This set of resources is designed for teaching the Great Fire of London KS1 History unit. You can download the planning for free here. It is suitable for Year 2 children and more able Year 1 children. The presentation introduces key vocabulary and then takes children through the main events of the Great Fire of London in 1666. The follow-up activity helps children chronologically order these events over the five days of the disaster. It is recommended that children do the sequencing activity in mixed ability pairs. If necessary, it is possible to stick the activity into an exercise book. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

**Tudor Assembly Script - Focuses on the life of Henry VIII and what life was like during the Tudor period. In a history style show. There are 42 parts, however, you are able to edit the document yourselves and add or change this. This was a huge success in my school - enjoy! x

A set of Tudor display resources to print - posters, titles, banners, and borders. Headings Henry VIII Banner: Prints onto 2 A4 sheets, bordered with pictures of his wives. The Tudors title: 3 versions - black lettering, red lettering, and embedded Tudor Rose lettering The Tudors A-Z lettering: 2 versions, one with embedded with the Tudor Rose, the other with red lettering. The Tudors Banner: 2 versions, one with text embedded with the Tudor Rose, the other with red lettering 'The Tudors' lettering to cut out: large lettering, fills 3 A4 pages. Borders - for display boards Henry VIII's wives border Tudor rose border Posters The Tudors posters: 12 A4 posters:- Tudor punishment Tudor clothes for women Tudor clothes for men Tudor world map Tudor British Isles map Tudor surgery Tudor medicine Tudor houses Tudor theatre Tudor explorers (x2) Tudor artefacts Tudor woodcuts: 17 Tudor images made for illustrations in printed materials:- Tudor house building Tudor fish market Tudor geographer Tudor coin makers Tudor warfare Tudor fun and games Tudor shepherds Tudor hunting lessons Tudor village life Tudor beggar Tudor fool Tudor printers Tudor water carrier Tudor shoe makers Tudor school punishment Tudor scribe Tudor engravers The Tudor Monarchs: Six posters, each containing a Tudor monarch, with a picture and the dates they reigned, plus an A4 title 'The Tudor dynasty 1485 - 1603'. The six wives of Henry VIII: Six posters each containing a wife, with the dates they were married, how many children they had, and when and how Henry got rid of them. Also contains a title. The Tudors timeline: 24 pages of the main events that occurred between 1485 and 1603. The dates are displayed along the top so they can be placed along the wall in a timeline. Each event contains pictures and descriptions. Tudor coat of arms: The coat of arms of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. The Tudor Rose: a large Tudor Rose to print Activities The Tudors A4 writing border Tudor rose - black and white

A great class assembly for anyone covering the Crime and Punishment topic. In this script the Senior Leadership Team are meeting to discuss ways that the can ‘punish’ the school PE team for their misdemeanors. Different teachers imagine different types of punishment taking the audience on a journey through the Middle Ages, Tudor and Victorian times. The script has 20 parts but could be easily adapted to 30. Best suited for KS2 but could be adapted to lower/higher ages. NB - the teacher names are highlighted in green so that you can add in your own to tailor it to your school.

A set of 51 cards containing key figures from history, associated things to ‘build’ as well as key historical events. Each card details any key dates and whether the event is within or beyond living memory. They have all been carefully selected to match the KS1 History National Curriculum. PDF and Publisher file as downloads. Includes: Mary Anning- her discoveries and shop, Grace Darling- her lighthouse and the SS Forfarshire, Edmud Hillary and Mount Everest, Rosa Parks- her statue and the bus, Guy Fawkes- Houses of Parliament and Tower of London, Samuel Pepys- St Paul’s Cathedral, Thomas Farrinor’s bakery, a London street in 1666, The Wright Brothers- the Wright Flyer and their bicycle shop, Amelia Earhart- her two most famous planes, Bessie Coleman- her two famous planes, Robert Stephenson- the Stephenson Rocket, Ernest Shackleton- SS Endurance, Christopher Columbus- his three ships and childhood home, Mary Seacole- The Britsh Hotel and statue, Edith Cavell- London Hospital, WW1 trench and statue, Florence Nightingale- Scutari Hospital, The Nightingale Training School, Neil Armstrong- Apollo 11 and capsule, Amy Johnson- her plane and statue.

Class Assembly Script - The Great Fire of London 30 Speaking Parts: Thomas Farynor Samuel Pepys A baker 27 Narrator Speaking These are be adapted for more or less speaking roles but covers a whole class.

