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 looks at the role the Church of England had in Elizabethan society as well as how the Church made sure the new rules of the Religious Settlement were being followed.
This lesson has been updated in line with the 2024/25 amended specification and changes to some exam questions.
Included in this resource:
1 x A4 Fact Sheet - The Influence of the Church of England in Elizabethan Society.
Main PPT includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Previous learning recap word fill activity with answers revealed
Slide 3-4: Recap picture activity based on Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement with answers revealed.
Slide 5-6: Background information about the role of the Church and the influence of parish priests in early Elizabethan England.
Slide 7-8: Task 1 instructions and printable worksheet - the role of the Church of England in the local community.
Slide 9-10: Task 2 instructions and printable worksheet - how the Religious Settlement was enforced by the Church of England.
Slide 11: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 12-13: A brilliant blockbusters style game which is fully animated and instructions included.
Slide 14: Example exam questions
Slide 15: Fact sheet
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 has a focus on the actions of Francis Drake and Robert Dudley and asks students to explain their role in the decline of Anglo-Spanish Relations in the years before the Spanish Armada.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT)
1 x Main 23 slide Power Point Lesson
1 x Worksheet
The Power Point includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2-3: Recap multiple choice quiz about Anglo-Spanish relationships - with answers
Slide 4 - 14: A series of role play/decision making tasks where students decide which option Elizabeth should select.
Slide 15 - 16: Background knowledge about Robert Dudley’s actions in the Netherlands
Slide 17: Background knowledge about Drake’s Raid on Cadiz
Slide 18-19: Task 1: Explaining how the events increased tensions between England and Spain
Slide 20-22: Example exam/assessment questions
Slide 23: Lesson fact sheet
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.
2025/6 NEW SPEC!! This lesson examines the divide between the Protestant and Catholic Church during the time of Elizabeth’s reign and how it caused tension and conflict in society and Elizabeth’s government.
The lesson has been updated fully in line with the new GCSE specification and exam paper amendments.
The lesson includes:
1 x A4 Fact sheet covering religious differences between Catholics & Protestants in 1558 (PDF & PPT)
1 x A4 Printable worksheet
The 18 slide main Power Point includes:
Title slide: The religious divisions in Elizabethan England
Slide 1-3: Gap fill activity to recap the main threats Elizabeth I faced in 1558.
Slide 5: Source analysis activity based on the different religious views of Elizabeth I and King Philip II of Spain
Slide 6: Starter discussion activity
Slide 7-10: Background information about the events of the Reformation in Europe and its impact on Elizabeth and England.
Slide 11-13: Task 1 - Sorting activity to identify Catholic and Protestant beliefs & key terms
Slide 14: Task 2 instructions which link to the worksheet
Slide 15: Exam focus assessment questions with prompts
Slide 16-17: Learning review picture quiz with answers
Slide 18: Fact sheet based on 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.
NEW SPEC - In this lesson, students examine the various threats and challenges which Queen Elizabeth faced from other countries such as Spain, France and Scotland as well as the influence of the Pope.
This lesson has been updated ready for the 2025 exams onwards and is based on the recently published GCSE specification.
The lesson includes:
1 x Fact Sheet/Revision Sheet - What were Elizabeth’s Threats from Abroad?
1 x Worksheet - Students outline, explain and then rate the threat of each nation.
Main Power Point Lesson - 15 slides:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2-3: Previous learning recap picture activity with answers revealed
Slide 4: Starter discussion
Slide 5: Starter Activity - Based on a religious map of Europe in 1558.
Slide 6: Task 1 - Instructions to the table based sorting activity (links to additional worksheet)
Slide 7-8: Task 2 - Outlining, explaining and rating the threats from abroad.
Slide 9: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 10-11: Learning Review 10 question quiz with answers revealed.
Slide 12-14: Example exam questions with printable answer sheets
Slide15: Lesson Fact sheet based on 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. **
**LATEST 2025 SPEC & EXAM FORMAT This lesson examines the problems Elizabeth I faced when she first became Queen of England in 1558 such as questions about her gender, pressure to marry, the country’s finances and threats towards her. **
Included in this resource:
1 x A4 fact sheet linked to Elizabeth’s challenges in 1558. (PDF & PPT)
Main 14 slide Power Point Presentation:
Slide 1: Title page - The Challenges faced by Elizabeth I in 1558
Slide 2-4: Previous lesson recap match-up about Elizabethan government and society. Includes answers and printable student worksheets.
Slide 5-6: Starter Task - What challenges do you think Elizabeth faced?
