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 is a fully resourced bundle containing the lessons covering Key Topic/Unit 1: Weimar Germany 1918-1929
Lesson 1: The legacy of war and the creation of the Weimar Republic
Lesson 2: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Weimar Republic
Lesson 3: The Treaty of Versailles
Lesson 4: Challenges to the Weimar Republic
Lesson 5: The French Invasion of the Ruhr and hyperinflation 1923
Lesson 6: Germany’s Economic and Political recovery under Stresemann
Lesson 7: Improved living standards in Germany
Lesson 8: Changes in the role and status of women in Weimar Germany
Lesson 9: Cultural changes in Weimar Germany
This is about the impact, symptoms, causes, treatments and methods of prevention of the Black Death. This can also be suitable for KS3
Every lesson in this topic includes: Clear learning aims and achievements, a recap task, a starter activity, background information, a variety of tasks to pick from to suite your students, extension and challenge tasks, exam questions, a learning review (plenary) and finally a fact sheet which can be used as a stand alone resource for the lesson or as part of revision/student catch up.
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.
Please be kind enough to leave a review if you have found this resource effective. The rest of my Medicine lessons can be purchased individually or as a discounted bundle.
This lesson introduces students to the knowledge and skills needed to study the Historic Environment of Whitechapel c.1870-c.1900. This unit is part of the Edexcel’s GCSE History topic Crime & Punishment.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Source Information Sheet
1 x 18 slide Main Power Point Lesson
1 x A4 Workbook Page (PDF & PPT)
The PowerPoint lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: What is the Historic Environment study?
Slide 3: What will I learn about Whitechapel?
Slide 4: An outline of the question types for this Historic Environment
Slide 5: Information about the location of Whitechapel
Slide 6: Task 1 - Source analysis of Charles Booth’s poverty map for students to begin thinking about the environment of Whitechapel.
Slide 7: Task 1b - Source analysis of a front page of an illustrated newspaper covering Jack the Ripper murders.
Slide 8-10: Task 2 - An activity to help students understand what is required of the ‘follow up question’ with instructions and printable sheets.
Slide 11-13: Task 3 - Background information quiz about the Metropolitan Police in Whitechapel in the 1880s with printable question sheet and answers.
Slide 14-16: Task 4 - Practice follow up exam question sheets
Slide 17: Learning review discussion task
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.
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.
FULLY UPDATED & READY FOR THE 2025 EXAM SERIES
These writing frames provide a useful guide to help students answer all of the questions they will face in the Edexcel GCSE History exams. They have been updated to include the amended exam question numbering, mark schemes and wording ready in time for 2025.
**This is a set of 6 power point slides which can be printed off and given to students to help them structure their answers to the Edexcel GCSE History exam questions. **
Sheet 1: How to answer questions for Paper 1 (Thematic Study)
Sheet 2: How to answer questions for Paper 1 (Historical Environment)
Sheet 3: How to answer questions for Paper 2 (British Depth Study)
Sheet 4: How to answer questions for Paper 2 (Period Study)
Sheet 5: How to answer questions for Paper 3 (Modern Depth Study)
BONUS SHEET: A writing frame/guide to help students form PEE paragraphs, especially useful for the 8, 12 and 16 mark questions.
You can use these to stick into student books or print out for reference or revision.
This bundle contains all the lessons and resources you will need to teach the Historic Environment of Whitechapel (Crime & Punishment GCSE History).
The bundle includes:
Lesson 1: An introduction to the skills and knowledge for Whitechapel
Lesson 2: Problems with housing, poverty and employment.
Lesson 3: Migrant tensions in Whitechapel
Lesson 4: The Whitechapel Workhouses
Lesson 5: The difficulties of policing Whitechapel
Lesson 6: The Jack the Ripper Murders
Lesson 7: Police techniques to catch Jack the Ripper
Lesson 8: Police challenges - The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, illustrated press and police force rivalry.
BONUS FREE RESOURCE - Whitechapel Revision Mind Map
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.
This resource has been specifically designed to support students in their answers to the three main source based questions given in the Edexcel GCSE History exam paper.
The one page print out can be used as a book insert while studying a unit, a table top guide as well as a useful revision resource to prepare for exams. Particular attention is given to the ‘How useful’ question which appears in two exam papers.
The three questions covered in the guide are:
Inference - used in Paper 3
Follow Up - used in Paper 1
Source Usefulness - used in both Paper 1 & 3
This resource would also be ideal for the use with students in KS3 as a way to make them familiar with core GCSE History skills.
This lesson looks at the impact on the Plains Indian people of life on the reservations. All of the resources needed for the teaching of the lesson are in this lesson, including a fact sheet.
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 lesson examines the causes and consequences of the extermination of the buffalo between the 1840s and the 1890s.
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
All of the lessons for the American West unit contain a variety of learning tasks suitable for all abilities, practice exam questions, engaging individual or group activities as well as the key information needed for the Edexcel Specification. Each lesson features a fact sheet which is intended to be used as a substitute for the text book. Therefore, this lesson contains everything you will need for the lesson.
