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 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.
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.
Add some more fun and competition to your classroom with this fully interactive teaching tool based on the 1980s/90s gameshow Blockbusters! The aim is for each team/individual to answer enough questions correctly to create a ‘block’ of lines from either top/bottom or left/right.
Once in presentation mode, the game is fully animated and interactive to change the colour of each block into the colours of the teams.
I have included three different versions of the game to better suit widescreen or standard computer screens as well as a fully editable teacher answer sheet on which you can type out the questions you want to ask. All you need to do is add your own questions and letters and away you go.
Have fun!!!
This is the final lesson of the USA: Home & Abroad topic and it examines the strengths of the Vietcong/North Vietnamese and the weaknesses of the South Vietnamese/US military.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Previous Lesson Recap Activity (Part 1 - discussion about the impact of the Vietnam War on America)
Slide 3-4: Previous Lesson Recap Activity (Part 2 - multiple choice quiz with answers)
Slide 5: Strengths and weaknesses starter discussion task
Slide 6-8: Task One - Source analysis task (8 sources) with printable worksheets and resources
Slide 9: Task Two Instructions - Creating two mind maps
Slide 10: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 11-12: Unit recap activity - blockbusters quiz with teacher question sheet
Slide 13: Exam Practice - Source Inference
Slide 14-15: Exam Practice - Interpretation Difference
Slide 16-17: Lesson Fact Sheets - based in GCSE 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 impact of the Vietnam War on America. It divides the consequences and impact of the war into the following categories: social, economic, military and political. **
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2-3: Previous Learning Recap tasks about the Paris Peace Agreement with answers provided.
Slide 4: Source Inference starter task with promp questions about the source
Slide 5: Task One: A US soldier’s war experience source analysis with questions - suitable to print out for students
Slide 6: An overview of the impact of the Vietnam War introducing the main categories
Slide 7: Instructions for the main learning task
Slide 8: Printable sheet - students read each statement and decide which category it best fits into.
Slide 9: Challenge questions
Slide 10-11: Exam Practice ‘How useful’ question using Source B from a previous slide
Slide 12: Learning Review - What was the emotional impact of the Vietnam War
Slide 13-14: 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.
In this lesson, students will investigate where Medieval people gained their ideas about medicine and healthcare from. Students will look at how other religions and societies influence knowledge in Britain such as knowledge from Islamic/Arab countries. They will also be able to explain the influence of the Church, supernatural ideas about astrology and the influences of Galen and Hippocrates – especially the idea of the Four Humours. This is a fully resourced lesson which includes printable fact sheets and worksheets as well as engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide – Where did Medieval ideas about Medicine come from?
Slide 2: Outline of the main lessons aims
Slide 3: As you come in activity and challenge
Slide 4: Source image starter discussion linked to Medieval medicine
Slide 5-6: Background information about the influence of other religions and societies
Slide 7-8: Background information about the influence of Hippocrates, Galen and the Four Humours
Side 9: Background information about the influence of the Christian Church
Slide 10: Background information about the influence of Astrology
Slide 11: Printable worksheet – Tasks based on the work of Hippocrates and Galen
Slide 12-13: Activity: Printable worksheet and instructions
Slide 14: Challenge Questions
Slide 15-16: Learning Review – Fill in the missing key terms & facts (with answers)
Slide 17: Example exam questions
Slide 18: Lesson Fact Sheet – Includes all the background information needed for this lesson based on the GCSE specification.
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.
Students use written and visual sources to investigate what life was like in the London East End district of Whitechapel during the time of the Jack the Ripper murders. This lesson is specifically designed to give students the ‘big picture’ of Whitechapel before focussing on the Whitechapel murders.
The lesson includes:
1x 26 slide PowerPoint lesson
1x Metropolitan Police Report Worksheet
The lesson presentation includes:
Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2: Lesson aims and outcomes
Slide 3: An overview of where Whitechapel is located
Slide 4: An overview diagram of the main issues covered in the lesson.
Slide 5: Starter Source Activity - Students analyse a map of Whitechapel to infer from it facts about the area. Answers provided.
Slide 6: Starter Source Activity -A further source which encourages students to add more information to their findings in Source A.
Slide 7: Main task instructions
Slide 8: Printable worksheet
Slide 9- 14: 7 visual sources linked to what life was like in Whitechapel - all with provenance and prompt questions.
Slide 15-17: 5 written sources linked to what life was like in Whitechapel - all with provenance and prompt questions.
Slide 18: Task 2 - Discussion questions with answers
Slide 19-20: Task 3 - Match up the social issue in Whitechapel with the type of crime it links to.
Slide 21: Task 4 - Students instructed to write a police report about the area of Whitechapel.
Slide 22: Challenge questions
Slide 23-24: Learning Review - 12 question quiz with answers
Slide 25: Learning Review 2 - Key Term Jeopardy
Slide 26: More from RA Resources
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 conclude how far women’s lives improved by the end of the 1970s. Within the lesson, students will study changes to women’s rights including: the introduction of the contraception pill, the legalisation of abortion, the Equal Pay Act, the Sex Discrimination Act as well as changes to home life, attitudes, divorce laws, work and education.
The key questions for the lesson are:
What were women’s lives like in 1950s Britain?
What developments were there in women’s rights in the 1960s and 1970s?
What aspects of women’s lives changed the most?
How far did women gain equality by the end of the 1970s?
