Six Lessons on Great Fire of London (Powerpoints and Worksheets)

This set of six lessons (Powerpoints and worksheets) are great for teaching students more about the Great Fire of London. I used it for KS2&3 students, but they could definitely be adapted for KS1. With information on primary sources (e.g. Samuel Pepys’ diary), craft activities (making a small Tudor house) and coded writing (Shelton’s Shorthand System), learning about the Great Fire is an immersive, interactive and memorable experience with these resources.

Six lessons (each includes Powerpoint to be used in class and a worksheet)
1.) Introduction to 1666 including an interactive higher/lower game which can be played with the whole class, fun facts and a historian’s logbook worksheet.
2.) Information on houses during the Great Fire and a cut-out sheet to make a small paper model of a Tudor house.
3.) Information on sources, Samuel Pepys’ diary and Shelton’s Shorthand System, plus a coding sheet to write their own sentences using shorthand.
4.) Methods of putting out fires in London in 1666, including lots of picture sources and a guessing game.
5.) Fun facts about Great Fire conspiracy theories, including a storyboarding activity.
6.) Finding out how London changed after the Great Fire, with a ranking game and paragraph prompt to write a paragraph about most important factors.