Slide 7-8: Task 1 - Identify the challenges Elizabeth I faced from the images. Answers provided.
Slide 9-10: Task 2 - Student worksheet and instructions
Slide 11: Follow up challenge questions including practice exam question
Slide 12: Practice exam question
Slide 13: Two learning review activities
Slide 14: Fact sheet based on 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.
NEW UPDATED 2025/6 SPEC: This lesson examines the methods and techniques used by the Metropolitan Police in Whitechapel to investigate the murders of Jack the Ripper.
The lesson resources include:
1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT)
1 x A4 Source Enquiry Sheet
1 x 24 slide main power point presentation
The lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson aims and outcomes
Slide 3: As you enter discussion - linked to modern day crime and policing
Slide 4-6: Recap Activity - Gap fill activity to recap the murders, policing and Whitechapel environment with answers and printable worksheets.
Slide 7-8: Starter - Which of the 12 police techniques could have been used in 1888? With answers.
Slide 9-10: Task 1 - Printable diagram with instructions and aims
Slide 11-12: Task 2 - Additional questions with printable question and activity sheet included.
Slide 13-14: Exam Focus - Examples and printable sheets for ‘one feature’ question.
Slide 15-18: Exam Focus - Two examples of the ‘how useful’ question with printable answer sheets and exam technique.
Slide 19-20: Exam Focus - Two examples of the ‘follow up’ question.
Slide 21: Learning Review Activities
Slide 22-24: Learning Review Crossword - with answers and printable sheet.
Slide 25: Lesson Fact Sheet
Slide 26: 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 and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.
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 Cold War and Superpower Relations.
READY FOR 2025 EXAMS: 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 ask students to explain ‘one consequence’ rather than two.
It includes 24 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 – Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941-91
UPDATED CONTENT & SPEC. FOR 2025/6 - In this lesson, students will go on the explain the main economic, social, religious and political causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536.
This is a fully resourced lesson which includes a printable fact sheet as well as worksheets, discussion tasks, engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.
The downloaded lesson includes the following:
1x A4 printout worksheet - Sorting Task 1
1x A4 printout worksheet – Explaining the reasons Task 2
1x A4 printout – Basic Comprehension using the fact sheet.
1x main Power Point:
Slide 1: Title slide – The Causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace
Slide 2: Main Lesson Aims
Slide 3: As You Enter Warm Up 1: What do we mean by a ‘revolt’, ‘rebellion’ or ‘uprising’?
Slide 4: As You Enter Warm Up 2: Thought provoking discussion questions about modern day protests.
Slide 5: Recap Activity: Why were the people of England angry and upset with the Dissolution of the Monasteries? Answers provided in a diagram.
Slide 6-8: Background Information: The initial events of the Pilgrimage of Grace.
Slide 9: Starter Task 2: Think and discuss question about the people involved in the Pilgrimage of Grace.
Slide 10: Task 1: Students use the A4 worksheet included in the resource to identify the main reasons for the Pilgrimage of Grace.
Slide 11: Task 2: Students write in the first person to explain why certain individuals and groups in society took part in the Pilgrimage of Grace.
Slide 12: Follow Up Challenge Questions.
Slide 13: Example exam questions.
Slide 14-15: Learning Review Activity – True or false? Answers provided.
Slide 16: Lesson Fact Sheet
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 are introduced to the knowledge and exam skills needed to examine the Historic Environment of Notting Hill, c.1948-c.1970.
UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS READY FOR 2025 ONWARDS
The 17 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: What is the ‘Historic Environment’?
Slide 3: Where is Notting Hill?
Slide 4: Overall unit subject knowledge overview
Slide 5: Exam questions for the Historic Environment
Slide 6: Starter - What are sources and what is an ‘enquiry’?
Slide 7-8: Task 1 - A choice of two photographic sources about Notting Hill. Students are simply encourage to ask questions about the photographs to get them using the skills needed for the ‘Follow Up’ question.
Slide 9: Task 2 - Students are given 6 example questions and have to decide which type of source (from a choice of 8) they would pick to help answer the question.
Slide 10: Task 3 - What kind of sources do students think they would be able to use from this time?
Slide 11: A printable sheet with a list of sources that students can use for the ‘Follow Up’ question - great for sticking in a book as reference.
Slide 12: Task 4 - A practice at the ‘How useful’ exam question
Slide 13-15 - Task 5 - A multiple choice quiz which assesses student knowledge about Notting Hill at this time. Answers and printable sheets included.
Slide 16: Learning Review
Slide 17: 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.
