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 lesson specifically examines the factors which led to the failure of President Nixon’s policy of Vietnamisation. Students study the various factors to then help them answer a 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question. This lesson also includes an end of Unit 3 Blockbusters style quiz.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2-3: Recap Activity - President Nixon Vietnamisation Bingo Game with instructions and teacher question sheet
Slide 4: Starter Task 1: Statistic Inference
Slide 5: Source Inference type question about the policy of Vietnamisation
Slide 6-7: Practice exam question - Explain why President Nixon’s policy of Vietnamisation failed in the years 1969-1975.
Slide 8: Class discussion slide
Slide 9-10: Printable tables and instructions for the students to learn the various factors that led to the failure
Slide 11: Practice Exam Question - Interpretation Difference
Slide 12: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 13-14: Lesson Recap Quiz with answers revealed
Slide 15-16: Unit 3 recap Blockbusters style activity
Slide 17-18: Lesson Fact Sheets based on the Edexcel specification
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. A number of clipart images have also been purchased for commercial use from ‘Artsy Bee Kids’. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines President Nixon’s policy of Vietnamisation and allows students to evaluate how successful the policy was. This also includes an examination of the attacks on Laos, Combodia, the Easter Offensive and Operation Linebacker.
The lesson itself includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Tet Offensive Recap - Odd One Out with answers and explanations included
Slide 5: Starter Task: What can students infer from statistics about the Vietnam War?
Slide 6: Starter Task 2: Source Inference
Slide 7: Background information about the Nixon Doctrine and Vietnamisation
Slide 8: Background information about the attacks on Laos and Cambodia
Slide 9: Background information about the Easter Offensive
Slide 10: Background information about Operation Linebacker
Slide 11-12 Exam Skill: Interpretation Difference with printable student answer sheet
Slide 13-14: Exam Skill: Explain why US involvement in Vietnam changed under Nixon
Slide 15: Lesson worksheet and timeline task
Slide 16: How far was Vietnamisation a success task
Slide 17: Follow Up Challange Questions
Slide 18: Lesson Recap activity
Slide 19-20: Lesson fact sheets based on GCSE specification
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. A number of clipart images have also been purchased for commercial use from ‘Artsy Bee Kids’. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines the main events of the Tet Offensive in 1968 and also includes the whole range of source and interpretation practice exam questions for this paper.
The lesson itself includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3: Previous Learning Recap - Source Inference about Operation Rolling Thunder
Slide 4-5: Previous Learning Recap Quiz about US tactics in Vietnam with answers revealed
Slide 6-7: Background information about the Tet Offensive and how it was a shock to the US military.
Slide 8: Printable lesson worksheet with a wide range of factual and interpretation based questions
Slide 9-11: Practice Exam Question - ‘How useful’ with print out question sheets
Slide 12-16: Practice Exam Questions - ‘Interpretation’ style questions with hints and student answer sheets
Slide 17-19: Photographs showing events of the Tet Offensive with written descriptions
Slide 20: Learning Review table - the successes and failures for both sides of the Tet Offensive
Slide 21-22: Learning Review Quiz with answers revealed
Slide 23-24: Lesson Fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. A number of clipart images have also been purchased for commercial use from ‘Artsy Bee Kids’. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines the various tactics used by the US military in Vietnam including: Operation Rolling Thunder, Operation Ranch Hand, Search & Destroy and the use of ground troops.
The lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Picturegram Recap of Vietcong tactics with answers revealed
Slide 5: An overview of the problems of US tactics in Vietnam
Slide 6: An overview of Operation Rolling Thunder
Slide 7: An overview of Sending in Ground Troops
Slide 8: An overview of Search & Destroy missions
Slide 9-10: An overview of the use of Chemical Weapons and Operation Ranch Hand
Slide 11: Table type activity for students to evaluate the success/effectiveness of each tactic.
