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The Great Fire of London
From Pudding Lane to Samuel Pepys's diary. There's no time to scour the web for your interactive whiteboard resources to teach the Great Fire of London, we've done it all for you in this super topic. There's even maps, images and a chronological list of key events of the fire.
Chronological report of the Great Fire of London
Visit in a new windowA comprehensive report - ideal for teacher notes.
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Game and presentation - Great Fire of London
Visit in a new windowSuper site completely dedicated to this wonderful topic. The page takes time to download so please be patient! Gives a sensitively animated and narrated account of the week of the Great Fire, including the strategies used to try to put out the fire.
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Great Fire of London FlipChart presentation
Visit in a new windowAnother great presentation to give an overview of this topic. Lots of good images, but the text will need to be edited if you are using this resource with infants.
This is only for Promethean whiteboards.
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Image Bank
Visit in a new windowThis is a useful bank of images that may be used in your own classroom.
Easily copy/pasted into your interactive whiteboard software, worksheets, etc.
Includes:
Wooden houses, Fire hook, London Gazette newspaper, Leather bucket, Water squirt, Fire engine, Modern fire-fighter’s helmet, Modern torch, Map of burnt London, Great Fire painting, Eyewitness statement, Fire bucket, Hearth Tax August 1666, Diary of Samuel Pepys, Fire-fighting image, King Charles II portrait, Period bed, Period table, Bible box, Period frying pan, Period candlestick, Period wine bottle, Virginal Melted window glass, Scorched floor tiles, Fire damaged book, Burnt pottery, Eyewitness account, St. Paul's on fire painting, Samuel Pepys portrait, Sir Christopher Wren portrait and more.
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London Gazette - Article on Great Fire of London
Visit in a new windowA wonderful newspaper report about the Great Fire of London. This really is a super piece of primary evidence. You'll need to zoom in to read the detail. You wouldn't read the lot to KS1, but why not pick out a couple of lines?
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Order the events of the Great Fire of London
Visit in a new windowA challenging activity which your confident children will enjoy!
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Primary evidence from the Gt Fire
Visit in a new windowThese National Archive resources will be a super support, use the images, questions and text obviously too tricky for KS1. Includes maps of London and a tax return showing who lived in Pudding lane.
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Samuel Pepys
Visit in a new windowThe life of Samuel Pepys is explored here. The text may need adapting. The Shelton's system game is a winner. Children can type out their name!
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The Great Fire of London
Visit in a new windowA wonderful site with, images of artefacts and a game to play. Great for KS1.
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