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Mrs Bailey- The Great Fire of London

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Step 1 Leave the present, step back into the past. 
 

Mrs Bailey showed the children an image. Through discussion the children talked about what they could see and explored who they thought the person was. They used their own knowledge and experiences to make connections with the image. 

Eager to learn the name of the image Mrs Bailey told the children this was King Charles II who was king in 1666. The children talked about his clothing, crown and the responsibilities of a king. We looked at other images of King Charles and learnt these were interpretations of him, drawings of what he looked like from the past. Cameras and phones had not been invented then and these were portraits. 

Step 2: The map, London 1666

The children were interested in where King Charles II lived and they began to explore a London map from the past as well as pictures of what London looked like in 1666. They compared present day London to London from the past in 1666. 
 

The children began their own map of London 1666 and created drawings of the houses. They learnt the materials they were made from and the way London was structured in relation to housing. 

Step 3: Enter the map, London 1666.


Mrs Bailey spoke words from a William Blake poem as we explored London within the map.

 

I wander through each  charter’s street

In every cry of every man

In every infants cry of fear

In every voice

I hear, I hear.

 

The children learnt about hunger, homelessness and what life was like in London 1666.

 

 

Step 4: King Charles II 

The children observed King Charles II looking out of his window. The children talked about his expression and thought of ideas in relation to what he was looking at. We looked through the window at what he could see. 

The Great Fire of London 1666

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