The Great Fire of London: An Illustrated History of the Great Fire of 1666

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Curriculum topics: Events beyond living memory KS1, Local Histories, Political and social reform, The Stuarts All our resources for primary history are made with teacher expertise and brightly illustrated to make learning engaging for KS1 children. With this in mind, you can use them with confidence, knowing that they're aligned with specific national curriculum guidelines and expectations. Gloriously illustrated, this gift book retelling of the Great Fire is a dazzling and haunting introduction to an important part of English history. Soon London was filled with smoke. The sky was red with huge flames from the fire. By Monday, 300 houses had burned down. Not everyone at the time thought that the fire was an accident. Some said foreigners caused it. Others felt that the fire was started by those not free to follow their own religion. Some even saw the fire as a punishment from God.

The lesson could be expanded to ask pupils to attempt a piece of writing on the fire such as a diary entry.

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Source 5 provides evidence of how Charles hoped to improve the city and prevent such a calamity happening again. SP 29/171 In 1666, London’s citizens woke to see the skyline above their city’s cramped wooden houses ablaze. The Great Fire of London is a hauntingly beautiful visual re-telling of one of the most well-known disasters in the city’s history. To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the fire, powerful and sumptuous drawings from the new east London illustrator, James Weston Lewis, bring the events of November 1666 to life in this stunning gift book. Here are the main curriculum aims at KS1 level in the UK education system, which our history primary school resources cover:

Two people have left us eyewitness accounts of the fire. The first is Samuel Pepys, who worked for the Navy. He kept a diary from 1660-1669. The second is John Evelyn, who also kept a diary. Both men describe how dramatic and scary the fire was. In 1666, London's citizens woke to see the skyline above their city's cramped wooden houses ablaze. The Great Fire of London is a hauntingly beautiful visual re-telling of one of the most well-known disasters in the city's history. To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the fire, powerful and sumptuous drawings from the new east London illustrator, James Weston Lewis, bring the events of November 1666 to life in this stunning gift book.

Source 5. Catalogue ref: SP 29/171 King Charles praised the courage of the people in the fire. He hoped to see a more beautiful city rebuilt. He also made plans to prevent another fire. Here are some of his plans.

Pupils could read extracts (or simplified versions) from the diaries of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn. Samuel Pepys, a man who lived at the time, kept a diary that has been well preserved – you can read it in full here. He was a Clerk to the Royal Navy who observed the fire. He recommended to the King that buildings were pulled down – many thought it was the only way to stop the fire. In KS1, your students will be expected to learn about a wide variety of historical topics. They will be taught about the differences between the past and the present and will begin to understand how people's way of life changed throughout history. Alongside yourself and their classmates, students will be allowedto discuss key events throughout history and ask questions which will help to reinforce their understanding. These history resources for primary schools have been designed by teachers to help you cover these key aims of the curriculum and save vital planning time. There are a lot of halls. These were meeting places for different kinds of craftsmen. For example, number 130 is the Carpenter’s Hall. Can you find any more? In pairs, talk about what people had to do in these jobs. (Your teacher will help you with the unusual ones.)