Students examine the features of the Nazi Police State such as the SS, Gestapo, Concentration Camps and the Nazi legal system as a way to further explain the control the Nazis had over Germany.
UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC
The 24 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’ discussion - What powers and methods to the modern day police have to arrest criminals?
Slide 4-5: Previous learning recap - A gap fill to recap the main events which led to Hitler creating a dictatorship by 1934. Answers included.
Slide 6: Starter - An image of the SS uniform which questions about the image of the SS and reasons for this.
Slide 7: Background information about the SS which follows on from the starter task.
Slide 8-9: Background information - What was the Nazi Police State?
Slide 10: Background information about concentration camps
Slide 11: Background information about the Nazi legal system
Slide 12-14: Task 1 - A two page source analysis worksheet based on 5 different sources about the Nazi Police State. Printable resources included.
Slide 15: Task 2: Students create a Nazi Police State fact file using the fact sheet
Slide 16: Challenge questions
Slide 17-18: EXAM FOCUS - Two ‘Inference’ questions on a printable student answer sheet.
Slide 19: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question with supporting structure guide.
Slide 20-22: Learning Review - A crossword based on key terms from the lesson with answers and printable crosswords to give out to students.
Slide 23: Lesson fact sheet
Slide 24: 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 how the Nazis attempted to Nazify and control the Catholic and Protestant Church, with a focus on the Concordat and formation of the Reich Church.
**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: 'As You Enter Think About' - A question based on why religion and the Christian Church has/is so powerful and influential.
- Slide 4: Supporting answers for the above task
- Slide 5-6: Recap task - 10 questions based on a previous lesson covering the Nazi Police State with answers.
- Slide 7: Recap task 2 -Students are given 4 key terms and are asked to form a sentence using them to demonstrate their knowledge.
- Slide 8: Starter - An analysis of a photograph of church leaders giving the Nazi salute with supporting questions and hints.
- Slide 9-11: Background information and discussion questions about the Nazi control of the Church.
- Slide 12-13: Task 1 - Students are given a worksheet which is designed into two church buildings. Each section of the church building requires a fact. Printable worksheet provided.
- Slide 14-15: Task 2 - A source and interpretation practice worksheet with printable resource
- Slide 16: Follow up Challenge Questions
- Slide 17: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a source 'Inference' question on a printable answer sheet with structure guide.
- Slide 18-21: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a source 'Usefulness' question with supporting resources
- 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.
Students examine the extent of support for the Nazis and focus on opposition to the Nazi regime from the youth groups (Edelweiss Pirates & Swing Youth), the Catholic and Protestant Church as well as from the military, workers and social democrats. Students then explain the many reasons why opposition to the Nazis was ineffective and limited.
**UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC**
The 32 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: Starter 1 - Match the types of opposition to the correct meanings. Answers provided.
- Slide 4: Starter 2 - From four options, which form of opposition do students think was the most common in Nazi Germany and why?
- Slide 5 - Starter 3 - What type of opposition? A photograph showing August Landmesser refusing to give the Nazi salute.
- Slide 6 - Starter 4 - Think & Discuss- why do you think there was so little effective opposition in Nazi Germany?
- Slide 7 - An opinion about support for Adolf Hitler from British Prime Minister David Lloyd George with analysis questions.
- Slide 8-9: Task 1 - Use the images to identify which groups in German society opposed the Nazis. Answers given.
- Slide 10-11: Task 2 - A question sheet with a 15 minute documentary clip.
- Slide 12-13: Task 3 - Students use the fact sheets at the end of the presentation to help them fill in the printable table. Challenge questions and instructions included.
- Slide 14-15: Task 4 - Why was opposition to the Nazi Party limited and ineffective?
- Slide 16 - Challenge questions
- Slide 17: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 'Source Inference' question on a printable answer sheet with sentence structure guide.
- Slide 18-19: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of the 12 mark 'Explain why' question.
- Slide 20-23: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of the 'How useful question' with sources and printable help sheets.
- Slide 24-26: EXAM FOCUS - An example of the interpretation questions with structure and exam support.
- Slide 27-28: Learning Review 1
- Slide 29-30: Learning Review 2
- Slide 31-32: Fact Sheets
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.
Students examine the features and purpose of the Hitler Youth groups including the League of German Maidens in Nazi Germany between 1933-39.
UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2025/6 SPEC
The 33 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Key Questions
Slide 3: ‘As You Enter’ - Students asked to think about what would attract them to join a youth group today.
Slide 4-5: Starter - Students think of the reasons why the Nazi Party wanted to target the youth of Germany in particular. Suggested answers provided.
