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 examines the reasons why there was opposition to the civil rights movement in the 1950s and with this includes a study of the murder of Emmett Till. **
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 presentation includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-5: Unit Recap of the main civil rights groups with answers and printable resources
Slide 6: A higher ability starter task which recaps the main civil rights groups
Slide 7: A Source Inference practice question
Slide 8: A ‘How useful’ practice question with help to structure and answer the question
Slide 9: Model answer to the ‘How useful’ question.
Slide 10: Printable student answer sheet for the ‘How useful’ question
Slide 11: Think & Discuss question
Slide 12-14: Animated background information about the murder of Emmett Till and growth of opposition to civil rights
Slide 15: Printable student worksheet (including source based questions about Emmett Till)
Slide 16: Printable table for students to make notes about the reasons for opposition and evaluate their role
Slide 17-18: Practice 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question with advice about structure and how to answer the question
Slide 19: Challenge question
Slide 20-21: Unit 1 recap quiz of the key individuals and name included in unit 1.
Slides 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 lesson examines how the success of the Montgomery bus boycott led to the 1957 Civil Rights Act as well as the formation of the Southern Christian Leadership Council. Students assess the impact of the Civil Rights Act and also have an opportunity to contrast two different interpretations.
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 presentation includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3: Recap activity timeline of key events
Slide 4: Recap activity answers
Slide 5-6: Exam Skill Practice - Two different interpretations about the impact of the bus boycott. Student printout version included.
Slides 7-11: Engaging and animated background knowledge about the SCLC and Civil Rights Act with discussion questions included.
Slide 12: Worksheet based question sheet
Slide 13-14: Learning Review Activity
Slide 15-16: Two fact sheets including all the information needed for the lesson based on GCSE 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 specifically examines the main reasons why the Montgomery Bus Boycott was successful in achieving its aim of desegregating buses in 1956. As well as other activities, students will then have an opportunity to answer a 12 mark practice exam question on this topic.
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 presentation includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Key Term Match Up Recap and answers
Slides 5-7: Previous Learning about the Bus Boycott Chronology Activity with printable sheet and answers
Slide 8: Source Starter Task Analysis
Slide 9: Source Starter Task Analysis Student Print Out
Slide 10: Background information about the success of the case
Slide 11: Class discuss and source about why the boycott was successful
Slide 12: Basic comprehension style worksheet about the court case
Slides 13-16: An overview of the 12 mark question and how to structure (includes a model answer PEE paragraph)
Slide 17: A printable table for students to organise their notes about the reasons
Slide 18: Challenge Follow Up Questions
Slides 19-20: True or False Learning Review
Slides 21-22: Fact Sheets for the 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 causes and main events/features of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955-56. Students have an opportunity to analyse the main causes as well as look at the details of the groups and individuals involved.
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.
Included in the lesson:
Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Previous Learning about Brown vs Topeka & Little Rock quiz with answers revealed
Slide 5: Student discussion and outline diagram of all of the methods used to oppose segregation so far covered in the course
Slide 6: Source Inference Starter Task about Martin Luther King
Slide 7: Source Inference Starter Task about Martin Luther King in an exam question format
Slide 8-11: Animated and engaging background information about the bus boycott
Slide 12: Student discussion questions about the impact of the boycott
Slide 13: An outline and instructions to the learning task
Slide 14: A print out version of the main learning task
Slide 15: Follow Up Challenge Questions and further source analysis
Slide 16-17: Learning Review Crossword with answers revealed
Slides 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 follows on from the Brown vs Topeka Case (1954) and examines the events at the Little Rock High School (1957) and the Little Rock Nine. It then allows students to analyse the outcome of desegregation in US schools and school boards’ attempts to prevent integration.
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: Key Questions for the lesson
Slide 3-4: Previous lesson recap gap fill with answers included
Slide 5: Gap fill student print out
Slides 6-12: Fully animated and engaging backgound information about the events at Little Rock
Slide 13: Discussion ‘Why was there opposition to desegregation?’
Slide 14: Storyboard style print out about the events for lower ability students
Slide 15: Printable worksheet (all answers can be found on the fact sheets)
Slide 16: Think & Discuss Question
Slide 17: Learning Review Pyramid
Slide 18: Practice Exam Question - Interpretation difference
Slides 19-20: Fact Sheets
Please note that ALL images included in the lesson are copyright free and can be found in the public domain unless I have attributed them in the notes section of each slide. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me in person in the first instance to resolve any issues.
