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 bundle contains all of the lessons/resources you will need to teach the first unit/key topic of Edexcel’s British Depth Study Henry VIII and his Ministers.
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**The lessons included in this bundle include:
Lesson 1: Tudor Government and Society in 1509
Lesson 2: Henry’s Strengths & Weaknesses and King of England in 1509
Lesson 3: The Rise of Thomas Wolsey
Lesson 4: Wolsey’s Reforms
Lesson 5: The Amicable Grant
Lesson 6: Wolsey’s Foreign Policy Aims
Lesson 7: Wolsey’s Foreign Policy Successes & Failures
Lesson 8: Henry’s Marriage to Catherine of Aragon and the Succession
Lesson 9: The Failure to gain an Annulment
Lesson 10: The Reasons for the Fall of Wolsey by 1529
These are high quality, fully resourced lessons which do not require any text books. Each lesson contains a range of warm up tasks, starter activities, discussion questions, engaging background information, learning tasks, practice exam questions, A4 printable worksheets, learning reviews and much more!
This bundle contains all the lessons/resources you will need to teach the second unit/key topic of Edexcel’s British Depth Study Henry VIII and his Ministers.
The lessons included in this bundle include:
Lesson 11: Thomas Cromwell’s rise to power
Lesson 12: Thomas Cromwell’s role in the divorce from Catherine of Aragon
Lesson 13: The downfall & execution of Anne Boleyn
Lesson 14: The life and impact of Jane Seymour
Lesson 15: Thomas Cromwell’s reforms
Lesson 16: The rise and fall of Anne of Cleves
Lesson 17: The downfall and execution of Thomas Cromwell in 1540
These are high quality, fully resourced lessons which do not require any text books. Each lesson contains a range of warm up tasks, starter activities, discussion questions, engaging background information, learning tasks, practice exam questions, A4 printable worksheets, learning reviews and much more!
This bundle contains all the lessons/resources you will need to teach the second unit/key topic of Edexcel’s GCSE British Depth Study - Henry VIII and his Ministers.
The lessons included in this bundle include:
Lesson 18: Henry VIII’s Break from Rome
Lesson 19: The Act of Supremacy & The Act of Succession
Lesson 20: Opposition from Elizabeth Barton, John Fisher & Thomas More
Lesson 21: The impact of the Reformation on the English Church
Lesson 22: The Role of Monasteries in Early Tudor England
Lesson 23: The Reasons for the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Lesson 24: The Impact of the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Lesson 25: The Causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace
Lesson 26: The events, failure and significance of the Pilgrimage of Grace.
These are high quality, fully resourced lessons which do not require any text books. Each lesson contains a range of warm up tasks, starter activities, discussion questions, engaging background information, learning tasks, practice exam questions, A4 printable worksheets, learning reviews and much more!
**This bundle contains 6 lessons to support your teaching of the dramatic changes which took place during Britain’s Industrial Revolution. **
The lessons included in this bundle are:
Lesson 1: What were the causes of the Industrial Revolution?
Lesson 2: How did Britain change during the Industrial Revolution?
Lesson 3: Source Enquiry - What were working conditions like for children?
Lesson 4: What were the conditions like in the textile mills?
Lesson 5: How far did reforms improve working conditions?
Lesson 6: How bad were living conditions in Britain’s industrial towns?
Lesson 7: The Match Girls Strike of 1888
This bundle is not intended as a full scheme of learning as all schools approach this topic differently.
All images used in these lessons 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.
This bundle contains a series of lessons aimed at increasing your students’ knowledge and understanding of women’s rights in Britain between c.1850-c.1980.
The bundle contains 5 lessons:
Lesson 1: The story of the Match Girls Strike in 1888
Lesson 2: How far had women’s rights improved in Britain by 1890?
Lesson 3: Who were the Suffragists and the Suffragettes?
Lesson 4: What were the arguments for and against the vote for women?
