Great Fire of London

This history scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate, describe and record information about some of the historical events surrounding the Great Fire of London that occurred in the seventieth century. The class can identify and explain some of the causes and consequences of the Great Fire.

Investigate, describe and record information about some of the historical events surrounding the Great Fire of London that occurred in the seventieth century

Lesson One : 17th Century London

Investigate, describe and record what it was like to live in London at the time of the Great Fire in the seventeenth century

Lesson Two : 17th Century Houses

Explore life in London for rich and poor people at the time of the Great Fire by examining how houses were constructed during this period in history

Lesson Three : London News

Explore some of the causes and consequences of the Great Fire of London by composing a news report describing the start of the fire in Pudding Lane

Lesson Four : Eyewitness Recounts

Explore and record eyewitness recounts about the causes and consequences of the Great Fire in London during the seventeenth century

Lesson Five : Firefighting

Describe some of the different ways of preventing and stopping the spread of the Great Fire in London during the seventeenth century

Lesson Six : Great Fire News Report

Write a newspaper report to describe some of the events surrounding the Great Fire of London in the seventeenth century

  • Family Homes

    Family Homes

    Explore the sequence of events and characters in a story with a familiar setting, identify and spell words with the /v/ sound at the end of words and compose sentences orally before writing

  • Family Rooms

    Family Rooms

    Select sentences to complete speech bubbles to record what different characters might say in response to some of the different events that happened in a story with a familiar setting

  • Food Labels

    Food Labels

    Select descriptive vocabulary words that can be added to labels describing some of the different types of foods that could be eaten by a family for breakfast, lunch and dinner

  • Family Sentences

    Family Sentences

    Select and model how to add a range of cvc words to complete different sentences about some of the special things that might happen in a family home as part of a narrative story