This resource is designed for teaching the Great Fire of London KS1 History unit. You can download the planning for free here. It is suitable for Year 2 children and more able Year 1 children. The presentation introduces the context of the Great Fire of London and challenges children to find reasons for the rapid spread of the fire. The literacy-based activity reinforces this learning . Two differentiated worksheets challenge children to match reasons for the Great Fire of London with sentence starters: - the standard activity sheet gives five possible reasons - an easier activity sheet gives just two reasons to choose from per sentence starter If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about William Shakespeare, particularly those completing a history study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ It contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Times in His Life; Important Vocabulary; William Shakespeare Timeline; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

This is a fun History assembly for year 2. It has 1 catchy song and a fun poem. It covers the events during the great fire of london,how it started, why the fire burned, fire fighting methods and how London changed afterwards . There are so many opportunities for fun acting and miming in this script too depending on the ability of your class. Hopefully it saves you some time for planning your own assemblies.

Full project booklet to accompany a construction project to make Tudor houses. The comprehensive booklet takes the children through the design process. Projects asks the children to make wooden Tudor houses. We made ours by making the timber frames and then used thin card and paper mache to replicate the wattle and daub, so we made the houses in the same way the Tudors would. The booklet includes a comprehension about Tudor houses. Research pages about models of Tudor houses, 45 and 90 degree corners, joining wood, design brief, concept and final designs, safety, evaluation during and after making and more! Both PDF and Word files (for editing) included.

Here is a topic topic plan with a range of ideas which can be used with KS2. This has been tried and tested as one of the most successful topics I've taught in year 5/6! Included are the following original model texts written by myself which can be used for the Talk for Writing process or however you choose featuring the requirements of the new expected and greater depth standard: -A balanced arguement on the installation of graffiti wall - a suspense story set in London during the early 1900's -a newspaper report about the Hatton Garden Robbery - a explanation on the laws of the country - an example of letter to an MP, complaining about prisoners perks

This resource is designed for teaching the Great Fire of London KS1 History unit. You can download the planning for free here. It is suitable for Year 2 children and more able Year 1 children. The presentation explores the immediate aftermath of the Great Fire of London and how the city changed when it was rebuilt. A true/false partner activity then reinforces this learning . There are two differentiated worksheets which challenge children to read statements about what they have learned and decide whether they are true or false. It is recommended that children do the activity in pairs to promote partner discussion. The two worksheets include: - a standard activity sheet which gives 14 true/false statements - a harder activity sheet which also challenges children to come up with their own true/false statements If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This resource is designed for teaching the Great Fire of London KS1 History unit. You can download the planning for free here. It is suitable for Year 2 children and more able Year 1 children. The presentation explores how the Great Fire of London gave birth to the very first fire brigades in the late 17th century. It also looks at how fire safety has improved, including changes in our homes and innovations in fire fighting equipment. There are two differentiated worksheets which challenge children to sort fire safety related pictures and vocabulary into ‘Now’ and ‘Then (1666)’. They include: a standard activity sheet with eight words/phrases for children to draw and label an easier activity sheet (with stickers) with ten words/phrases for children to label If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

The PowerPoint is 55 pages long. It covers the history of trains from the first vehicle to be pulled on rails over 200 years ago; steam trains; the locomotive; the Rocket; diesel trains, through to the modern electric trains of today. It is written in the style of a non-fiction book, with a contents page, index and glossary. It would be suitable for upper KS1 or lower KS2 and can be used in a history topic or as a non-fiction book in English.

A simple and clear Power Point on Diwali. There is a slide on activity ideas related to Diwali. Hope you find it useful! :) For Twitter updates for my new resources, please follow: @TheStorySeed For more free resources: www.TheStorySeed.com

Basic facts with images of events Mentioning Samuel Pepys and Sir Christopher Wren. Web Link to a simple recall of events and a simple quiz

This FREE template can be used as for an individual lesson activity. It will also work well within a topic such as Castles or Tudors. Children can use the template to design their own shields. Other resources from JU3fromLeics can be found by clicking on the link including a range of history topic resources.

Six images to put in order and make a timeline of the Great Fire of London. For an extension activity children can write further detail and add information about when the fire was finally extinguished. Further free resources are available on my TES shop and if you have found this useful please give it a review so others know :) The images are taken from my picture book Vlad and the Great Fire of London and information about this and my school visits can be found on the Reading Riddle website.