Lesson 5: How far had women’s rights improved the lives of women by the 1970s?
This bundle would be perfect for a study of women’s history.
This bundle contains 5 fully resourced lessons ready to teach a mini unit about the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888 in Whitechapel, London.
The bundle/unit contains:
Lesson 1: What was life like in Victorian Whitechapel in 1888?
Lesson 2: Why was Whitechapel challenging to police in the 1880s?
Lesson 3: Who were the victims of Jack the Ripper?
Lesson 4: Who were the main suspects in the Jack the Ripper investigation?
Lesson 5: What police methods were used by the Metropolitan police to catch Jack the Ripper and why was ‘Jack’ never caught?
Please note that some of the tasks included in this bundle are similar to the tasks published in my GCSE Edexcel Crime and Punishment/Whitechapel study.
This lesson examines the case study of Derek Bentley, with a focus on the public reaction to his sentence and how his punishment led to the abolition of the death penalty.
UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC
The 21 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
Slide 1: Title slide - The Derek Bentley Case & its significance for the abolition of the death penalty.
Slide 2: Warm Up - How do students feel about certain types of individuals being handed the death sentence?
Slide 3-4: Recap - Students recap the main reasons for the abolition of the death sentence using six images as prompts. Includes answers.
Slide 5-8: Derek Bentley Key Terms - Students are expected to know specific key terms to help them fully understand the case of Derek Bentley. Answers and printable resources included.
Slide 9-10: Task 1 - A basic worksheet with instructions. All answers can be found on the lesson fact sheet.
Slide 11: Task 2 - Students are encouraged to fully explain three reasons why the Derek Bentley case caused significant controversy at the time.
Slide 12: Task 3 - Students play the role of the defence and the prosecution - what arguments can they think of for each side?
Slide 13: Challenge questions, linked to the significance of the Derek Bentley case.
Slide 14: Learning Review activities
Slide 15: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of a similarity and difference question based on the Derek Bentley case.
Slide 16: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question covering the reasons for the abolition of the death penalty.
Slide 17: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 16 mark ‘How far do you agree’ question.
Slide 18: EXAM FOCUS - A slide showing how to use PEE paragraphs for explanation.
Slide 19: Lesson fact sheet 1
Slide 20: A detailed summary of the events of the Derek Bentley case.
Slide 21: More from RA Resources.
All images used in this resource 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 unless a school license is purchased and for copyright reasons any slides, worksheets, RA Resources maps or diagrams should not be copied/amended for commercial use.
Students examine the various factors that can explain why the death penalty was abolished in Britain by the end of the 20th century.
The lesson resources include:
2 x A4 Worksheets
1 x 21 slide Main Power Point Lesson
UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC
The 21 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2-3: Warm Up Questions - 6 multiple choice ‘interesting’ facts about the use of the death penalty in Britain over the ages. Answers provided.
Slide 4-6: Death Penalty Recap Quiz - 12 questions covering the use of the death penalty from Medieval England onwards. Answers given along with printable answer and self assessment sheet.
Slide 7: Starter - Students provided with a graph showing the number of murder carried out in England alongisde the date of the abolition of the death penalty - students need to infer information from this.
Slide 8: Predictive Learning - Using their own knowledge and four prompt questions, students need to think of at least two reasons why the death penalty was abolished in Britain.
Slide 9-10: Background information
Slide 11-12: Task 1 - A table activity whereby students think about the advantages and disadvantages of the use of the death penalty and prisons. Suggested responses included.
Slide 13: Task 2: A table fill activity to help students explain the reasons for the abolition of the death penalty.
Slide 14: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 15 - 17: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the exam questions with suggested sentence starters.
Slide 18-19: Learning Review with answers
Slide 20: Lesson fact sheet/knowledge organiser
Slide 21: More from RA Resources
All images used in this resource 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 unless a school license is purchased and for copyright reasons any slides, worksheets, RA Resources maps or diagrams should not be copied/amended for commercial use.
