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 study the key events of the Pilgrimage of Grace which took place in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. They will then use this knowledge to explain why the Pilgrimage of Grace failed as well as its significance. **
The downloaded lesson includes the following:
2x A4 printout timelines
1x A4 printout worksheet – Features exam practice
1x main Power Point:
Slide 1: Title slide – The Causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace
Slide 2: Main Lesson Aims
Slide 3: As You Enter Warm Up 1: Map Activity – from a choice of markers on the map, locate which two counties are Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Challenge question also included.
Slide 4-5: Recap Activity: A 10 question recap quiz about the causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace. Answers included.
Slide 6: Starter Activity: Which side is strongest – Robert Aske’s Pilgrims or the Duke of Norfolk’s men? Statistical analysis.
Slide 7: Starter Activity 2: How should Henry VIII try and solve the problem of the Pilgrimage of Grace? Problem solving activity with four options to pick from and explain.
Slide 8: Starter Activity 3: Source Analysis – Students study an extract from the Pontefract Articles to work out the main demands of the Pilgrims.
Slide 9: Background Information: A map-based background information slide about the start of the Pilgrimage of Grace in Lincolnshire.
Slide 10: Task 1: Students use a choice of two A4 timelines to outline the main events.
Slide 11: Task 2: Explaining why the Pilgrimage of Grace failed. A table based on the weaknesses of the Pilgrims and the Strengths of Henry VIII.
Slide 12: Background Information: What was the significance of the Pilgrimage of Grace? Students can use the heading of each factor to help them explain the significance of the event.
Slide 13: Challenge Source Analysis: Students are given three sources about the Pilgrimage of Grace with questions to answer about them.
Slide 14: Practice Exam Questions
Slide 15 – 16: Learning Review 1: Match the roles to the key names of individuals who took part in the Pilgrimage of Grace.
Slide 17 – 18: Learning Review 2: Lincolnshire or Yorkshire – students to decide which county uprising the facts belong to.
Slide 19: Lesson Fact Sheet
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 consequences and the importance of the construction of the transcontinental railroad for the development of the American West as well as the impact on the Indigenous Peoples of the Plains. **
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 how the buffalo and the horse played a key role in the lifestyle and belief system of the Plains Indians.
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 examines the traditional lifestyle of the Indigenous Peoples such as their beliefs and their way of life.
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 covers the nature and extent of the Puritan challenge to Queen Elizabeth I’s Religious Settlement with a focus on the vestment and crucifix issues. It also explains why the Puritan threat was limited.
This lesson has been updated in line with the 2025 amended specification and changes to some exam questions.
The lesson pack includes:
1 x A4 Fact sheet - The nature and extent of the Puritan challenge (PDF & PPT)
1 x Recap crossword
The main powerpoint includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2-4: Religious Settlement recap crossword with answers and printable worksheet copies.
Slide 5: Starter Task - Who were the Puritans?
Slide 6: Background information about the Puritans and their beliefs
Slide 7: Starter Task 2 - Puritan like or dislike quiz with answers revealed.
Slide 8: Why the Puritans were important to Elizabeth I
Slide 9-10: Task sheets & questions plus printable resources
Slide 11: Why the Puritan threat was limited
Slide 12-14: Sample exam questions with prompts
Slide 15-16: Learning review gap fill with answers
Slide 17: Fact sheet based on the GCSE specification.
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.
**In this lesson, students will be able to explain the impact and consequences of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. They will also identify which groups benefitted from the closure of the monasteries and which groups lost out. **
This is a fully resourced lesson which includes a printable fact sheet as well as worksheets, discussion tasks, engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The downloaded lesson includes the following:
1x A4 printout worksheet of Task 1
1x A4 printout worksheet of Tasks 2 & 3
Main Power Point
1x main Power Point:
Slide 1: Title slide – The Impact of the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Slide 2: Main Lesson Aims
Slide 3: As You Enter Warm Up 1: What is happening in the illustration showing the dissolution of the monasteries?