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.
**This lesson covers the roles of Goodnight & Loving, Joseph McCoy and John Iliff in the development of the cattle industry. **
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.
Students examine the growth in support for the Nazi Party between 1929-1932 in light of the impact of the Wall Street Crash. Students will focus on the increase in unemployment in Germany and the appeal of Hitler, the use of propaganda and the work of the SA.
UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC
The 26 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson key questions
Slide 3: ‘As You Enter Warm Up’ - A speech by Gustav Stresemann warning about what woud happen to Germany if America recalled its loans.
Slide 4-6: Recap - 8 sentence fill statements about the limited support for the Nazi Party in the years 1924-1928 with answers and printable student worksheet handout.
Slide 7: Starter 1 - An analysis of a propaganda poster showing an SA soldier.
Slide 8: Starter 2 - A source from Albert Speer asking students to outline reasons why the German public supported the Nazis after 1929.
Slide 9: Background information covering the impact of the Wall Street Crash on the German economy.
Slide 10: Background information about why the Weimar government failed to help the German people after the Wall Street Crash.
Slide 11-13: Task 1 - A table based activity whereby students have to identify how the Nazis promised to help specific groups in Germany society and then explain why this will have caused a growth in support for the Nazis. Includes printable handouts.
Slide 14-15: Task 2 - Students complete a worksheet where they have to read four historical interpretations and gather from them the opinion of each historian about why the Nazis gained support.
Slide 16: Challenge questions
Slide 17: Learning Review
Slide 18: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘Inference’ question.
Slide 19: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘Explain why’ question.
Slide 20-22: EXAM FOCUS - A example of a ‘How useful’ question with help sheet guidance.
Slide 23: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘Interpretation’ question on a printable answer sheet with suggested structure.
Slide 24: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘How far do you agree’ question with structure guidance.
Slide 25: Lesson fact sheet
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 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.
This pack includes:
31 fact sheets for each topic needed for the Edexcel 1-9 Crime and Punishment GCSE History Paper 1 unit. Each fact sheet can be copied into a revision booklet for students or used within your lessons as a replacement for the text book. The amount of detail is high but key points are highlighted throughout for weaker students.
This will make a perfect revision booklet for the students as I find the revision workbooks currently available seem to lack some detail in key areas.
2023 UPDATE: Please note that all images used in this set of resources are in the public domain and copyright free unless stated otherwise in the notes below each slide. Contact me in the first instance if you see any errors.
This bundle contains all of the resources, including information sheets, that you will need to teach the Medieval unit for GCSE History Medicine Through Time. There is no need for any text book and teacher notes are given throughout.
The lessons are as follows:
Lesson 1 - Overview of skills and knowledge
Lesson 2 - Supernatural and Religious Explanations of Disease
Lesson 3 - The Theory of Four Humours, The Theory of Opposites, Miasma
Lesson 4 - Explain the continuity of theories throughout Medieval England
Lesson 5 - Religious and Rational Treatments and Prevention
Lesson 6 - Surgeons, Apothecaries, Physicians and Wise Women
Lesson 7 - Medieval Hospitals and Home Care
Lesson 8 - Case Study of The Black Death
This 10 lesson bundle contains the first 10 lessons needed to teach Edexcel (or other) Cold War and Superpower Relations for the 2016 1-9 specification.
Bundle includes:
Introduction lesson
Grand Alliance
Atomic Bomb and Telegrams
Satellite states and Iron Curtain Speech
Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
Cominform and Comecon
Berlin Crisis, Berlin Blockade and Berlin Airlift
Nato and Warsaw Pact
The Arms Race
The Hungarian Uprising
Every lesson includes a fact sheet which can be used in place of the GCSE text books. No other resources needed to teach this unit.
**This highly accessible resource can be used as a revision booklet, a set of knowledge organisers or be easily adapted into a lesson-based workbook to accompany students’ learning about the American West. **
All knowledge & example exam questions are based on the most recent updates to the GCSE specification ready for the 2025 exam series. For example, the booklet will refer to Indigenous Peoples, rather than Plains Indians and ask students to ‘Explain ONE consequence’ rather than two.
It includes 32 pages and each A4 page includes:
An outline of the topic area
Information directly linked to the GCSE specification
Key terms linked to the topic area
Questions and activities
I would be grateful if you could leave a review for the resource if you feel it has been effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this as your feedback is highly valued.
All images used in this resource 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.
For Edexcel GCSE History (1-9) Period Study – The American West c.1840 – c.1890.
**This lesson examines the causes, events and the impact of the Oklahoma Land Rush. There is a particular focus on the importance and consequences of the events. **
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 lesson covers the Indian Wars between 1862-68 including Little Crow’s War, the Sand Creek Massacre and Red Cloud’s War. **
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.
UPDATED FOR NEW SPEC 2025/6: These fact sheets cover all the content information needed to cover the Historic Envronment of Whitechapel which forms a key part of the Crime & Punishment topic.