This lesson covers the topic of the Brown vs. Topeka case (1954) and its significance to the progress in civil rights in the USA. It covers what the Brown vs. Topeka Case was as well as its short term and long term impact in the USA.
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 & answers
Slide 5: Source Starter Activity
Slides 6-8: Engaging background information about the case
Slide 9: Printable worksheet
Slide 10-11: Exam Skill Activity - What is the difference between the interpretations?
Slide 12-13: Exam Skill Activity - Why are the interpretations different?
Slide 14-16: Exam Skill Activity - How useful are Sources B and C
Slide 17-18: Learning Review Quiz
Slide 19-20: Fact Sheets
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 role of civil rights organisations such as CORE, NCAAP, RCNL, the Church and to a lesser extent the role of universities. It looks at their main aims, their methods as well as the attitude that white Americans had towards them.
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 is as follows:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3: Last lesson recap activity
Slide 4: Source based last lesson recap - inference question
Slide 5-10: Background information about the civil rights organisations
Slide 11-12: Task One Table fill explanation and resources
Slide 13: Learning Task Two questions
Slide 14: Creative Challenge Task (To produce a CORE leaflet)
Slide 15: Source Inference Practice
Slide 16-17: Key Term Match Up Activity
Slide 18: Lesson Fact Sheet
Slide 19: Differentiated Lesson Fact Sheet
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 is the first lesson of Edexcel’s Paper 3 Modern Depth Study topic The USA, 1954-1975: Conflict at Home & Abroad.
The lesson provides a useful outline for students of the issues of racism, discrimination and segregation in the USA, in particular in the South. You will have no need for any text books as all resources and information (in the form of a fact sheet) are provided in the lesson.
Slide 1: Title slide - Discrimination and Segregation in the South in 1950s USA
Slide 2: Key Question included in the lesson
Slide 3: Essential key term match up & discussion activity
Slide 4: Sources Inference starter task
Slide 5: A clear map of America showing the areas known as the South and Deep South
Slide 6: A blank, printable map of America for students to shade and identify key states
Slide 7-9: Background information about discrimination and segregation in the USA during the 1950s.
Slide 10: ‘Pause, think & discuss’ questions
Slides 11-13: Usefulness and Inference practice sources and questions linked to the exam skills
Slide 14: Student Question/Worksheet for the lesson
Slide 15: An alternative creative task
Slides 16-17: Learning Review activity with answers revealed
Slide 18: Lesson Fact Sheet
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.
These resources have been designed to be used to help students revise all of the main topics included in The USA, 1954-75: Conflict at Home and Abroad. Each resources is an A4 Power Point and where appropriate, the answers are given in the ‘notes’ section of each slide.
This pack includes:
1: Civil Rights and Race Relations Timeline Fill Activity
2: Vietnam War Timeline Fill Activity
3: Civil Rights Key Individuals Match Up Task
4: Vietnam War Key Individuals Match Up Task
5: Civil Rights Groups Match Up Activity
6: Vietnam War Groups Match Up Activity
7: Civil Rights Key Events Summery Sheet
8: Vietnam War Key Events Summery Sheet
9: Vietcong Tactics Knowledge Organiser
10: Civil Rights Key Term Glossary Fill (x2 sheets)
11: Vietnam War Key Term Glossary Fill (x2 sheets)
12: Statistics Quiz
13: Exam Practice ‘Explain why’ task
14: Event Organiser Sheet (more suitable for lower ability)
15: The role of US President in Civil Rights and Vietnam
16: Civil Rights Knowledge Checker (taken directly from the specification)
17: Vietnam War Knowledge Checker (taken directly from the specification)
Please note that all images (clipart/icons/photos) used in these resources are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise stated in the notes.
This useful timeline clearly displays all of the main events covered in the Edexcel Paper 3 topic The USA, 1954-1975: Conflict at home and abroad. The resource can be used as a revision tool, book insert or high quality display for your classroom.
Once purchased you will receive:
1 x full colour timeline (Power Point)
1 x black and white timeline which can be then adapted or coloured by students
1 x PDF version of the above
I would really appreciate a review of the resource if you feel it has been useful. I will also soon be begin publishing lessons and bundles for this topic (April 2023).