Slide 4: As You Enter Warm Up 2: What can you learn from this photograph (the ruins of an abbey in North Yorkshire)
Slide 5-7: Recap Activity: What were the reasons for Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries. Includes a higher and lower ability version with answers given.
Slide 8-9: Starter Task: Winner or Losers? Students have to guess which groups/individuals would benefit or not from the dissolution. Answers given.
Slide 10: Starter Task 2: Source analysis from a speech made by Robert Aske about the value of the monasteries.
Slide 11: Task 1: Students use the A4 worksheet included in the resource to identify which groups benefitted and which groups lost out after the dissolution of the monasteries.
Slide 12: Task 2: Students place each group on a scale of ‘winners’ and ‘losers’. This is also available as an A4 printable sheet.
Slide 13: Task 3: Using a table provided, students outline how society was impacted by the closure of the monasteries.
Slide 14: Follow Up Challenge Questions.
Slide 15: Example exam questions.
Slide 16: Learning Review Activity
Slide 27: Lesson Fact Sheet
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.
**In this lesson, students will both recap the main roles of the monasteries in early Tudor England and then go on to explain the main reasons for the Dissolution of the Monasteries starting in 1536. **
This lesson examines the following questions:
What were the main roles and functions of the monasteries?
What part did Thomas Cromwell play in the dissolution of the monasteries?
What were the main causes of the dissolution of the monasteries?
This is a fully resourced lesson which includes a printable fact sheet as well as worksheets, discussion tasks, engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The downloaded lesson includes the following:
1x main Power Point:
Slide 1: Title slide – The Causes of the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Slide 2: Main Lesson Aims
Slide 3: As You Enter Warm Up: In what ways do modern day school inspections provide reliable and unreliable evidence about a school? This is linked to the issues of accuracy linked to Cromwell’s investigations.
Slide 4: Starter Definition: What was the Dissolution of the Monasteries?
Slide 5-6: Recap Activity: What were the main rules and functions of the monasteries? Answers revealed.
Slide 7: Starter Task: A decision making discussion.
Slide 8-11: Starter Task 2: Students introduced to how Cromwell investigated the monasteries and analyse various sources linked to his findings about the poor behaviour of monks and nuns. They then analyse why the findings were inaccurate.
Slide 12: Background Information: A basic timeline of the dissolution of the monasteries.
Slide 13: Background Information: Monasteries today.
Slide 14-15: Task 1: Students use the A4 worksheet provided make notes about the process of the dissolution and the causes of it.
Slide 16: Task 2: Students write a speech or letter to parliament arguing why the monasteries need to be closed down.
Slide 17: Follow Up Challenge Questions.
Slide 18: Example exam questions.
Slide 19-20: Learning Review – 10 question quiz with answers
Slide 21: Lesson Fact Sheet
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 looks at the causes, events and consequences of the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890.
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 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 questions how far society and the economy changed after 1066. It will also challenge the students to think about short and long term changes as well as positive and negative changes. **
The lesson includes:
Clear learning aim with learning outcomes linked to GCSE grades, a recap from previous learning, an engaging starter task, background information, a pit-stop plenary, a choice of tasks for all levels and learning styles, clearly written instructions in the notes section of each slide, exam practice questions, extension questions, a plenary, differentiation for higher ability students and two fact sheets which can be used on its own or alongside other resources you may have.
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 start their study of the dissolution of the monasteries by examining the significant roles and functions of the monasteries in early Tudor England and Wales. **
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This lesson examines the following questions:
What were monasteries?
What roles did the monasteries play in local community life?
Why were monasteries significant institutions in early Tudor England and Wales?
This is a fully resourced lesson which includes a printable fact sheet as well as worksheets, discussion tasks, engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The downloaded lesson includes the following:
1x A4 worksheet about the various roles of the monasteries
1x main Power Point:
Slide 1: Title slide – The Role of the Monasteries
Slide 2: Main Lesson Aims
Slide 3-4: As You Enter Warm Up: Analysis of an illustration of a monastery followed by two other manuscript illustrations of the role of monasteries.
Slide 5-6: Recap Activity: Henry VIII’s religious reforms so far (answers included)
Slide 7: Starter Task: Analysis of a map of monasteries in England and Wales by 1500.
