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 discounted bundle contains all the fully resourced lessons needed to teach Key Topic/Unit 3 GCSE History (Edexcel) Anglo-Saxon & Norman England.
The bundle includes the following:
Lesson 21 - Feudal System
Lesson 22 - Importance of the Church in Norman England
Lesson 23 - The significance of Archbishops Stigand and Lanfranc
Lesson 24 - The Extent of social and economic change in Norman England.
Lesson 25 - Norman Government Changes
Lesson 26 - Norman Law and Order - Forest Laws & the sheriff.
Lesson 27 - The Significance of the Domesday Book
Lesson 28 - The culture and Language of the Aristocracy
Lesson 29 - The role of Bishop Odo
Lesson 30 - William’s Personality and his relationship with his son Robert.
This bundle contains all of the resources and lessons you will need to teach Edexcel GCSE History Migration in Britain Historic Environment about Notting Hill (c.1948-c.1970).
Each lesson comes with its own information sheet which means there is no requirement for any additional text books. Each lesson also contains practice exam questions, exam answer guides, printable worksheets as well as a number of varied learning activities.
The lessons you will receive will be:
Lesson 1: An introduction to the knowledge and skills of the Historic Environment
Lesson 2: The impact of the war on life in Britain and Notting Hill
Lesson 3: The reasons why Caribbean migrants came to Britain and Notting Hill
Lesson 4: Housing conditions for Caribbean migrants in Notting Hill
Lesson 5: The impact of Caribbean cultures in Notting Hill
Lesson 6: Racism and the police in Notting Hill
Lesson 7: The Notting Hill Race Riots (1958)
Lesson 8: The murder of Kelso Cochrane (1959)
Lesson 9: Black Activism - Claudia Jones (West Indian Gazette/Caribban Carnival) and the British Black Panthers
Lesson 10: Black Activism - Frank Crichlow and the trial of the ‘Mangrove Nine’.
This bundle of lessons includes all of the resources you will need to teach Unit/Key Topic 2 of the Paper 3 Home & Abroad topic. This second unit has a focus on the campaign for civil rights from the 1960s to 1975.
The lessons in this bundle are:
Lesson 9: The Greensboro Sit in, Freedom Riders and James Meredith
Lesson 10: Martin Luther King’s Civil Rights Campaign in Birmingham
Lesson 11: The Freedom Summer, Mississippi Murders and Selma
Lesson 12: The role of President Kennedy & Johnson with the Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965)
Lesson 13: Malcom X and the Black Power movement
Lesson 14: The Stokley Carmichael and the Black Panthers
Lesson 15: The Watts Riots and Kerner Report
Lesson 16: The Assassination of Martin Luther King and the Progress of Civil Rights by 1975.
Each lesson includes two different fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification. Therefore, you will not need to use or need any other resources alongside these lessons.
Please be kind enough to leave a review if you have found the lessons useful.
This bundle of lessons and resources contain three individual lessons about the Spanish Armada. The three lessons cover: the causes of the Spanish Invasion of England in 1588, the events of the Spanish Invasion and the reasons why the Spanish were defeated by the English. Each lesson comes with a variety of fact sheets, printable worksheets, easy to access background information and a number of activities and discussion tasks suited to a range of ages and abilities. These lessons are also available individually.
Lesson 1: The Causes of the Spanish Invasion of England:
1 x main lesson Power Point
1 x Francis Drake Homework Sheet
1 x Writing Frame
Lesson 2: The events of the Spanish Invasion of England:
1 x main lesson Power Point
1 x Spanish Armada crossword
1 x A4 Tracking Map/Sheet
Lesson 3: The Reasons for the Spanish Defeat:
1 x main lesson PowerPoint
1 x A4 set of fact sheets
1 x A4 set of differentiated fact sheets
1 x A4 writing frame
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.
This bundle is for the final unit of Paper 3 USA: Home & Abroad. The bundle contains all the lessons and resources you will need to teach the unit without the need for any other resources.
The bundle contains:
Lesson 26: Why was there opposition to the Vietnam War?
Lesson 27: Why was there support for the Vietnam War?
Lesson 28: The Paris Peace Accords (1973) and the Fall of Saigon (1975)
Lesson 29: The Impact of the Vietnam War on America
Lesson 30: The Strengths of the Vietcong/North Vietnam and the Weakness of the US/South Vietnamese (ARVN)
This is the full collection of all of my lessons about the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth I specifically aimed at KS3 and fully adaptable for KS2 & KS4.
Please read the list of lessons below carefully so you are fully aware of the resources you are buying.
Lesson 1: The strengths and weaknesses of Elizabeth I.
Lesson 2: Princess Elizabeth’s early life and education.
Lesson 3: the challenges faced by Elizabeth I in 1558.
Lesson 4: The importance of portraits to Queen Elizabeth I
Lesson 5: Queen Elizabeth I’s Religious Settlement.
Lesson 6: Queen Elizabeth’s execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
Lesson 7: The causes of the invasion of the Spanish Armada
Lesson 8: The events of the invasion of the Spanish Armada
Lesson 9: Explaining the defeat of the Spanish Armada
Lesson 10: Causes of the Elizabethan ‘Age of Exploration’.
This bundle of lessons contains all of my lessons covering the reign of the Stuart monarchy in Britain.
Carefully read the list below so you are fully aware of the lessons you are purchasing in this bundle:
Lesson 1: An introduction to the Stuart monarchs & events timeline.
Lesson 2: The reign and personality of King James I.
Lesson 3: The causes, events and consequences of the Gunpowder Plot, 1605.
Lesson 4: Was Oliver Cromwell a ‘hero’ or ‘monster’?