Slide 12: Lesson Worksheet (including source based questions)
Slide 13-16: Practice Exam Question: Interpretation difference with student friendly answer sheets
Slide 17: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 18-20: Learning Review: Key Term Match Up (with printable student version)
Slide 21-25: Lesson fact sheets based on the Edexcel GCSE specification
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. A number of clipart images have also been purchased for commercial use from ‘Artsy Bee Kids’. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines the guerrilla warfare tactics used by the Vietcong and asks students to explain why these tactics were so effective against the USA and ARVN forces in Vietnam. Source based exam questions are given throughout.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3:Source inference recap of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Slide 4: Sources based starter task - What can students infer from 2 sources about the use of guerrilla warfare tactics by the Vietcong?
Slide 5: Discussion question about the definition of ‘Guerrilla Warfare’.
Slide 6: Background information about why guerrilla warfare tactics were so effective against the USA
Slide 7-8: Table fill activity for students to describe the various tactics and then explain why they were so effective. Print out included
Slide 9: Follow-up challenge questions
Slide 10-12: Practice Exam Question - ‘How useful’ with model answer and suggested structure sheet included.
Slide 13: Charades based Learning Review 1
Slide 14-15: Learning Review 2 - True or False?
Slides 16-17: Lesson fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification.
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. A number of clipart images have also been purchased for commercial use from ‘Artsy Bee Kids’. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines how President Johnson used the events of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964) to increase America’s involvement in Vietnam after 1965.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-5:Previous Lesson Gap Fill - with answers revealed and a student printout version
Slide 6: Source Inference Starter Task about the increasing threat of the Vietcong by 1964
Slide 7: Discussion activity about the various reasons why the Vietcong were an increasing threat by 1964.
Slide 8: Overview and discussion task about Johnson’s aims in Vietnam in 1964
Slide 9-10: Background information about the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and the passing of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Slide 11: Instructions and challenge question for the timeline task
Slide 12: A printable version of the timeine for students to complete using their fact sheet
Slide 13: The significance of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Slide 14: Learning Review Quiz
Slide 15-16: Lesson fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. A number of clipart images have also been purchased for commercial use from ‘Artsy Bee Kids’. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines the policies of President Kennedy such as the Strategic Hamlet Program, and how his actions increased the USA’s involvement in Vietnam between 1961-1963.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Previous Learning Picture Clue Quiz with answers revealed
Slide 5: Previous Learning fill in the missing terms recap with answers revealed
Slide 6: Starter Discussion Activity
Slide 7-8: Background information about the events in Vietnam including the reasons for the increasing Vietcong threat
Slide 9: Learning task instructions
Slide 10: Printable student copy of the table needed for the main task
Slide 11: Another version of the student worksheet
Slide 12: Source showing a Vietcong poster against the USA’s actions in South Vietnam
Slide 13-14: Further background information about Diem’s religious persecution of Buddhists and the assassinations
Slide 15: Practice Exam Skill - Source Inference
Slide 16-17: Practice Exam Skill - Interpretation difference with student printout if required
Slide 18: Challenge Questions
Slide 19-20: Learning Review crossword with answers revealed
Slide 21-22: Lesson fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. A number of clipart images have also been purchased for commercial use from ‘Artsy Bee Kids’. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson helps students explain why Eisenhower and the USA had a greater involvement in Vietnam from 1954 to 1960. As a part of this, students are introduced to the ideas of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and growth of the Vietcong in South Vietnam.
Included in the lesson:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Previous Lesson Recap - A timeline task where students have to place key events in the correct chronological order.
Slide 5-10: Animated and engaging background information about the US involvement in Vietnam including the explanation of the ‘Domino Theory’ , ‘Containment’ and ‘Limited War’.
Slide 11: Optional Creative Poster Task instructions
Slide 12: Question slide
Slide 13: Printable question sheet
Slide 14-15: Example 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question
Slide 16: Example Inference exam question
Slide 17-18: Lesson Review with answers included
Slide 19-20: Two lesson fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. A number of clipart images have also been purchased for commercial use from ‘Artsy Bee Kids’. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This is the first lesson in this topic to cover the USA’s involvement in Vietnam. The lesson covers the background to the Vietnam War with a focus on the French withdrawal from Vietnam after the Battle of Bien Diem Phu and the 1954 Geneva Agreement/Accords.