**
Fact Sheets Included:**
Fact Sheet 1: Policing in Whitechapel and the Whitechapel District
Fact Sheet 2: Housing, poverty and employment in Whitechapel
Fact Sheet 3: The Whitechapel Workhouse
Fact Sheet 4: Migrant Groups and Tensions in Whitechapel
Fact Sheet 5: The difficulties policing in Whitechapel
Fact Sheet 6: Police Techniques to catch Jack the Ripper
Fact Sheet 7: Obsticles to the police investigation into Jack the Ripper
BONUS RESOURCE:
A sheet to help students answer the follow up question. It contains a variety of possible source types they could select to answer this question.
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 examine why the Weimar Republic was unpopular in Germany following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 and also examine the idea behind the ‘Stab in the Back’.
UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC
The 25 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson key questions
Slide 3: As You Enter Warm Up - Should any country be punished for losing a war?
Slide 4-5: Last Lesson Recap - 8 question multiple choice quiz about the Weimar Constitution
Slide 6: Starter Discussion - In what ways was the Weimar Republic popular and unpopular?
Slide 7-8: Background to the Treaty of Versailles with knowledge gap fill and answers.
Slide 9-11: Background information about the Treaty of Versailles
Slide 12: Map based activity looking at the territory Germany lost
Slide 13: Useful links to 4 video clips
Slide 14-15: Task 1 - Students complete a diagram outlining the main terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Printable resource included.
Slide 16-17: Task 2 - Students complete a table based activity explaining why the terms were so unpopular in Germany.
Slide 18: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘Source Inference’ question on a printable answer sheet.
Slide 19: EXAM FOCUS - An example of an ‘Explain why’ question with exam question support
Slide 20: Challenge questions
Slide 21: Additional source inference and usefulness activity
Slide 22-23: Learning Review - use the 8 images to outline the main terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
Slide 24: Lesson fact sheet
Slide 25: More from RA Resources
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.
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 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 events of the French occupation of the Ruhr and the impact of the resulting hyperinflation in Weimar Germany.
UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC
The 30 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson key questions
Slide 3: 2x ‘As You Enter’ discussion questions
Slide 4-5: Recap - Students complete a gap fill task to recap the challenges to the Weimar Republic by 1923, answers provided.
Slide 6: Starter Activity - Students use 2 photographs of the impact of the hyperinflation to guess what the events will be.
Slide 7-11: Background information and detailed map outlining the events of the French Occupation of the Ruhr, includes further discussion questions.
Slide 12: Pit-stop source analysis question based on the French occupation of the Ruhr.
Slide 12-15: Background information about the role of Friedrich Ebert and the hyperinflation in Germany in 1923.
Slide 16-17: Photographs showing the impact of the hyperinflation on German society.
Slide 18-19: Task 1 - An optional storyboard activity for students to track the events of 1923.
Slide 20-22: Task 2 - A choice of printable worksheets which allow students to demonstrate their understanding of the events. One includes a worksheet suitable for higher ability students.
Slide 23: Learning Review - Students use 6 clipart images to suggest one fact about the events from the lesson.
Slide 24: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘Source Inference’ question on a printable answer sheet.
Slide 25-26: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘How useful’ question with structure support.
Slide 27: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question with structure support.
Slide 28: A bonus worksheet which allows students to outline the main challenges the Weimar Republic faced in the years 1918-1923.
Slide 29: Lesson fact sheet
Slide 30: More from RA Resources
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.
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 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 Golden Years of Weimar Germany and the role of Gustav Stresemann in helping Germany’s recovery with the Dawes Plan, Young Plan, League of Nations, Reichsmark and Locarno Pact.
UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC
The 23 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson key questions
Slide 3: Last lesson Recap 1 - Using a source about the hyperinflation to recap knowledge about the French occupation of the Ruhr and hyperinflation of 1923.
Slide 4-5: Last lesson recap 2 - A 10 question quiz about the events of the French occupation of the Ruhr and hyperinflation of 1923 with answers.
Slide 6: Starter Discussion - How should new Chancellor Gustav Stresemann gain money for Germany? Options given with answer and explanation.
Slide 7-9: Background information about Gustav Stresemann and his main economic and foreign policies. Includes links to useful clips.
Slide 10-11: Task 1 - A table fill activity based on the timeline of events, includes printable resource.
Slide 12-14: Task 2 - A sorting activity for students to identify those who supported the policies of Stresemann and those, like the Nazi, who opposed it and why. Printable resources and answers given.
Slide 15: Challenge questions
Slide 16: Task 3 - A set of questions based on a historical interpretation of the Golden Years.
Slide 17: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 4 mark ‘Source inference’ question with printable answer sheet.
Slide 18: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question with structure support.
Slide 19-20: Learning Review - Students link the statement to the correct policy. Answers given.
Slide 21: Lesson fact sheet
Slide 22: Lesson fact sheet
Slide 23: More from RA Resources
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.
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 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.