GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 1 - READ WRITE PERFORM TEACHING PACK

Here is the first in a new series of videos looking at ways to enhance learning around the Great Fire of London. As always, these ideas are not to be followed as a scheme of work but instead showcase ideas in which technology can be used to make learning accessible, empowering and purposeful.

In this first idea, I share the Read Write Perform teaching pack that would work well as a unit in English during this topic. Remember supporters of the page get £3.50 off every pack.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 2 - PURPLE MASH RESOURCES

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, I share some of the fantastic cross-curricular tasks and activities available through Purple Mash.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 3 - LEARNING BY QUESTIONS

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, we look a useful Learning By Question Comprehension activity that will help children learn more about the event whilst developing their comprehension skills.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 4 - EXPLORING LONDON ON GOOGLE EARTH

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, pupils explore London today using Google Earth. This can lead to some great discussion around the capital and set a context understanding the impact of the fire.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 5 - APPLE MAPS FLYOVER OF LONDON

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, pupils use Apple Maps to explore the main landmarks of London using the flyover feature. Adding the ability to screen record means the pupils can then record a video of everything they explore.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 6 - VIDEO GUIDES TO LONDON NOW

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, pupils use the flyover video from the previous idea to create their own guided tour of the main landmarks of London.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 7 - VIDEO GUIDES TO LONDON THEN

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, pupils add a voiceover to digital footage created to closely resemble London in the 17th Century. They will be able to make stark contrasts to the London they see today.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 8 - COMPARING LIFE THEN TO NOW

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, pupils consider and share all the differences between life in London now and life in the 17th Century.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 9 - 17TH CENTURY FIREFIGHTERS

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, pupils turn themselves into 17th Century Firefighters and share facts and information about what they job entailed.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 10 - COMPARING FIREFIGHTERS THEN TO NOW

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 
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In this video, pupils consider how different the job of a firefighter is now to what it was like during the time of the Great Fire of London.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 11- 17TH CENTURY JOBS

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, pupils create their own interactive quizzes to show their understanding of some of the jobs that were popular in the 17th Century.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 12- CHOICE BOARD WEB LINKS

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, to learn more about the events of the Great Fire, teachers can create a choice board of weblinks through Seesaw that pupils can access to research and learn more about the event. ​

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 13 - LABELLING A MAP OF THE FIRE

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, pupils take a map of the area affected by the first and look at labelling significant places and colouring the affected areas.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 14 - SEQUENCING THE EVENTS

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

​In this video, pupils look at demonstrating their understanding of the Great Fire of London by sequencing the significant events into the correct order being able to then explain orally what happened.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 15 - RETELLING THE EVENTS ORALLY

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, pupils create a video retelling the events of the Great Fire where they can explain what happened in their own words orally.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 16 - DRAMA FREEZEFRAMES OF THE KEY EVENTS

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, pupils create a series of images to retell the events of the fire where they can photoshop themselves in as if they were there at the scene.
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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 17 - GREAT FIRE OF LONDON COMIC

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, using the freezeframe images from the previous idea, pupils then create an interactive comic strip of the Great Fire of London.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 18 - EXPLORING THE GREAT FIRE ON MINECRAFT

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, we explore the great resources from the Museum of London who have recreated 1666 London for children to explore and learn more about the Great Fire through Minecraft.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 19 - LOOKING FOR DIFFERENCES PRE FIRE TO POST FIRE

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, pupils take an image of the London skyline before and after the fire and look at identifying differences and the impact of the fire.

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GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IDEA 20 - SAMUEL PEPYS INTERVIEW

Here is the next video in the series linked to the Great Fire of London. 

In this video, pupils bring images of Samuel Pepys to life to share their knowledge of what he was famous for and how his diary was significant in understanding what happened.

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