This lesson examines the Nazi use of propaganda and censorship and asks why it was so important to the Nazi regime. 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 first look at the youth of Germany has a focus on the Hitler Youth groups. There are 4 source and interpretation questions towards the end of the 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 timeline is a one page resource which gives students a great visual guide to the main events in Elizabethan England between 1558-1588. The resource can be used as a book insert, classroom display poster or revision resource. The timeline has been clearly organised into the main political, economuc, religious and foreign themes of Early Elizabethan England. You will receieve: 1 x full colour display version of the timeline 1 x black and white version which students can colour code and key themselves 1 x Pdf file of both of the above versions. Please be kind enough to leave a review if you find this resource useful.

This lesson asks why King Henry VIII had so many wives. Students first collect information about Henry’s relationship with his six wives. They use this to help them analyse what made the marriages a success or failure. Plenty of printable worksheets, tables and timelines included! This lesson can either be used in a unit of work about the Tudors and Henry VIII or as a stand-alone lesson covering Henry VIII and his six wives. It can also be used to help students analyse the art of the Tudors. This is a fully resources lesson which includes a warmup, starter task, engaging background information, various learning activities, challenge tasks and learning reviews. The lesson includes the following: Resource 1: A4 printable worksheets for students to create their own timeline of Henry’s marriages. Resource 2: Power Point Slide 1: Title slide – Why did Henry VIII have so many wives? Slide 2: Outline of the main lesson aims Slide 3: Lesson Warm Up Activity: Discussion questions about marriages today with challenge questions included. Slide 4-5: Lesson Warm Up 2: A true or false quiz about marriage in Tudor England – with answers revealed and explained. Slide 6: Starter Task – ‘Which Wife When?’ – Students have to name and order the six wives of Henry VIII. Slide 7: Background information about who the wives of Henry VIII were. Slide 8-9: Printable fact sheets about the wives of Henry VIII Side 10-11: Task: Fact File instructions and printable worksheet Slide 12: Analysis questions – Which marriages were the most and least successful and how can we measure this? Slide 13: Evaluation Question and Extended Writing – Why did Henry VIII have so many wives? Slide 14: Challenge Questions Slide 15-16: Learning Review Activity – Which wife? Answers revealed. Reviews are really important to me and if you have enjoyed the lesson, it would be great if you could do this. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this and your feedback is highly valued. All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.

In this lesson, students will study the causes, events and impact of the Reformation in Europe in the early 1500s. The lesson focusses on the actions of Martin Luther and explains the main criticisms that some people had about the Catholic Church. The lesson then covers the differences between the Catholic and Protestant Church and methods of worship. This lesson can either be used in a unit of work about the Tudors and Henry VII/VIII or as a stand-alone lesson covering the Reformation. This is a fully resources lesson which includes a warmup, starter task, engaging background information, various learning activities, challenge tasks and learning reviews. ** The lesson includes the following:** Slide 1: Title slide – The Reformation Slide 2: Outline of the main lesson aims Slide 3-4: Lesson Warm Up – What was the role and importance of the Church in Christian society before 1500? Picture based activity. Slide 5-6: Background Information about the importance of the Church in the early 1500s. Slide 7: Discussion Question – Why did the Roman Catholic Church have so much influence over people by c.1500? Slide 8-9: Starter Task: Printing Press Illustration and background information about the impact of the printing press on religion. Slide 10: Background Information about the actions of Martin Luther Side 11-12: Background Information about the main criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church and Reformation. Slide 13-14: Activity 1: Place the differences between the Catholic and Protestant Church in the table. Answers given. Slide 15: Useful clips and further reading links Slide 16-17: Printable fact sheet with questions Slide 18: Activity 2: Creative Historical Writing Task – A letter from Martin Luther Slide 19: Activity 3: Historical Source analysis Slide 20: Follow Up Challenge Tasks Slide 21-23: Learning Review – Key Term Match Up & Definitions 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 and your feedback is highly valued. All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.

**In this lesson, students will be able to examine the main events which led to King Henry VIII’s Break from Rome. The lesson will cover Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon, why he wanted a divorce from Catherine and the reasons why Henry fell out with the Roman Catholic Church to form his own Church of England. ** The lesson includes a range of activities such as a timeline task, word sort and source analysis and printable student worksheets are included throughout. The lesson includes the following: Slide 1: Title slide – Why did Henry VIII Break Away from the Roman Catholic Church? Slide 2: Outline of the main lesson aims Slide 3: Lesson Warm Up – Marriage and Divorce in the modern era discussion. Slide 4-5: Starter Task: Source analysis about the relationship and marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon in the early years. Printable student handout also included. Slide 6-7: Activity 1: Reading – Students will be given a fun and informative fact sheet about the events of the Break from Rome. Slide 8: Activity 2: Timeline of the Break from Rome instructions. Slide 9-11: Activity 3: Key term match up with answers given and printable handout included. Side 12: Activity 4: Explaining the facts question sheet aimed at higher ability students to challenge their understanding. Slide 13-14: Activity 5: Crossword with answers and printable handout. Slide 15-16: Learning Review – Order the main events of the Break from Rome – answers provided. 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 and your feedback is highly valued. All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.