This resource pack will help your students revise for the Historic Environment of Notting Hill section of the Paper 1 topic Migrants in Britain. There are 10 different activity sheets ready for students to use. Answers, where appropriate, have been given in the notes section of each slide.
The activity sheets are as follows:
Activity 1: Notting Hill Key Individuals Match Up
Activity 2: General Notting Hill Glossary Fill
Activity 3: Migrants in Notting Hill Glossary Fill
Activity 4: Notting Hill Types of Evidence Activity (useful for the follow up & usefulness question)
Activity 5: ‘Follow Up’ Question Practice
Activity 6: Statistics Multiple Choice Quiz
Activity 7: ‘Two Features’ Practice Questions
Activity 8: Notting Hill Fact Question Sheet
Activity 9: The Big Notting Hill Quiz Sheet
Activity 10: Topic Mini Mind Maps
Activity 11: Notting Hill Crossword
I also have a revision resource pack available for the Thematic Study of Migrants in Britain which can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12829683
This pack of resources will help your students revise for their Edexcel GCSE History Paper 1 topic ‘Migrants in Britain’. The each resource comes ready to print on A4 paper and where appropriate answers are given in the ‘notes’ section of each slide or on a duplicate slide.
The resources are as follows:
Activity 1: A blank but structured timline with an optional set of key dates for students to write on their timeline.
Activity 2: A timeline key dates fill
Activity 3: Migrants in Britain key monarchs/leaders match up
Activity 4: Influential migrants in Britain match up
Activity 5: ‘Which migrant group are we?’ activity
Activity 6: Migrant Contributions Table fill
Activity 7: Reasons for Migration (push & pull factors) diagram fill
Activity 8: Migrants in Britain Glossary Fill (Medieval & Early Modern)
Activity 9: Migrants in Britain Glossary Fill (18th & 19th century and Modern)
Activity 10: Migration in Britain Laws & Policies Match Up Table
Activity 11: Similarity & Difference Exam Question Practice
Activity 12: ‘Use your brain to explain’ - 12 mark explanation practice
Activity 13: ‘Which era?’ Table fill - students match each migrant group to the correct era they arrived.
Activity 14: Migrant Group overall experiences, reasons and impact table
Activity 15: First and Second World War Quiz Sheet
I also have a revision resource pack available for the Notting Hill Historic Environment part of this exam which can be found at:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12831488
This useful timeline clearly displays all of the main events covered in the Paper 1 Thematic Study of Migrants in Britain. The resource can be used as a revision tool, book insert or high quality display for your classroom.
Once purchased you will have:
1 x full colour timeline (Power Point)
1 x black and white timeline which can be used by students to colour/create their own key of the main events)
1 x PDF version of the above
I would really appreciate a review of the resource if you feel it has been useful.
This resource pack includes a wide range of revision activities on A4 which can be used by students in the classroom or at home.
The revision pack includes the following activities:
Activity 1: A blank timeline covering all of the main eras in the study which students can add key dates to.
Activity 2: Anglo-Saxon key individuals match up activity
Activity 3: ‘Who are we?’ - Students guess the group by their description.
Activity 4: Anglo-Saxon & Norman Key Event Research Sheet
Activity 5: William I’s Actions Diagram Fill
Activity 6: Anglo-Saxon England Glossary Fill
Activity 7: Norman England Glossary Fill (x2 sheets)
Activity 8: Statistics Multiple Choice Quiz
Activity 9: ‘Use your brain to explain’ activity to help prepare for 12 and 16 mark questions.
Activity 10: Two Features Practice Questions
Activity 11: ‘What’s the Question’ Activity
Activity 12: Battle of Hastings Crossword
Activity 13: Anglo-Saxon Quiz Sheet
Activity 14: 1066 Quiz Sheet
Activity 15: William I’s Control of England Quiz Sheet
Activity 16: Norman England Quiz Sheet
Where possible, answers have been provided either in the notes section of each slide.
Further Anglo-Saxon and Norman England revision resources can be found at:
Anglo-Saxon & Norman Timeline:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12825103
Anglo-Saxon & Norman Fact Sheets:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12225783
Please note that all images (clipart/vector/illustrations/photographs) are in the public domain and are therefore classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you believe there are any errors, please email me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue.
This useful timeline clearly displays all of the main events covered in the topic Anglo-Saxon and Norman England. The resource can be used as a revision tool, book insert or high quality display for your classroom.
