Vlad and the Great Fire of London (A Flea in History)

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This planning has the resources and links needed to write a newspaper article about what Dr Phoebe Chapple did to be awarded the Military Medal during the First World War.

Using the events of the Great Fire of London, this planning enables children to take an alternative character and write their story. Using drama the children consider the events and write a story set in September 1666. A set of literacy lessons based on the picture book Vlad and the Great Fire of London. Using the characters and drama the plan enables the children to write Boxton's diary explaining his perspective on the events of 1666. Key vocabulary for the history topic, the Great Fire of London, with illustrations to support KS1 children of varying abilities. Assign the children roles of various tradespeople who may be living there: baker, butcher, priest, beggar. Using drama techniques ask the children to move around the classroom as if it is the street and communicate with each other in role.

This is not a lesson resource book, but was written as a fun activity book, which could be used as homework - the contents are listed below and the interior can be seen on the attached video. With illustrations and vocabulary from the book Vlad and Tutankhamun’s Tomb this word mat is one of the resources created for the ancient Egypt topic. There are many more free resources including planning and lesson resources. Another great activity for KS1, is our Great Fire of London newspaper report reading comprehension. We have created in the style of how we think newspapers might have looked in 1666, for added authenticity. Great Fire of London KS1 Newspaper Report Reading Comprehension Samuel Pepys Diary Templates They were designed with white space on the right-hand side for the children to write or draw their ideas, and if they are laminated they could then be used repeatedly. Individual sheets might initiate specific pieces of work eg pulling out favourite vocabulary before focussing on what words children might choose to improve their own writing.The picture book Vlad and Tutankhamun’s Tomb is a many layered story that was written to engage, trigger ideas, discussion and help children visualise life for a ancient Egyptian worker. The linked resources help understand the research behind the story. It contains all the information you need to teach the topic to a greater depth, whether it is the first time or if you want to refresh your knowledge and find out some fun facts to keep the subject lively. This is a three week talk for writing unit plan based on the book ‘Vlad and The Great Fire of London’ by Kate and Sam Cunningham. The plan is 12 lessons long, although some of these will probably take more than one session to complete. The lessons include a ‘warm-up’ game/ activity, the main teaching session and independent work, and a plenary. There are suggestions for differentiation and use of support staff too. There are Big Questions that test both deeper factual knowledge and critical thinking, and ideas about where to look for visits and other activities. If you are teaching this topic it will give you the key information on the history, context and curriculum learning.

It is 1666 and Vlad the flea and his friend Boxton the rat, love eating and biting their way around London. Boxton is trapped! – help Boxton escape from Pudding Lane through the maze of streets to the fields. This is a set of 7 lessons on the Great Fire of London with aims, activities, vocabulary and references to the National Curriculum. The lessons go with the further resources I have uploaded, but you can use and adapt in whatever way is most useful to you and your class. This is a set of 13 questions about fiction books which aim to prompt discussion. They could be used by groups working independently, for example as a guided reading activity, or in a book corner. The planning is great, id there any chance of getting a copy of the resources and activities as requested below?If you want to help your class understand more about the Great Fire, you can use our Great Fire of London information PowerPoint– this contains all of the key information in an easy to digest format. Great Fire of London KS1 Information PowerPoint Another great Great Fire of London writing activity! These mini-books are great for encouraging children’s writing, and they love folding everything up to make a fun little book – great for having out on display, or sending home for parents to see. Use our Great Fire of London Information PowerPoint to explain the sequence of events, then ask children to pretend to be just like Samuel Pepys, and create their own first-hand account with a couple of diary entries. Don’t forget to talk about Samuel’s cheese! That makes a fun addition. If you are teaching the Great Fire of London this will give you the key information on the history, context and curriculum learning for this topic.