The lesson includes the following:
1 x A4 printable timeline of key events (PDF & PPT)
Main Power Point:
Slide 1: Lesson title
Slide 2: Lesson key questions
Slide 3: As you enter controversial statement discussion
Slide 4: Current statistics activity about women’s equality today.
Slide 5: As you enter controversial discussion point 2
Slide 6-7: Key term match up with answers revealed.
Slide 8-10: Source analysis to give students an idea of attitudes and the role of women in the 1950s.
Slide 11: Task 1 - Reading and outlining task
Slide 12 - 13: Two printable fact sheets
Slide 14: Task 2 - Timeline instructions
Slide 15: Follow Up Questions
Slide 16 - 17: Learning Review Quiz - match up the key statistics.
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.
Lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.
This resource is an outline of all US states which can be adapted to suite a range of subjects and activities at any stage.
Each state can be coloured, filled or labelled as you wish as the map is fully editable using Power Point tools.
Great for a range of subjects such as Geography or History or as a stand alone colouring exercise.
Students examine the organisation of the Metropolitan police in Whitechapel and explain why policing the East End was so difficult. Students will then link their knowledge of policing to the reasons why Jack the Ripper was never caught.
The 23 slide power point lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson aims and outcomes
Slide 3: As you enter discussion about the rewards and challenges of modern policing
Slide 4: Recap - Why do you think Whitechapel in the 1880s was so difficult to police?
Slide 5-7: Starter Activity - Source analysis about violence to police officers in Whitechapel with printable worksheet
Slide 8-12: Task 1 - A fun personality questionnaire to see if students would make a suitable officer in the Whitechapel police. Results/answers and explanations given.
Slide 13-14: Background information about the Metropolitan Police and their work in Whitechapel.
Slide 15-16: Task 2 - A worksheet which asks students to read facts about Whitechapel and use these facts to explain why policing would be difficult.
Slide 17: Follow up questions
Slide 18-20: Task 3 - Source analysis questions with prompt questions and a printable worksheet.
Slide 21: Learning Summary - This discussion asks students to begin thinking about why the police never caught Jack the Ripper.
Slide 22: Learning Review Pyramid
Slide 23: More from RA Resources.
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.
Students analyse six fact files about the main Jack the Ripper suspects before arguing which individual was guilty and prepare a ‘Most Wanted’ poster about their chosen suspect.
The 19 slide lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson aims and outcomes
Slide 3: As you enter discussion - what does the term ‘innocent until proven guilty’ mean?
Slide 4-6: Recap - A gap fill recap of the Jack the Ripper murders with answers and printable worksheets for students to write on.
Slide 7: Starter Task - Picture quiz - why would gaining accurate eyewitness evidence be difficult in 1880s Whitechapel?
Slide 8-9: Task 1 - Useful key terms match up with answers.
Slide 10-11: Task 2 - Instructions to the main table fill task with printable worksheet/table for students to fill in.
Slide 12-14: 6 fact files about the suspects.
Slide 15: Task 3 - Students to explain their top suspect with a writing frame given to help them explain their choice.
Slide 16: Task 4 - Instructions about how to complete a ‘Most Wanted’ poster about their chosen suspect.
Slide 17: Challenge questions and cartoon analysis
Slide 18-19: Learning Review - Which suspect quiz with answers revealed.
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.
UPDATED CONTENT & SPEC. FOR 2025/6. The lesson examines the power of Anglo-Saxon kings and monarchy with a focus on Edward the Confessor.
The 18 slide lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide - The Power of Anglo-Saxon monarchs - Edward the Confessor
Slide 2: Lesson aims & progress tracker
Slide 3: As you enter activity - Pick three qualities a monarch should have.
Slide 4-5: 12 question recap quiz referring back to the previous lesson about Anglo-Saxon society with answers.
Slide 6-7: Starter Task - Use the images to identify the main powers of Anglo-Saxon monarchs, with answers and background information included.
Slide 8-10: Task 1- Sort task for students to identify the powers of Edward the Confessor, the weaknesses and the duties his subjects had towards him. Answers and printable worksheet included.
Slide 11-12: Task 2 - Follow up questions with printable worksheet
Slide 13: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of ‘One feature’ question
Slide 14: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of 12 and 16 mark exam questions
Slide 15-16: Learning Review - Gap fill missing terms activity with answers
Slide 17: Lesson fact sheet
Slide 18: More from RA Resources
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations (GCSE History/Edexcel).
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.
Students study the various methods used by the Metropolitan Police to catch Jack the Ripper in 1888. They will evaluate the effectiveness of each method and use their knowledge to explain why the police never caught Jack the Ripper.
The lesson pack includes:
1 x Fact sheet about the police investigation methods
1 x Worksheet
1 x 16 slide powerpoint
The main power point lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson aims and outcomes
Slide 3-4: A choice of two discussion questions for students as they enter the classroom
Slide 5-6: Starter - Which police techniques would the Metropolitan Police have used and not used in 1888? Includes answers.
Slide 7: Background information about the role of Inspector Abbeline
Slide 8: Source based task about the use of sniffer dogs during the investigation.
Slide 9: Task 1 - Read the facts and key terms
Slide 10-11: Task 2 - Printable worksheet and table fill task instructions
Slide 12: Task 3 - Explain and evaluate questions
Slide 13: Choice of two learning recap activities
Slide 14-16: Learning review crossword with answers and printable sheets.
Please note that this lesson has been adapted from my GCSE History Edexcel lesson for Whitechapel and so will contain some similar but adapted tasks.
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.