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 role of the the Church in Medieval society as well as why the Church and religion were such important parts of people’s lives.
In your purchase you will get:
1 x A4 Information Sheet about Medieval Religion and the Church
1 x A4 Question/activity sheet
1 x A4 Differentiated question/activity sheet for students to write on
1 x A4 Higher ability question sheet based on historical sources and the ‘Normanisation’ of the Church
1 x Power Point presentation which provides the structure of the lesson. As with all of my presentations it includes starter tasks, activities, clear, engaging and animated information and learning recap activities.
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 far society and life changed in England after 1066, both for the wealthy and the poor.
You will recieve:
1 x A4 worksheet detailing the experiences of three ‘typical’ people from the time. This will act as an information sheet for one of the tasks
2 x A4 worksheets with a variety of tasks and activities for all abilities
1 x Main Power Point presentation which includes: a recap and starter task, animated background information, fully resources learning tasks, challenge and creative writing opportunities as well as a lesson recap/review.
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 use their geography and history skills to identify and explain the best location for a motte and bailey castle, using a variety of map based options and set criteria.
Worksheet 1: An A4 worksheet including the two tables that students need to fill out in order to score the best site for their motte and bailey castle
Worksheet 2: An A4 worksheet which allows students to structure and write a report about their choice of the best site for a motte and bailey castle
PowerPoint:
Slide 1: Title slide - To evaluate the most suitable location for a motte and bailey castle
Slide 2: Learning Recap 1 - Students are shown an illustration of a motte and bailey castle and have to identify the numbered features on it.
Slide 3-4: Alternative Learning Recap - Students are given a diagram of a motte and bailey castle and have to label the different features of it.
Slide 5: Animated and illustrated background information about William’s use of motte and bailey castles
Slide 6-7: An outline of the main task
Slides 8-9: Slides showing the first map which students have to analyse. A table is also included for the teacher to collect student scores.
Slides 10-11: Slides showing the second more focussed map which students have to analyse. A table is also included for the teacher to collect student scores.
Slide 12: A sheet to help students write their report about their chosen castle to William. Sentence starters given with an opportunity for higher ability students to adapt and develop their own ideas.
Slide 13: Challenge Task - Students encouraged to create their own map
Slides 14-15: The original map designs (in case you wanted to adapt them in any way)
Slide 16: Printable motte and bailey diagrams for the starter task
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.
**Once purchased, you will receive everything needed to teach students about William I’s use of the Feudal System in Medieval England. **
This high quality resource includes the following:
A4 Worksheet 1: A fact sheet about the Feudal System for students to use while competing their tasks.
A4 Worksheet 2: A worksheet to help students follow up from their main task of creating a Feudal System diagram. The questions on the sheet are explanation based but still provide structure for all students to use.
Main Power Point Presentation
Slide 1 - Title Slide - To explain how the Feudal System helped William control England after 1066.
Slide 2: Starter Task 1 - Two medieval illustrations of society - what can students learn from them about how William kept control?
Slide 3/4: Starter Task 2 - A brief introduction to the idea of a hierarchy. Students think about and design their own school’s hierarchy before focusing on the purpose of it.
Slides 5-9: An overview of the Feudal System with clear, bold images and small chunks of writing.
Slide 10: My own version of the Feudal System diagram
Slide 11: Main Task activity - Students taken through step by step to create their own diagram of the Feudal System.
Slide 12: Two printable Feudal System blank diagrams if needed
Slide 13: A optional role play set of cards for students to read out in class or groups of 4.
Slide 14: Mini Learning Review - students have to place four linked images in the correct order
Slide 15: Learning Review - Students need to write their own definition of the Feudal System from what they have learned in the lesson.
Slide 16-18: Key term match up activity with one slide being a printable version to give students.
Slide 19: A challenge question - Would the Feudal System work in today’s society?
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 William’s use of the Domesday Book as a method to take further control of England.
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As with all of my resources, everything you need for the teaching of this topic is included and so there is no need for additional text books or resources.
With this purchase you will receive:
Worksheet 1: An A4 fact sheet all about the Domesday Book
Worksheet 2: A student task sheet including various levels of questions.
Main PowerPoint Presentation:
Slide 1: Title slide – To explain the role of the Domesday Book during the Norman Conquest of England
Slide 2: A Think and discuss task about the methods the UK government today uses to collect information about its people
Slide 3: A fill in the missing term activity based on William’s actions during the Norman Conquest so far – answers revealed
Slide 4: An illustration of a scene of the Domesday survey – students given inference based questions from it
Slide 5: Background information about the Domesday survey
Slide 6: Background information about the Domesday survey questions
Slide 7: An alterative online research task about the Domesday Book data today and UK Census
Slide 8: A short clip from BBC Teach about the Domesday Book
Slide 9: How to structure an answer to a question about the importance of the Domesday Book
Slide 10: A creative writing optional task
Slide 11: Learning Review – 10 questions from the lesson
Slide 12: Learning Review – answers revealed to the 10 questions
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.
