Teaching the Great Fire of London at KS1 | Year 1 and Year 2

Outstanding KS1 lessons the Great Fire of London

Our exciting brand-new outstanding Medium term planner on the Great Fire of London comes with a clear rationale and 6 enquiry-led fully resourced lessons.

The new approach looks at a very familiar topic in a completely new way, including three completely new enquiries which set it apart from the plethora of worksheets that have flooded the market. In particular, the opening session is heavily investigative and sets the tone for pupils working at history detectives throughout. Two new enquiries, which form key questions 4 and 5, look at the human impact of the event, an aspect often ignored.

Great Fire of London KS1 Scheme of Work, Knowledge Organiser, Assessment & Quiz

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The Great Fire Of London Key Questions	Historical focus
KQ1 – How can we work out why the Great Fire started?	Evidence, enquiry and causation
KQ2 – What happened during the Great Fire and how do we know?	Chronology and historical evidence
KQ3 – Why did the Great Fire burn down so many houses?	Causation and explanation
KQ4 – Could more have been done to slow the spread of the fire?	Causation and historical judgement
KQ5 – How did people manage to live through the Great Fire?	Historical experience and consequences
KQ6 – How shall we rebuild London after the Great Fire?	Consequences, change and continuity

Great Fire of London end of unit quiz – KS1

BookmarkIn this quiz, you’ll test your knowledge about one of the most famous events in British history — the Great…

Great Fire of London knowledge organiser – KS1

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The Great Fire – KQ1 – How can we work out why the Great Fire started?

BookmarkThis innovative session places pupils right from the start of the enquiry in the role of detectives to discover when,…

The Great Fire – KQ2 – What happened during the Great Fire and how do we know?

BookmarkThis lesson focuses on the idea of evidence and proof. Can pupils find evidence to back up statements made in…

The Great Fire – KQ3 – Why did the Great Fire burn down so many houses?

BookmarkThis Great Fire lesson focuses on developing children’s powers of explanations. They will already have looked at the sequence of…

The Great Fire – KQ4 – Could more have been done to slow the spread of the fire?

BookmarkThis session comprises three distinct phases. The first is mime-based, looking at the firefighting methods used and discussing their disadvantages….