The lesson includes the following slides:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3: A basic map activity introducing students to the location of Vietnam
Slide 4: A further background information slide about the location of Vietnam
Slide 5 - 10: Animated background information about the events which led to the involvement of the US in Vietnam with student friendly discussion questions included.
Slide 11-13: An outline and all the resources needed to complete a timeline activity covering the main events until 1960. Timeline print outs included.
Slide 14-15: An optional practice exam question based on the 12 mark question ‘Explain why…’
Slide 16: Follow Up questions for further challenge
Slide 17-18: Key term match up activity with answers revealed.
Slide 19-20: Two lesson fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification.
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. A number of clipart images have also been purchased for commercial use from ‘Artsy Bee Kids’. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
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.
This lesson concludes this part of the topic which covers ‘Conflict at Home’ and Civil Rights. The lesson examines the impact of the assassination of Martin Luther King and uses this to help evaluate how much progress the civil rights movement had made by 1975.
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3: Comparison of two differing historical interpretations about the progress of civil rights
Slide 4: Comparison of two different historical interpretations in an exam style format - printable version for students
Slide 5-6: Introduction to the 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question with analysis of the question itself an suggested structure
Slide 7-8: A timeline of the key events from 1964-75 - students need to use this to help them think about the reasons why there was progress or limited progress in civil rights.
Slide 9: A table for students to fill in their ideas about progress/little progress
Slide 10-12: A differentiated version of the above tasks whereby students organise various statements about civil rights into ‘progress’ or ‘limited progress’. Printable sheets and answers supplied
Slide 13: Overall evaluation questions
Slide 14-15: A fully animated and interactive ‘blockbusters’ game to help students recap some of the main events/people/terms from unit 2. Teacher question sheet and answers provided.
Slide 16-17: Fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines the causes and events of the Watts Riots and the significance of the Kerner Report. It also evaluates the success/failures of King’s Campaign in the North.
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-5: Black Panther Recap - Word fill with answers and a printable version for students
Slide 6: Source starter task
Slide 7-12: Engaging background information about the three events including further source analysis and photographic evidence
Slide 13: Learning activity - students have to sort the statements about King’s Campaign in the North into ‘successes’ or ‘failures’. This includes an additional source task based on the same idea.
Slide 14: Follow Up Challenge Questions
Slide 15-16: Learning Review Quiz with answers revealed
Slide 18-19: Lesson fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines the creation, significance and strengths and weaknesses of the Black Panther Movement. This includes the role of Stokely Carmichael and the events at the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson key questions
Slide 3-4: Malcom X recap quiz with answers revealed
Slide 5-7: Animated and engaging background information about the development of the Black Panthers
Slide 8: Source analysis of the Black Panther Ten Point Programme
Slide 9: An overview of the aims and methods of the Black Panthers
Slide 10: An overview of the events at the Mexico Olympic Games
Slide 11-14: Practice Exam Question ‘How useful’ which includes a model answer, suggested structure and student answer sheets
Slide 15-18: Practice Exam Questions - ‘Interpretation Difference’ with printable resources and suggested structure
Slide 19: Practice Exam Question ‘How far do you agree with Interpretation 2’.
Slide 20: Lesson sorting activity and follow up questions
Slide 21: Black Panther creative task outline
Slide 22-23: Learning Review quiz with answers
Slide 24-25: Lesson fact sheets based on GCSE specification
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines the changing beliefs of Malcom X and how he influenced the Black Power Movement in the 1960s.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Previous learning about the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act True or False Quiz with answers
Slide 5: Photographic source inference starter
Slide 6-7: Malcom X source enquiry activity including a printable sheet of 6 sources based on his autobiography
Slide 8: An optional creative writing task
Slide 9: Printable student worksheet (students to write their answers on the sheet)
Slide 10: Practice Exam Question (inference)
Slide 11: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 12: Learning Review - Key Term Association
Slide 13-14: Lesson fact sheets based on Edexcel specification
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
**This lesson has a focus on the role of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and the Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965). There is a strong emphasis this lesson on exam skills with practice questions for Section B of the exam paper. **
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Image recap activity
Slide 5: An overview of the three main presidents and their involvement in civil rights
Slide 6: An background information slide about the roles of Kennedy and Johnson with helping the progress of the civil rights movement
Slide 7: Main student activity sheet
Slide 8-10: Student overview of the ‘How useful’ question with two practice sources and printable answer sheets for students.
