Lesson Planning
Key Stage 1 Great Fire of London - NEW LOOK
Story of the Great Fire - NEW LOOK
Learn about the Great Fire of London from pictures and eye-witness reports and create a time line of events. Generate questions and research the answers to write reports for a class newspaper.
Session 1 Fire Fire!
Objectives
History
- To experience a modern approach to the risk of fire, compared with ~350 years ago.
- To generate and answer questions about the great fire of London.
Enquiry question
How will we find out more about the Great Fire of London?
Outcomes
Children will:
- Take part in a fire drill and think about how we respond to the risk of fire today.
- Place the great fire of London on a timeline to understand how long ago it happened.
- Formulate and record questions about what happened in the great fire.
Provided Resources
You Will Also Need
Age-appropriate information books about the Great Fire of London for the children to explore, e.g. Beginning History: The Great Fire Of London by Liz Gogerly.
Weblinks
Magic Grandad: Samuel Pepys – Great Fire of London − YouTube clip
Session 2 London's burning!
Objectives
History
- To extend children’s knowledge about the Great Fire of London through learning about the diary entries of Samuel Pepys and creating a timeline of the four days.
- To help children understand how things have changed over time.
- To use role play and hot-seating to explore what happened and increase understanding..
Enquiry question
What happened day-by-day in the Great Fire of London?
Outcomes
Children will:
- Begin to understand the timeline of the Great Fire of London.
- Realise the danger and the problems of a fire in a city of wooden houses all built very close together.
- Participate in role-play and invent a dialogue.
Lesson Planning
Provided Resources
You Will Also Need
Age-appropriate information books about the Great Fire of London for the children to explore, e.g. Beginning History: The Great Fire Of London by Liz Gogerly
Weblinks
Timelines from: Listen to 2 characters and Totally Timelines
Session 3 Reporters!
Objectives
History
- To understand ways that we know about the past.
- To compose and write a chronological report of the Great Fire of London.
Enquiry question
How might we share our learning about the Great Fire of London?
Outcomes
Children will:
- Learn more about the GFoL from a chronological report.
- Write a newspaper report, using past tense verbs and other features of report writing.
- Edit our own and a friend’s writing, suggesting and making improvements.
Lesson Planning
Provided Resources
You Will Also Need
- Session 2 Timeline Resource
- A good quality newspaper
Weblinks
History on the net recount extract used in resources.
For reference: Great Fire of London, very useful website created by the Museum of London.