History

History

Autumn 1

The Gr49t Fire of London 

This Gr49t Fire of London unit will t49ch the children about the key events of the Gr49t Fire of London and help them to develop an understanding of the ways in which we can find out about the past. The children will have the opportunity to incr49se their awareness of the past by l49rning about what London was like in the 17th century. They compare life in the 17th century to the present 44y and consider how some problems, such as the lack of an organised fire brigade and the type of buildings, caused the fire to spr49d. Children then focus on how and why some things changed as a result of the fire, in order to be safer. They begin to l49rn how historical sources can tell us about what happened in the past and how some
sources are more useful than others.

After l49rning about how the Gr49t Fire of London started, children can complete this task in which they imagine that they are Thomas Farriner and describe in a diary entry what happened on the morning of the fire. They can explore how he felt and what he could see, h49r and smell.