Slide 6-7: Starter 2 - Analysis of 2 propaganda posters for the Hitler Youth and League of German Maidens.
Slide 8-14: Background information and discussion tasks covering the features and purpose of the Hitler Youth and League of German Maidens.
Slide 15: Task 1 - A link to a documentary about the Hitler Youth with suggested table fill activity.
Slide 16-17: Task 2 - Students are given a printable table and have to explain the purpose of the activities given to boys and girls in the Hitler Youth using their knowledge and fact sheet.
Slide 18: An additional worksheet - printable and related to the fact sheet.
Slide 19: Additional sources about the Hitler Youth.
Slide 20: Challenge Tasks
Slide 21: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘Source Inference’ question on a printable answer sheet.
Slide 22-23: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of a 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question with suggested structure and exam tips.
Slide 24-27: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of the ‘How useful’ question with suggested structure and printable help sheets.
Slide 28-30: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the ‘Interpretation’ questions.
Slide 31: Learning Review - A recall pyramid
Slide 32: Lesson Fact Sheet
Slide 33: 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.
This lesson looks at the various methods used by the Nazis to reduce unemployment such as the Nazi Labour Front, the building of the autobahns, rearmament and conscription and to also question the usefulness of these statistics by taking into account the ‘invisible unemployed’.
UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC
The 29 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 3-4: German unemployment recap - Students complete a gap fill activity to recap the problems that Germany had with unemployment before 1933. Answers provided.
Slide 5-6: Starter Source Analysis - Students are given two graphs showing how unemployment reduced and the growth in the German armed forces between 1933-39. Prompt questions provided.
Slide 7: Starter Clip and questions
Slide 8: Background information - How did the Nazis reduce unemployment overview of the four main factors.
Slide 9: Task 1 - Why was it important for the Nazis to reduce unemployment -answers provided as useful background knowledge.
Slide 10-15: Background knowledge and activities based on the German Labour Front, autobahns, rearmament and the invisible unemployed.
Slide 16-17: Task 2: A printable worksheet for students to complete based on the fact sheet and sources.
Slide 18-20: Task 3: Key term match up with printable resources and answers. Can also be used as a learning review.
Slide 21: Follow up challenge questions
Slide 22: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘Source Inference’ question on a printable answer sheet.
Slide 23-26: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of a source usefulness question with supporting printable help sheets.
Slide 27: EXAM FOCUS - An example of an ‘Explain why’ question with suggested structure help.
Slide 28: Lesson fact sheet
Slide 29: 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 Nazi policies and treatment of minority groups such as homosexuals, the disabled, Slavs, Poles and Roma & Sinti communities between 1933-39.
UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC
The 24 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: Recap discussion activity
Slide 4: What do we mean by a ‘minority group’ - definition included.
Slide 5: An outline of who the minority groups were in Nazi Germany with a discussion about why the Nazis targetted each group.
Slide 6: Source Inference Starter - Students analyse a speech given by Heinrich Himmler about homosexual men.
Slide 7: An overview of the main racial beliefs of the Nazi Party including Eugenics and Racial Hygiene.
Slide 8-11: Further background information about Nazi racial beliefs and policies.
Slide 12-13: Task 1 - A printable worksheet including three main tasks - these are outlines on an instruction page.
Slide 14: Task 2: A table activity to explain why the Nazis discriminated against each minority group.
Slide 15-16: Learning Review Quiz with answers.
Slide 17: A bonus source inference question covering attitudes towards Jewish people and homosexual men.
Slide 18: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘source inference’ question on a question sheet.
Slide 19: EXAM FOCUS - An example of an ‘Explain why’ question with structured advice.
Slide 20-22: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘Source usefulness’ question with additional printable help sheets.
Slide 23: Lesson fact sheet
Slide 24: 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.
This resource contains all the subject knowledge needed to study or revise for Edexcel’s GCSE History Paper 1 Topic - Notting Hill (The Historical Environment). The resource contains two sets of fact sheets (one is more differentiated) and follows the most recent specification guidelines.
The fact sheets are as follows:
Fact Sheet 1: The impact of the Second World War on Britain (A wider historical context)
Fact Sheet 2: The reasons for Caribbean migration to London and Notting Hill
Fact Sheet 3: Housing Conditions for migrants in Notting Hill and Bruce Kenrick’s Notting Hill Housing
Fact Sheet 4: The Impact of Caribbean culture on Notting Hill
Fact Sheet 5: Racism and Policing in Notting Hill and Anti-immigration groups
Fact Sheet 6: The Notting Hill Riots (1958)
Fact Sheet 7: The murder of Kelso Cochrane and the Union Movement
Fact Sheet 8: Black Activism - Claudia Jones and the West Indian Gazette and Caribbean Carnival
Fact Sheet 9: Frank Crichlow, the Mangrove Nine and British Black Panthers
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.
