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

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Assign the children roles of various tradespeople who may be living there: baker, butcher, priest, beggar. I am uploading it here for easy, printable purchase, but please note the same copyright applies as if you bought the bound book. It includes a set of lesson plans linked to the literacy curriculum, templates for making notes and crib sheets if you want to focus on the letter writing rather than note taking. 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. It really does capture the imagination of children, and is a great introduction to History for children who may struggle with the notion of relating to things that happened in the distant past.

The plan is 12 lessons long, although some of these will probably take more than one session to complete. There are 6 target boards with varying levels of difficulty in the phrases so the game can be played by mixed ability groups.

We have created in the style of how we think newspapers might have looked in 1666, for added authenticity.

It is linked to (but can be used separately from) the picture book Vlad and the Great Fire of London.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. Samuel Pepys also wrote how he buried his cheese and wine in the ground to keep it safe from the fire. This is Great Fire of London sequencing activity is a really good, hands-on way to help children understand exactly what happened over those few days. speaking of sequencing, we have a great, hands-on sequencing activity that really brings this topic to life.

Read about her and other inspirational people from a wide range of backgrounds in Vlad and the First World War, which includes a fact file about the real people included in the story. They have been made with Key Stage 1 in mind and I have used these to make a class book for the book corner or library where children can share their ideas about books. If you’re lucky enough to still have provision areas in KS1, then you could use our Great Fire of London colouring sheets as a great introduction to the topic.P eople used water squirts to try and put the fire out, and fire hooks to pull down straw and wood from the burning buildings. I recently published my first picture book (Vlad and the Great Fire of London) and I go into schools and libraries running activities around the Great Fire of London. 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. 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. 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.