNIT  3 BUNDLE
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Crime and Punishment - GCSE History Edexcel - UNIT 3 BUNDLE

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This bundle includes all of the lessons and teaching materials you will need to cover the 18th and 19th century, Crime and Punishment Unit 3. Lesson 15: New and old definitions of crime Lesson 16: The Tolpuddle Martyrs Lesson 17: The Bow Street Runners and the development of the police Lesson 18:The end of public execution and transportation Lesson 19: Prison growth and reform Lesson 20: Case Study - Pentonville Prison Lesson 21: Case Study - Robert Peel
Henry VIII & Ministers  - GCSE Edexcel UNIT 2 BUNDLE
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Henry VIII & Ministers - GCSE Edexcel UNIT 2 BUNDLE

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This bundle contains all the lessons/resources you will need to teach the second unit/key topic of Edexcel’s British Depth Study Henry VIII and his Ministers. The lessons included in this bundle include: Lesson 11: Thomas Cromwell’s rise to power Lesson 12: Thomas Cromwell’s role in the divorce from Catherine of Aragon Lesson 13: The downfall & execution of Anne Boleyn Lesson 14: The life and impact of Jane Seymour Lesson 15: Thomas Cromwell’s reforms Lesson 16: The rise and fall of Anne of Cleves Lesson 17: The downfall and execution of Thomas Cromwell in 1540 These are high quality, fully resourced lessons which do not require any text books. Each lesson contains a range of warm up tasks, starter activities, discussion questions, engaging background information, learning tasks, practice exam questions, A4 printable worksheets, learning reviews and much more!
GCSE Edexcel - The USA Home & Abroad - UNIT 1 BUNDLE - Civil Rights
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GCSE Edexcel - The USA Home & Abroad - UNIT 1 BUNDLE - Civil Rights

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This bundle provides you with the first 8 lessons needed to teach the topic USA Home & Abroad. It has a focus on the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s. The lessons included in this bundle all include facts sheets based on the Edexcel specification which means no other resources/text books will be needed. Lesson 1: Discrimination and Racism in the 1950s Lesson 2: The work of civil rights organisations such as CORE and NAACP Lesson 3: The Brown vs. Topeka Case (1954) Lesson 4: The events at Little Rock High School (1957) Lesson 5: The causes and events of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott Lesson 6: The Impact, Court Case and Consequences of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Lesson 7: The Civil Rights Act (1957) and SCLC Lesson 8: Opposition to Civil Rights and the murder of Emmett Till
GCSE HISTORY Edexcel: Migrants in Britain Unit 2 (Early Modern England) BUNDLE
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GCSE HISTORY Edexcel: Migrants in Britain Unit 2 (Early Modern England) BUNDLE

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This bundle contains everything you need to teach Unit 2 (Migration in Early Modern England). With all of these lessons there is no need for any additional text books as fact sheets for each lesson are included (they have been adapted from both Pearson and Oxford GCSE History text books). Lesson 6: What changes were there in English society? Lesson 7: Which groups migrated to England and why? Lesson 8: What were the experiences of the migrant groups? Lesson 9: What impact did the migrant groups have on England? Lesson 10: Case Study - The Flemish and Walloon weavers in Sandwich and Canterbury Lesson 11: Case Study - The success of Huguenot migrants in Soho and Spitalfields, London.
The Stuarts  Reign - 13 LESSON BUNDLE
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The Stuarts Reign - 13 LESSON BUNDLE

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This bundle of lessons contains all of my lessons covering the reign of the Stuart monarchy in Britain. Carefully read the list below so you are fully aware of the lessons you are purchasing in this bundle: Lesson 1: An introduction to the Stuart monarchs & events timeline. Lesson 2: The reign and personality of King James I. Lesson 3: The causes, events and consequences of the Gunpowder Plot, 1605. Lesson 4: Was Oliver Cromwell a ‘hero’ or ‘monster’? Lesson 5: What happened to Oliver Cromwell’s head? Lesson 6: The causes of the English Civil War Lesson 7: The belief in Witchcraft in the 1600s. Lesson 8: The significance of Matthew Hopkins. Lesson 9: Charles II - The ‘Merry Monarch’. Lesson 10: The causes, events and consequences of the Great Fire of London Lesson 11: The impact and events of the Great Plague. Lesson 12: The Age of Discovery & Scientific Revolution. Lesson 13: The Glorious Revolution - William and Mary As always, positive feedback will be warmly welcomed.
Crime & Punishment - Whitechapel  - 10 Lesson Bundle - GCSE History Edexcel
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Crime & Punishment - Whitechapel - 10 Lesson Bundle - GCSE History Edexcel

