The Great Fire of London: An Illustrated History of the Great Fire of 1666

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The Navy – which had been using gunpowder at the time – carried out the request and the fire was mostly under control by Wednesday, 5 September 1666. However small fires continued to break out and the ground remained too hot to walk on for several days afterwards. Practice tends to make perfect, and this certainly helps when learning about the events throughout history. Keep children's memorisation and retention skills in top form with ourprimary history collection. Potential activities: The class could make a class mural of the Great Fire of London or pupils could do an individual drawing.

That could almost stand for a good phrase to describe the people in this novel. These are the London lost, the London lonely, the London mad - the city's victims, the city's prisoners. In 1666, London’s citizens woke to see the skyline above their city’s cramped wooden houses ablaze. The Great Fire of London is a hauntingly beautiful visual re-telling of one of the most well-known disasters in the city’s history. To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the fire, powerful and sumptuous drawings from the new east London illustrator, James Weston Lewis, bring the events of November 1666 to life in this stunning gift book.London was a busy city in 1666. It was very crowded. The streets were narrow and dusty. The houses were made of wood and very close together. Inside their homes, people used candles for light and cooked on open fires. A fire could easily get out of control. In those days there were no fire engines or firemen to stop a fire from spreading. Suggested inquiry questions: What caused the Great Fire of London and how did they stop it from happening again?

In 1666 there were no professional fire fighters. The fire was fought by local people, and soldiers. There are a lot of halls. These were meeting places for different kinds of craftsmen. For example, number 130 is the Carpenter’s Hall. Can you find any more? In pairs, talk about what people had to do in these jobs. (Your teacher will help you with the unusual ones.)The summer of 1666 was long, hot and dry. The City of London, with its wooden homes, lit by candles and crammed together in narrow streets, was accustomed to fires. When a blaze broke out in Pudding Lane on the morning of the 2nd of September, no one could have suspected it would lead to such destruction. I’m not on social media but just wanted to reach out and say I have been recommending you to everyone I know, with kids of course! Soon London was filled with smoke. The sky was red with huge flames from the fire. By Monday, 300 houses had burned down.

Topic Guides – Explore our topic guides and discover teaching ideas, resources, facts, videos and books that will help you to teach your children about a wide range of topics and themes.Children can learn what schools were like in the past compared to the present day – they might be glad they don't live in Victorian times! Our resources are also suitable for home learning - take a look at our dedicated primary resources for history home education. Our exciting brand-new outstanding Medium term planner on the Great Fire of London comes with a clear rationale and 6 enquiry-led fully resourced lessons. The 202ft column, designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Dr Robert Hooke, was built to commemorate the Great Fire of 1666 and stands on the piazza between Fish Street Hill and Monument Street. Source 1. Catalogue ref: E 170/252 This source was written about two weeks before the fire. It lists some of the people who lived in Pudding Lane. This is where the fire began.