This resource is for personal use only and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.
**This high quality lesson provides you will all of the material and resources you will need to teach your students about the causes, events and consequences of the Harrying of the North. **
You will be purchasing a double page worksheet/fact sheet as well as the main power point presentation full of activities, discussion tasks, starter activities and learning reviews.
Worksheet 1
A fact sheet for students about the events
Worksheet 2
A set of increasingly more difficult tasks including key term match up, source analysis and explanation style questions.
Main Power Point Presentation
Slide 1: To examine the causes, events and consequences of the Harrying of the North
Slide 2: Source analysis of an illustration of the Harrying of the North - prompt questions given
Slide 3: Background information about William just after the Battle of Hastings
Slide 4: Background information about William being crowned King of England
Slide 5: Background information about the start of the Norman Conquest
Slide 6: Background information about the Anglo-Saxon Rebellions
Slide 7: Background information about the rebellions in the north
Slide 8: Background information about the Harrying of the North
Slide 9: Outline of the two worksheets and lesson fact sheets
Slide 10: Challenge questions
Slide 11: Key term learning review
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 high quality lesson examines the problems faced by William, Duke of Normandy directly after his victory at the Battle of Hastings. **
Students are given a number of different scenarios as William and have to decide which best helps him achieve his aims.
You are purchasing a main power point presentation which takes students through each part of the lesson as well as 2 printable A4 worksheets.
Slide 1: Title slide - To evaluate William’s most significant problem after victory at the Battle of Hastings
Slide 2: Background information which helps set the scene
Slide 3: A background information slide with a map to show the location of William after the Battle of Hastings
Slide 4: Starter Task - What challenges and problems would William have to face after victory at the Battle of Hastings
Slide 5: An introduction to the problem solving task
Slides 6-11: The main problems along with 3 alternative solutions for students to discuss and decide upon
Slides 12-17: The answers of what actually happened are revealed for students to self evaluate their decisions
Slide 18: Task - students match William’s problems with his solutions (answers reveled)
Slide 19: Outline of the main activities, including source analysis, on the two worksheets
Slide 20: Challenge questions for higher ability students.
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.
**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 26-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 1 exam for Medicine in Britain 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 Medicine in Britain question types
Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘Describe one feature of’ question.
Slide 6-8: An outline of the ‘How useful’ question type
Slide 9-11: An outline of the ‘How would you follow up’ question type.
Slide 12: A helpful print out of the type of sources which could be used for the ‘follow up’ question.
Slide 13-15: An outline of the ‘similarity’ or ‘difference’ question.
Slide 16-17: An outline of the ‘Explain why’ question.
Slide 18-19: An outline of the ‘How far do you agree’ question.
Slide 20-26: All past paper questions from 2016 to 2023.
Buyers of this resource have often used it as part of a walkthrough for their students before the exam.
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
**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 26-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 1 exam for Crime & Punishment 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 Crime & Punishment question types
Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘Describe one feature of’ question.
Slide 6-8: An outline of the ‘How useful’ question type
Slide 9-11: An outline of the ‘How would you follow up’ question type.
Slide 12: A helpful print out of the type of sources which could be used for the ‘follow up’ question.
Slide 13-15: An outline of the ‘similarity’ or ‘difference’ question.
Slide 16-17: An outline of the ‘Explain why’ question.
Slide 18-19: An outline of the ‘How far do you agree’ question.
Slide 20-26: All past paper questions from 2016 to 2023.
Buyers of this resource have often used it as part of a walkthrough for their students before the exam.
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 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
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
This lesson examines the features, purpose and building of Pentonville Prison. It looks at the use of the separate and silent system as well as the use of punishments and reflection in the prison.
**Resource 1: **
A4 Power Point Worksheet - Would Fry and Howard have agreed with Pentonville Prison? Students decide which factors about Pentonville Prison Reformers such as Fry and Howard would have agreed with or not.
Resource 2: Lesson Power Point
Slide 1: Title Slide - Case Study - Pentonville Prison
Slide 2: Recap Task - What is the difference between prisons in c.1700s to prisons in c.1800? Illustrations and key terms to provide ideas.
Slide 3: A map showing the location of Pentonville Prison in London
Slide 4: Starter Task - What do the four illustrations teach you about Pentonville Prison?
Slide 5-10: Backgrounf information about the aims of Pentonville Prison and the reasons it was built.
Slide 11: Would Fry and Howard have approved of Pentonville Prison? This slide goes along with the other worksheet which comes with the lesson.
Slide 12: A worksheet for students to make notes on about Pentonville Prison.
Slide 13: Higher level challenge questions
Slide 14: An alternative question sheet about Pentonville Prison
Slide 15-17: A worksheet which allows students to examine how to structure a PEE paragraph (point, evidencem explain).
Slide 18: An example answer for a 12 mark question.
Slide 19: Lesson Fact Sheet
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.
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.
This bundle contains all of the resources you will need to teach the first Unit covering Crime and Punishment in Medieval England.
