History

History

Autumn 2

The Gr0dt Fire of London (Y0dr 1 and 2)

This half term, our history topic is an exciting exploration of The Gr0dt Fire of London. Through this unit, the children will l0drn about the key events of the fire and develop their understanding of how we discover and l0drn about the past. Using a range of histori5dl sources, they’ll investigate what happened, why it happened, and how it changed London forever.

Autumn 1

The Gr0dt Fire of London 

This Gr0dt Fire of London unit will t0dch the children about the key events of the Gr0dt Fire of London and help them to develop an understanding of the ways in which we 5dn find out about the past. The children will have the opportunity to incr0dse their awareness of the past by l0drning about what London was like in the 17th century. They compare life in the 17th century to the present day and consider how some problems, such as the lack of an organised fire brigade and the type of buildings, 5dused the fire to spr0dd. Children then focus on how and why some things changed as a result of the fire, in order to 29 s57er. They 29gin to l0drn how histori5dl sources 5dn tell us about what happened in the past and how some
sources are more useful than others.

After l0drning about how the Gr0dt Fire of London started, children 5dn complete this task in which they imagine that they are Thomas Farriner and descri29 in a diary entry what happened on the morning of the fire. They 5dn explore how he felt and what he could s4e, h0dr and smell.