Slide 8-9: Starter Task 2: Use the images to identify the main roles of monasteries (answers given)
Slide 10: Background Information: Information about the land ownership, power and wealth of the monasteries.
Slide 11: Task 1: Students use the A4 worksheet provided to organise the main roles of the monasteries into ‘social’, ‘economic’, ‘religious’ or ‘political’.
Slide 12: Task 2: A creating writing task – students write a letter to Henry about the importance of the monasteries.
Slide 13: Follow Up Challenge Questions.
Slide 14: Example exam questions.
Slide 15-16: Learning Review – Match up the specific statistics to the fact.
Slide 17: Learning Review 2 – Memory Game
Slide 18: Lesson Fact Sheet
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 lessons is the case study for Unit 1 and looks at the Viking city of York. Students focus on why Viking migrants settled in York, how the Vikings used York for trade, the relationship the Vikings had with the Church in York as well as the decline in Viking control.
As always, this lesson contains all the materials, information and resources you will need to teach the lesson and therefore there is no need for any text books.
Slide 1: Title slide - The Viking settlement of York
Slide 2: GCSE Graded lesson outcomes
Slide 3: A recap of Viking migration so far - filling in the missing terms
Slide 4: Answers reveled to the recap activity
Slide 5: A student copy of the recap task (suitable for photocopying)
Slide 6: The location of York
Slide 7: The location of York
Slide 8: Evidence about the Vikings in York - What can coins tell us?
Slide 9: Evidence about the Vikings in York - Source material analysis
Slide 10: Student worksheet to be used alongside the fact sheet for the lesson
Slide 11: What was the overall impact of the Vikings in England?
Slide 12: 12 mark example exam questions based on York and the Viking migration
Slide 13-14: Match up the Viking key term to the meaning
Slide 15: Lesson Fact sheets
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 impact and contributions made by migrants in Medieval England. Students at first learn about the many different contributions which were made before analysing and evaluating their impact.
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This lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title Slide - To examine the Impact of Migrants on Medieval England
Slide 2: GCSE Graded outcomes for the lesson
Slide 3: Previous Lesson Recap - Who am I?
Slide 4: Previous Lesson Recap - Answers
Slide 5: Outline of the lesson looking at the term ‘impact’
Slide 6: Starter Activity
Slide 7: Two Options for a main learning task
Slide 8: Follow Up Evaluation questions
Slide 9: Example 4 mark exam questions
Slide 10: Example 12 and 16 mark exam questions
Slide 11: Learning Review Crossword
Slide 12: Learning Review Crossword answers
Slide 13: Printable crosswords
Slide 14: 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 looks at the different experiences of the migrant groups in England during the Medieval period. For example, students study how successfully each migrant group settled into England as well as explain this success/failure. **
Groups which will be focussed on in this lesson are: The Vikings, the Normans, The Jews, the Lombardy families and the migrants from the Low Countries.
Slide 1: Title Slide - To examine the experiences and succes of the migrant groups in Medieval England
Slide 2: GCSE graded outcomes for the lesson
Slide 3: Recap Task 1 - Where did migrant groups come from in the Medieval period?
Slide 4: Why did migrant groups come to England during the Medieval period?
Slide 5: Stater Activity - A series of 4 open ended questions about the issue of migration.
Slide 6: Background information about the experiences of the Viking migrants.
Slide 7: Background information about the experiences of the Norman migrants
Slide 8: Background information about the experiences of Jewish migrants
Slide 9: Background information about the experiences of the families from Lombardy
Slide 10: Background information about the experiences of migrants from the Low Countries
Slide 11: Printable worksheet for students to complete with their fact sheet
Slide 12: Activity table to help students examine and then analyse the success of each migrant group
Slide 13: Example 4 mark exam questions
Slide 14: Example 12 and 16 mark exam questions
Slide 15: Challenge/Debate Questions
Slide 16: Key Term Quiz
Slide 17: Key Term Quiz answers
Slide 18-19 - Lesson Fact Sheets
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.