Great Fire of London Source History Mystery

**Great Fire of London - History Mystery (Using primary sources) **

Great resource to use at the beginning of a teaching unit on The Great Fire of London.

Children all to receive an ‘evidence file’ from the National History Museum. Within this evidence file is a collection of envelopes for the children to open in groups one by one. Each envelope contains a copy of a primary source from the Great Fire of London.

Children have to solve the history mystery by uncovering the significant event from the clues within each source.

Resource includes a powerpoint presentation for the teacher to use alongside this lesson to reveal the meaning behind each source. Additionally, a worksheet for children to complete predicting each source.

Resources included:
Powerpoint presentation
Lesson Plan
Pupil Worksheet
Copies of each source for the evidence files