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.
A 10-question quiz checking the core facts of the Great Fire of London. Every question can be answered from the worksheet and the e-learning storyboard in this pack. Self-marked with instant feedback.
A 12-card deck covering the must-know facts of the Great Fire: the date (1666), the place (Pudding Lane), the cause (Thomas Farriner’s bakery), the duration (5 days), the King (Charles II), the diarist (Samuel Pepys), the architect (Christopher Wren), the death toll (16), the destruction (13,200 houses, 87 churches), and the lasting reminders (the Monument).
Every fact is verified from museum and encyclopaedic sources.
History Detective: How Do We Know? is a five-case KS1 history activity book mapped to the DfE National Curriculum for Years 1 and 2. Children learn what evidence is and how photographs, objects, written records and buildings help us find out about the past, explore the life of the significant individual Florence Nightingale, compare then and now, and put historical events in chronological order. Every question is auto-marked on screen, or the whole book can be printed with a full answer key. Includes teacher, parent and pupil notes and is fully SEND-friendly with high-contrast and large-text modes.
A short guide for parents and carers whose child is learning about the Great Fire of London. Three things: why this topic is universally taught, the five facts that the school will likely test on, and how to turn a London visit (or a Google Maps explore) into a real history lesson.