This lesson is suitable for teaching the important skill of chronology to KS2 or KS3 (Year 7) students in History. Students are introduced to the term chronology and then have a task to place various key periods of British history into chronological order. The lesson also includes knowledge of key terms such as decade, century, post, pre and circa. This power point includes all the resources needed to teach a lesson about history and chronology with printable worksheets and a crossword. 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 full set of fact sheets that can be found in each of the lessons for the Paper 1 Medicine in Britain thematic study. There are 43 slides in total with 35 lesson’s worth of fact sheets. They can be used for home learning, catch up, revision or in class. 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 be able to learn about the arguments which were used during the 1800s to support and argue against reforms to improve working conditions in the mines, mills and factories of the Industrial Revolution. ** In addition, students will then learn how some of the reforms set out to help workers. The lesson includes the following: Slide 1: Title slide Slide 2: Lesson learning aims and progress Slide 3: Lesson Warm Up – Class discussion about how laws today make sure people are safe and looked after in their workplace. Slide 4: Source Inference Task Slide 5: Source Inference Task 2 Slide 6: Think & Discuss – What are ‘Reforms’? How does Parliament create new laws? Slide 7: Think & Discuss – Arguments for and Against the reform of working conditions during the Industrial Revolution Slide 8: Background information – The public reaction and outrage at finding out about working conditions Slide 9: Background Information – Who were the ‘Reformers’ and what did they call for? Slide 10: Activity 1 – What would the Reformers want to do to help improve working conditions? Slide 11: Activity 1 – An alternative way to think about what the reformers would want to do to help improve working conditions Slide 12: Activity 2 – Students given a choice of written or creative tasks linked to their learning so far. Slide 13: Activity 3 – Organise the facts about the reforms worksheet instructions Slide 14: Printable worksheet Slide 15: Organise the facts answer sheet Slide 16: Follow Up Challenge tasks and questions Slide 17: Learning Review Activity Pyramid. I would be really grateful if you could leave a positive review for the lesson if you feel the lesson is effective for you. 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. 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.

The main focus of the lesson is the role and contributions of women to Britain’s war effort during World War One. Students will examine both the positive and negative experiences of women during the war, be able to describe the various roles that women took on and then carry out their own research into the topic. This is a fully resources lesson which includes a warmup, starter task, engaging background information, various learning activities, challenge tasks and learning reviews. ** The lesson includes the following:** Slide 1: Title slide Slide 2: Outline of the main lesson aims Slide 3: As you enter warm up – Discussion about the statement, ‘Most of the History we learn in school is about men’. Slide 4: Starter Task 1: Women in Propaganda during the First World War. Slide 5: Starter Task 2: Gender roles in 1914 Slide 6-7: Activity 1: Data analysis (including printable worksheet) about the employment figures of women in work between 1914-1919. Slide 8-9: Activity 2: The experiences of women in the war – students read statements and mark if they show a positive or negative experience of war. Side 10-17: Image based background information about the role of women during the First World War. Slide 18-20: Activity 3 – A guided research task. Links are given to useful websites as well as useful documentary clips. Students are given a number of areas they can research. Slide 21: Useful websites for the research and further reading Slide 22: Useful short documentary clips Slide 13: Challenge Tasks 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 and your feedback is highly valued. All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.

This pack contains 17 A4 printable pages of revision resources which have been specifically created to help students revise for their GCSE Paper 2 exam. Answers are provided where appropriate. The revision pack contains the following activities: Activity 1: Henry VIII Timeline - A gap filling exercise giving students an overview of when the main events happened. Activity 2: Henry VIII Blank Timeline - A blank timeline to allow students to create their own narrative of events. Activity 3: Key Individuals Match Up - Students match the name of the key individuals to their role during Henry’s reign. Activity 4: ‘Who are We’? - Students given a description of 14 groups of people who they have studied in this unit and use these as clues to guess their identities. Activity 5: ‘Who am I?’ quiz where students identify the key individual from a first person description. Activity 6: Key Events - Students outline/give a summary of 13 key events. Activity 7: Henry’s Wives - Students complete a table which prompts them to revise the main facts about each wife studied in this unit. Activity 8: Henry’s Ministers - Students complete a table which prompts them to revise the key facts about Thomas Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell. Activity 9: Key Term Glossary - Aimed at lower to middle ability students. x2 sheets Activity 10: Key Term Glossary - Aimed at middle to higher abilities students. x2 sheets Activity 11: Explanation Revision - Students are given a wide variety of possible ‘explain’ type questions. Activity 12: Features Practice Activity 13: What’s the Question Quiz Activity 14: Pilgrimage of Grace Crossword

This resource contains 20 slides which cover the whole Cold War & Superpower Relations topic. Each slide includes all the key information needed in line with the Edexcel GCSE specification. These fact sheets can be used for revision or as information sheets for the teaching of the unit. UPDATE 2023: 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 lesson explores the background, work and impact of Joseph Lister’s work with antiseptics and carbolic acid. Students then question his importance in the progress of medicine. **The lesson includes: ** Clear learning aims and achievements Recap task: Key words linked to the lesson Starter activities: A range of visual sources, mainly illustrations to examine the before and after of antiseptics. Background information: About the life and work of Lister Task Sheet: A worksheet covering all aspects of Lister’s work with questions progessively becoming more challenging. Exam focus: A 16 and 12 mark question with structure advice Plenary: What was more important - Antiseptics or anaesthetics? FACT SHEET: Every lesson comes with a fact sheet which can be given to the students as a replacement for a text book. This means you will not need any other resources for the lesson unless you feel you would like to offer more. 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 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

These are the 36 fact sheets that accompany my lessons for the Edexcel GCSE History unit Anglo-Saxon and Norman England. Each includes a clear list of key terms and clearly presented information in line with the Edexcel specification. Each fact sheet can be used as an easy, printable version of the text book or as a revision resource. Please be kind enough to leave a review if you find these fact sheets useful. 2023 UPDATE: Please note that all images used in the production of these resources are from the public domain and are Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise stated in the notes below each slide. If you feel any errors have been made please email me in the first instance.