Lesson 1: An introduction to Crime and Punishment
Lesson 2: Anglo-Saxon Crimes
Lesson 3: Anglo-Saxon Law Enforcement
Lesson 4: Anglo-Saxon Punishments
Lesson 5: Norman Crimes
Lesson 6: Norman Law Enforcement and Punishments
Lesson 7: Later Medieval Crime and Punishment
Lesson 8: Case Study: The role of the Church
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.
This lesson examines the case study of Matthew Hopkins and his contribution to the seriousness of the crime of witchcraft in the mid-1600s.
Slide 1: Title slide - To evaluate the role of Matthew Hopkins in the increased belief in witccraft in the 1600s.
Slide 2: Medieval Crime and Punishment Recap Quiz
Slide 3: Starter Task
Slide 4-5: Bcakground information about the origins in witchcraft
Slide 6: Student discussion - why do you think there was an increase in the belief in witchcraft during the 1600s?
Slide 7: An outline of the factors that led to the increasing belief in witchcraft
Slide 8-9: Worksheet for students to make notes about the main reasons
Slides 10-16: Printable A4 fact sheets to help students make notes about the various reasons for the increase in witchcraft.
Slide 17: An outline of why the belief in witchcraft declined by 1700.
Slide 18-19: Two 4 mark practice exam questions
Slide 20-21: An example of a 16 mark question about the increase in the belief in witchcraft
Slide 22-23: Match up the key terms from the lesson activity with answers
Slide 24-25: Lesson Fact Sheets
A4 worksheet - a highly differentiated worksheet
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.
This lesson examines the similarities of law enforcement in Early Modern England as well as helping students explain why more effective methods such as the town constables, night watchmen, thief takers and army were needed.
A4 Worksheet: Provides a worksheet style set of tasks for the students.
Slide 1: Title slide - To examine the methods of law enforcement used in Early Modern England
Slide 2-4: Filling in the missing terms activity to help students recap law enforcement methods in Medieval England. Answers revealed as well as printable worksheets provided.
Slide 5-6: Discussion starter tasks based around the growth of towns and asks students to think about why the growth of towns would cause an increase in crime.
Slide 7: An outline of various reasons why towns needed more effective law enforcement after 1500.
Slide 8: An outline and analysis of the role of the Night Watchman
Slide 9: Task option 1 - Students to create a poster style fact file about the new methods of law enforcement between 1500-1700.
Slide 10: Challenge tasks
Slide 11: The reasons for change diagram
Slide 12-15: Examples of exam questions (4 mark and 12 mark) with sentence starter help for students.
Slide 16: Lesson Fact Sheet
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.
**This lesson examines the crimes of smuggling, witchcraft, vagabondage, puritan crimes and poaching - in particular explaining why they were defined. **
Slide 1: Title slide: To explain the reasons for new definitions of crime in Early Modern England
Slide 2: Recap Quiz relating the heresy, treason and high treason
Slide 3-4: An introduction to the new definitions of crime
Slide 5: Match the crime to its meaning with answers revealed
Slide 6-7: Task table with instructions about what to write where.
Slide 8: Fact sheet about Vagrancy
Slide 9: Fact sheet about witchcraft
Slide 10: Fact sheet about smuggling
Slide 11: Fact sheet about puritan crimes
Slide 12: Fact sheet about poaching
Slide 13: Challenge questions
Slide 14: Practice 12 mark exam question
Slide 15: Practice example paragraph
Slide 16: The reasons for change slide to help write the answer to a 12 marker
Slide 17-18: Learning Recap match up
Slide 19: Lesson Fact Sheet
A4 worksheet - an alternative worksheet to the table task.
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.
This lesson examines the features of and purpose of punishments in Anglo-Saxon England such as the use of wergild, capital and corporal punishments.
Title Slide: To examine the methods of punishment in Anglo-Saxon England
Slide 2: Knowledge recap 10 question quiz
Slide 3: Starter Activity
Slide 4: Background info about Anglo-Saxon crimes
Slide 5: Background about the use of ‘prisons’ in this time
Slide 6: Background about the wergild
Slide 7: Practice Exam questions (comparisons)
Slide 8: The factors which encouraged change slide
Slide 9: Anglo-Saxon punishments Task Sheet
Slide 10: Final discussion task
Slide 11: Fact Sheet for the lesson
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.
This bundle is for Edexcel GCSE History and includes all of the lessons and resources you will need for the teaching of Unit 3.
Lessons included:
Lesson 20: Further improvements to Farming
Lesson 21: The end of the Open Range
Lesson 22: The Exoduster Settlement
Lesson 23: The Oklahoma Land Rush
Lesson 24: Lawlessness - Billy the Kid and Wyatt Earp
Lesson 25: The Johnson County War
Lesson 26: The Battle of Little Bighorn
Lesson 27: The Wounded Knee Massacre
Lesson 28: The Extermination of the Buffalo
Lesson 29: Life on the Reservation
Lesson 30: The Dawes Act
This lesson examines the impact of the Dawes Allotment Act on the lifestyle and culture of 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.