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An activity book covering the often-missed historical-enquiry strand of the KS1 history curriculum. The point isn’t just to learn WHAT happened — it’s to learn HOW we know. Each page introduces a different type of evidence: Samuel Pepys’ diary (written), period paintings (visual), surviving objects in museums (artefacts), the Monument (built memorials), and modern reconstructions.

Pages 4 and 5 ask the child to BE a historian — to compare two sources and explain what each one tells us. This is genuine KS1 historical thinking, not just fact-recall.

A planning companion for the Great Fire of London topic, mapping each resource to the relevant DfE NC KS1 history strand. The Great Fire is unusual in covering THREE of the four KS1 strands at once — events beyond living memory (strand 2), significant individuals (strand 3), and for London-area schools, significant places in their own locality (strand 4).

Includes a section on common Y2 misconceptions (when did it happen, who was the King, did Farriner cause it on purpose) and a five-lesson scheme that uses this pack’s resources.