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This bundle contains all the lessons and resources you will need to teach the Historic Environment of Whitechapel (Crime & Punishment GCSE History). The bundle includes: Lesson 1: An introduction to the skills and knowledge for Whitechapel Lesson 2: Problems with housing, poverty and employment. Lesson 3: Migrant tensions in Whitechapel Lesson 4: The Whitechapel Workhouses Lesson 5: The difficulties of policing Whitechapel Lesson 6: The Jack the Ripper Murders Lesson 7: Police techniques to catch Jack the Ripper Lesson 8: Police challenges - The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, illustrated press and police force rivalry. BONUS FREE RESOURCE - Whitechapel Revision Mind Map UPDATE 2024: Please note that all images (clipart/vector/illustrations/photographs) are in the public domain and are therefore classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you believe there are any errors, please email me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue.
GCSE History Edexcel - Weimar Nazi Germany Bundle Part 4 Life in Nazi Germany
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GCSE History Edexcel - Weimar Nazi Germany Bundle Part 4 Life in Nazi Germany

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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
GCSE History Edexcel - Crime & Punishment - 1900 - Present - UNIT KEY TOPIC 4 BUNDLE
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GCSE History Edexcel - Crime & Punishment - 1900 - Present - UNIT KEY TOPIC 4 BUNDLE

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This bundle covers the lessons needed to teach the final unit about Crime and Punishment in Modern Britain Lesson 22: The changing definitions of crime after 1900. Lesson 23: The changing methods of crime after 1900. Lesson 24: The development of the modern police in Britain Lesson 25: The abolition of the death penalty Lesson 26: The case of Derek Bentley Lesson 27: The development of prisons in modern Britain Lesson 28: The treatment of Conscientious Objectors
USA Home & Abroad Unit 3 BUNDLE - Vietnam War - GCSE History Edexcel
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USA Home & Abroad Unit 3 BUNDLE - Vietnam War - GCSE History Edexcel

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This is the bundle for Unit 3 of Edexcel’s USA Home & Abroad (Paper 3 topic). It includes the following lessons: Lesson 17 - The origins of the Vietnam War Lesson 18 - Eisenhower and Increasing Involvement in Vietnam Lesson 19 - Kennedy and the Strategic Hamlet Program Lesson 20 - Johnson and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident Lesson 21 - The guerrilla tactics of the Vietcong Lesson 22 - The military tactics of the USA Lesson 23 - The Tet Offensive Lesson 24 - The Nixon Doctrine, Vietnamisation, Cambodia, Laos, Easter Offensive & Operation Linebacker Lesson 25 - Reasons for the failure of Vietnamisation All other bundles available on TES https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12850932 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12840808
USA Home & Abroad - UNIT 2 BUNDLE - Civil Rights   GCSE History Edexcel
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USA Home & Abroad - UNIT 2 BUNDLE - Civil Rights GCSE History Edexcel

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This bundle of lessons includes all of the resources you will need to teach Unit/Key Topic 2 of the Paper 3 Home & Abroad topic. This second unit has a focus on the campaign for civil rights from the 1960s to 1975. The lessons in this bundle are: Lesson 9: The Greensboro Sit in, Freedom Riders and James Meredith Lesson 10: Martin Luther King’s Civil Rights Campaign in Birmingham Lesson 11: The Freedom Summer, Mississippi Murders and Selma Lesson 12: The role of President Kennedy & Johnson with the Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965) Lesson 13: Malcom X and the Black Power movement Lesson 14: The Stokley Carmichael and the Black Panthers Lesson 15: The Watts Riots and Kerner Report Lesson 16: The Assassination of Martin Luther King and the Progress of Civil Rights by 1975. Each lesson includes two different fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification. Therefore, you will not need to use or need any other resources alongside these lessons. Please be kind enough to leave a review if you have found the lessons useful.
GCSE History Edexcel: Early Elizabethan England UNIT 3 Bundle
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GCSE History Edexcel: Early Elizabethan England UNIT 3 Bundle

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This bundle contains the following lessons intended for the teaching of Early Elizabethan England Key Topic 3: Lesson 18: Education in Early Elizabethan England. Lesson 19: Elizabethan Sports, pastimes and theatre Lesson 20: The causes of poverty in Elizabethan England. Lesson 21: Changing Attitudes & Policies towards poverty Lesson 22: The causes of the increase in exploration. Lesson 23: Francis Drake’s circumnavigation of the world. Lesson 24: Walter Raleigh’s failed colonisation of Virginia.