The London Archives’ Great Fire of London Workshop
Key Info
Help to bring the Great Fire of London to life for your KS1 students in their exciting session, using original archival material from 1666! Through dynamic group work and storytelling, students will study a significant event beyond living memory.
In this session, students will be encouraged to find out what it was like to be a Londoner during the Great Fire of London in 1666 by becoming history detectives. Through an investigation of original archival material, including plans, maps, letters, lists, eye-witness statements and official proclamations, they will solve puzzles and challenges to try to answer that question.
This session is particularly suitable for teachers who have already introduced their class to the basic events of the Great Fire and wish to cement and extend that knowledge, by developing skills in evidential understanding and sparking curiosity about how we know about events in the past.
About The London Archives
Following an exciting redevelopment of their learning programme, The London Archives are thrilled to introduce their new range of engaging and in-depth learning sessions for primary and secondary school students.
Each session supports the history curriculum at KS1 to KS4 showcasing their unique collection of historical documents and providing structured and well-paced activities designed to develop history enquiry skills, build confidence working with primary sources and support learning back in the classroom.
Led by experienced history facilitators, their free two-hour sessions allow students to get inspired by London’s past!
A lunch space is available to use for 30 minutes after morning workshops. Schools coming for afternoon workshops are asked to eat before arriving.
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020 8064 0974
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The London Archives