Slides 11-14: An overview, structure guide and printable answer sheets for the two interpretation questions
Slide 15: A student structure guide to the final question 3d
Slide 16: Learning Review quiz
Slide 17-18: Two fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
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 20-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 3 Period Study exam for Weimar and Nazi Germany 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 Weimar and Nazi Germany question types
Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘What can you infer’ source-based question type.
Slide 6-8: An outline of the ‘Explain why’ question type.
Slide 9-11: An outline of the ‘How useful’ source-based question type.
Slide 12-16: An outline of the two 4-mark interpretation questions.
Slide 17-19: An outline of the final 20 mark ‘How far do you agree with the interpretation’ question.
Slide 20: 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
This lesson examines the key events of the Freedom Summer (1964) , the Mississippi Murders (1964) and the march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Students analyse how these key events caused publicity as well as the continued opposition towards black voter registration from groups such as the KKK and WCC.
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-7: Recap Activities covering Campaign C and the March to Washington with printable student version and answers
Slide 8 : Starter Task Discussion about the importance of black Americans gaining the vote.
Slide 9-10: Background information and tasks covering the Freedom Summer and Freedom Schools
Slide 11: Background information about the Mississippi Murders
Slide 12-15: Background information about voting rights in Selma and the march to Montgomery
Slide 16: Discussion and task covering the various pressures placed on President Johnson for further civil rights laws.
Slide 17: Student worksheet/question sheet about the events covered in the lesson.
Slide 18: Source analysis question sheet (includes two sources)
Slide 19-20: Learning Review Statistic Match Up
Slide 21-22: Fact Sheets created in line with the Edexcel specification.
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines two key civil rights events during 1963 - King’s Campaign C in Birmingham, Alabama and the following March on Washington DC. Students examine the events as well as think about the significance of them for the progress of civil rights in America.
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Previous lesson recap quiz with answers revealed
Slide 5: Martin Luther King Source Starter Task
Slide 6-7: Picture Quiz - Identify which civil rights events caused publicity in America?
Slide 8: Brief background information about Campaign C and a map showing the location of Birmingham in the Deep South
Slide 9: Instruction sheet for the timeline exercise
Slide 10: Printable student worksheet for students to organise the events into the correct chronological order
Slide 11-12: Two different style timelines
Slide 13: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 14-15: Photographic evidence of the March on Washington
Slide 16: Inference practice question
Slide 17: ‘I have a Dream’ source analysis
Slide 18: Learning Review activity
Slide 19-20: Fact sheets based on Edexcel specification
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This lesson examines the Greensboro Sit-in (1960), the Freedom Riders (1961) and the case of James Meredith at the University of Mississippi (1963). The main aim of the lesson is for students to understand the events as well as explain their significance to the progress of civil rights in the 1960s.
I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.
The lesson structure is:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-5: Recap of Key Terms used in Unit 1 with answers and student friendly printable sheets
Slide 6: Source Starter Task: A photograph of the Anniston Bus Bombing of 1961 with discussion questions
Slide 7: A map of where the main events happened.
Slide 8: Brief background outline of the Greensboro Sit in
Slide 9-10: Brief background information about the Freedom Riders
Slide 11-13: Brief background information about the case of James Meredith
Slide 14: Example ‘How useful’ question and source
Slide 15: Student printout page for the ‘How useful’ question
Slide 16: Example/Modek answer for the ‘How useful’ question
Slide 17: Student Task - A table for students to fill in about the three events
Slide 18: Student Task 2 - A worksheet for students to use alongside their fact sheet
Slide 19: Follow Up/Challenge Task using two sources about the James Meredith case
Slide 20-21: Learning Review - Students need to decide which event each statement belongs to
Slide 22-23: Lesson fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification
Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.
This 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