Once purchased you will have:
1 x full colour timeline (Power Point)
1 x black and white timeline which can be used by students to colour/create their own key of the main events)
1 x PDF version of the above
I would really appreciate a review of the resource if you feel it has been useful.
UPDATED & READY FOR THE 2025 exams! This resource takes into account the latest amendments to Edexcel GCSE History question paper formatting, timing and question types.
This 15-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 2 British Depth Study exam for Anglo-Saxon & Norman England and provides them with:
Example questions
Question walkthroughs
Advice about exam technique
Mark scheme reminders
Model answers
All past exam questions (2016-2023)
Slide 1: Introduction title slide
Slide 2: An overview of the Anglo-Saxon & Norman England question types
Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘Describe one feature of [2 x 2]’ question type.
Slide 6-8: An outline of the ‘Explain why [12]’ question type
Slide 9-11: An outline of the ‘How far do you agree [16]’ question type.
Slide 12-15: All past paper questions from 2016 Samples to 2023.
Buyers of this resource have often used it as part of a walkthrough for their students before the exam, as an introduction to the topic or as a way to remind students of the exam techniques as they practice their skills.
Please be aware that any images used in this resource are copyright free. Others which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you feel any errors have been made with this, please email me in the first instance at raschoolresources@gmail.com
**This resource pack includes a wide range of revision activities on A4 which can be used by students in the classroom or at home. **
The revision pack includes the following activities:
Activity 1: A blank timeline covering all of the main eras in the study which students can add key dates to
Activity 2: Medicine key individuals match up activity
Activity 3: Key Individual significance sheet
Activity 4: Cause, treatment or Prevention sort task
Activity 5: Medieval Glossary fill in sheets (x2)
Activity 6: Early Modern Glossary fill in sheet
Activity 7: 18th and 19th century Glossary fill in sheets (x2)
Activity 8: Modern Medicine Glossary fill in sheets (x2)
Activity 9: Statistics multiple choice quiz
Activity 10: Similarity and Different practice sheet
Activity 11: What’s the Question Activity
Activity 12: ‘Use your brain to explain’ 12 mark practice sheet
Activity 13: Chronology of key developments activity
Activity 14: Medieval Medicine Quiz
Activity 15: Early Modern Medicine Quiz
Activity 16: Industrial Britain Medicine Quiz
Activity 17: Modern Britain Medicine Quiz
Activity 18: When did the development happen tick sheet
It has been specifically designed for GCSE History Edexcel but can equally be used for OCR and AQA
Where possible, answers have been provided either in the notes section of each slide or on a duplicated sheet.
This single page resource is a really useful timeline of all the key events covered in the Paper 1 Thematic study Medicine in Britain. The timeline can be adapted to use as a high resolution display, book insert or revision tool and is clearly presented to fit most students’ needs.
You will receive:
1x full colour timeline poster
1x black and white timeline suitable for photocopy
1 x PDF file of the above
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.
Please be kind enough to leave a review if you find this resource useful.
**This pack of revision resources has been specifically designed to help students revise for the Historic Environment of the British Sector of the Western Front. This is the first section in the Paper 1 Medicine in Britain Thematic Study. **
The pack of resources are all on A4 power point and include the following:
Activity 1: A timeline of the main events activity
Activity 2: Medical progress before the war match up and worksheet
Activity 3: Western Front Medical Pioneers March up with challenge tasks
Activity 4: Western Front Environment Glossary Fill
Activity 5: Western Front Medicine Glossary Fill
Activity 6: Statistic Quiz (Multiple Choice)
Activity 7: Western Front Sources Activity - allowing students to become familiar with the types of sources which can be used or analysed
Activity 8: The ‘Follow Up’ activity - students use the previous sheet to decide which sources they would use to help them answer a series of questions.
Activity 9: ‘Two Features’ practice
Activity 10: Western Front Facts Activity
Activity 11: The Big Western Fron Quiz (2 pages for back to back printing)
Activity 12: Mind Map sheet
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 13-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 2 Period Study exam for Superpower Relations and the Cold War 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 Superpower & the Cold War question types
Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘Explain one consequence’ question type.
Slide 6-7: An outline of the ‘Narrative account’ question type.
Slide 8-9: An outline of the ‘Importance’ question type.
Slide 10: General tips for the Period Study exam
Slide 11-13: 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