Lesson 5: What happened to Oliver Cromwell’s head?
Lesson 6: The causes of the English Civil War
Lesson 7: The belief in Witchcraft in the 1600s.
Lesson 8: The significance of Matthew Hopkins.
Lesson 9: Charles II - The ‘Merry Monarch’.
Lesson 10: The causes, events and consequences of the Great Fire of London
Lesson 11: The impact and events of the Great Plague.
Lesson 12: The Age of Discovery & Scientific Revolution.
Lesson 13: The Glorious Revolution - William and Mary
As always, positive feedback will be warmly welcomed.
This bundle is an opportunity to purchase all three of my lessons which cover the causes of the First World War. These lessons act as a perfect way to introduce the First World War to your students and enable them to fully understand the long-term and short-term causes of war in 1914.
Every lesson is fully resourced and contains a wide range of activities, tasks, engaging background information, fact sheets and printable resources - all aimed at students between the ages of 11-16. All lessons offer challenge as well as accessible activities and information for lower ability/younger students.
The bundle includes:
Lesson 1: The formation of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente
Lesson 2: The M.A.I.N. Long-Term Causes of the First World War
Lesson 3: The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the Road to War
I always warmly welcome any positive reviews you are able to give and thank you for the time you spend doing this. Enjoy the lessons!
This bundle contains all of my lessons covering the First World War and can easily be adapted to act as a full unit of work, especially for KS3 (ages 11-14).
Please note that EVERY lesson is fully resourced and ‘ready to go’. This bundle will save you many hours of preparation and each lesson contains a wide variety of activities to keep your students fully engaged.
The lessons included in this bundle are:
Lesson 1: The European Alliance System by 1914.
Lesson 2: The M.A.I.N. Long-Term Causes of the First World War.
Lesson 3: The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand as a Short-Term Cause of the war.
Lesson 4: Recruitment and Enlistment into the British Army in 1914.
Lesson 5: The importance of Propaganda Posters for the Recruitment of Soldiers.
Lesson 6: The Features and Location of the Trenches on the Western Front.
Lesson 7: Evaluating the Weapons of the First World War.
Lesson 8: The Conditions in the Trenches and Trench Letters
Lesson 9: Medical Progress made during the First World War.
Lesson 10: The Christmas Truce of 1914
Lesson 11: The Role of Britain’s Empire in the First World War.
Lesson 12: The Contribution of Women to Britain’s War Efforts.
Lesson 13: The Treatment of Conscientious Objectors during the First World War.
This bundle contains all of my lessons for KS2 - KS3 about King Henry VIII. The lessons are suitable and can be adapted to ages 8-15.
Please note that EVERY lesson is fully resourced and ‘ready to go’. This bundle will save you many hours of preparation and each lesson contains a wide variety of activities to keep your students engaged.
The bundle includes:
Lesson 1: Investigating the life and personality of the young Henry VIII (A source investigation)
Lesson 2: Henry VIII and the ‘Break from Rome’.
Lesson 3: The Dissolution of the Monasteries
Lesson 4: The Reformation
Lesson 5: Portraits of King Henry VIII - Why were portraits so important to Henry?
Lesson 6: The Wives of King Henry VIII - Why did Henry have so many wives?
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.
Students examine the development of prisons in modern England, especially with a focus on open prisons, youth prisons and non-custodial sentences.
Included in the pack:
2 x A4 worksheets
1 x 23 slide main power point
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: Warm up - Students are presented with 9 crimes and have to discuss if they believe the crimes deserve a custodial or non-custodial sentence.
Slide 3-4: Prisons Recap - Students order 5 statements about the use of prisons in England/Britain into what best describes the events of each period of time. Answers provided.
Slide 5: Starter Source - Students are given a description of an open prison and Holloway Prison along with a set of questions.
Slide 6-7: Statistical Starters - Students infer information about prisons in modern Britain from two graphs.
Slide 8: Think & Discuss question with answers - Why did the prison population increase after the 1950s?
Slide 9: Background information - How attitudes towards young prisoners changed.
Slide 10: Background information - Changes to the purpose of the penal system since 1900.
Slide 11: Clips to 4 videos covering the treatment of young people in prisons - to use alongside the worksheets.
Slide 12: Challenge - Two sources with differing views about prisons in modern Britain with 5 questions.
Slide 13-14: Learning Review 1 - Crossword with answers and printable worksheets
Slide 15-17: Learning Review 2 - Key term match up with answers and printable worksheets.
Slide 18: Lesson fact sheet
Slide 19-20: EXAM FOCUS - Four examples of the 4 mark ‘similarity and difference’ questions with suggested sentence starters.
Slide 21: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question.
Slide 22: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 16 mark ‘How far do you agree’ question.
Slide 23: 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 treatment of Conscientious Objectors during World War One and World War Two.
UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC
The 18 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Warm Up - Would you join the army if conscription was introduced today?
Slide 3-4: Background information covering who conscientious objectors were and how they were treated.
Slide 5: The types of conscientious objectors and the reasons why they refused to join the war.
Slide 6: Background information about punishments such as Dartomoor Prison
Slide 7: Background information about how attitudes to conscientious objectors changed by World War Two
Slide 8-9:Task 1 - Worksheet outline and printable resource.
Slide 10: Task 2 - Source analysis of a press cartoon criticising conscientious objectors
Slide 11: Task 3 - A revision card activity with example layout given
Slide 12: Challenge questions
Slide 13-14: Learning Review Quiz - 8 questions with answers revealed
Slide 15-16: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the 4 mark ‘similarity’ question with suggested sentence starters and the 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question.
Slide 17: Lesson fact sheet
Slide 18: 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.