This resource contains 11 fact sheets containing all the factual information students need to study the Historic Environment of the Western Front as part of the GCSE History Medicine in Britain topic. The fact sheets can be adapted into revision materials, lesson guides and all-round knowledge organisers for school and home learning.
The resource includes:
Fact Sheet 1: The location of the Western Front & features of the trench system
Fact Sheet 2: Key Battles on the Western Front & Medical Conditions
Fact Sheet 3: The problems with transporting the sick and injured
Fact Sheet 4: The treatment of illness and infection on the Western Front
Fact Sheet 5: The role of the RAMC and nurses on the Western Front.
Fact Sheet 6: The impact of weapons on the medical treatment
Fact Sheet 7: The stages in the chain of evacuation
Fact Sheet 8: Medical knowledge by 1914 - X-Rays, blood transfusions and aseptic surgery
Fact Sheet 9: Advances in blood transfusions, plastic surgery and blood banks
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**This resource can act as a revision booklet or a basic workbook to accompany learning about Henry VIII & his Ministers (Edexcel GCSE History British Depth Study). **
It includes 27 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
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This resource contains all the factual information students will need to study the GCSE History topic Henry VIII & his Ministers. The resources can be easily adapted to use in the classroom or as part of home learning and have been proven great for revision.
Key Topic 1
Fact Sheet 1: Tudor Government & Society
Fact Sheet 2: Henry VIII’s Strengths and Weaknesses
Fact Sheet 3: The Rise of Cardinal Wolsey
Fact Sheet 4: Wolsey’s Reforms
Fact Sheet 5: The Amicable Grant
Fact Sheet 6: Wolsey’s Foreign Policy Aims
Fact Sheet 7: Wolsey’s Foreign Policy Successes and Failures
Fact Sheet 8: Catherine of Aragon’s Succession
Fact Sheet 9: The Failure of the Annulment to Catherine of Aragon
Fact Sheet 10: Walsey’s Fall from Power
Key Topic 2
Fact Sheet 11: Thomas Cromwell’s Rise to Power
Fact Sheet 12: Cromwell’s Role in Henry’s Divorce from Catherine of Aragon
Fact Sheet 13: The Fall of Anne Boleyn
Fact Sheet 14: The Marriage to Jane Seymour
Fact Sheet 15: Cromwell’s Reforms
Fact Sheet 16: The Rise and Fall of Anne of Cleves
Fact Sheet 17: Thomas Cromwell’s Fall from Power
Key Topic 3
Fact Sheet 18: Henry’s Break from Rome
Fact Sheet 19: The Act of Supremacy & Succession
Fact Sheet 20: Opposition from Elizabeth Barton, John Fisher & Thomas More
Fact Sheet 21: The Impact of the Reformation on the English Church
Fact Sheet 22: The Role of Monasteries in Tudor England
Fact Sheet 23: The Causes of the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Fact Sheet 24: The Impact of the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Fact Sheet 25: The Causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace
Fact Sheet 26: The Events of the Pilgrimage of Grace
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Students examine the key events of the Nazi persecution of Jewish people between 1933-39. There is a focus on the Boycott of Jewish shops (1933), Nuremburg Laws (1935) and Kristallnacht (1938) among many other Anti-Semitic Nazi policies.
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 3-4: Persecution of minority groups recap with answers.
Slide 5: Key Term Definition & Discussion - Anti-Semitism.
Slide 6: The background to Anti-Semitism in Germany.
Slide 7: Why was there a growth in Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany?
Slide 8-11: Photographs showing events such as the boycott of German shops, Nuremburg Law chart and Kristallnacht.
Slide 12: A choice of three useful documentary clips
Slide 13-15: An outline of a timeline task and worksheet task with two printable resources.
Slide 16: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a source inference question on a printable answer sheet.
Slide 17: EXAM FOCUS - An example of an ‘Explain why’ question.
Slide 18-20: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘How useful’ question with printable help sheets.
Slide 21-23: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of all the ‘Interpretation’ questions on printable answer sheets with exam guidance.
Slide 24: A copy of the sources and interpretations for the lesson.
Slide 25-27: Learning Review activity with printable version for students.
Slide 28-29: Lesson fact sheets
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.
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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.