Websites

Cartoon-style street scene with buildings on fire, signboards, and smoke in the air, titled 'Teachers' Notes: The Great Fire of London'.

BBC Teach - KS1

Old black-and-white map of London labeled 'Great Fire of London'
Illustration of a man with long curly hair, wearing 17th-century clothing, sitting at a desk and writing with a quill pen.
Illustration of historic London in 1666 with a large medieval cathedral and surrounding houses, under a blue sky with a torn paper banner reading "London, 1666".
A painting of a city on fire with buildings burning and smoke rising into a dark sky, with a river and boats in the foreground.
A painting of a man in armor with a red sash, holding a sword, standing in front of a draped curtain and a landscape background.
Black background with white text reading, 'The Great Fire of London - KS1 Resources'.
Close-up of a historical engravings of a man with long, curly hair wearing period clothing.

Lesson plans & Activities

Animated street scene labeled 'Pudding Lane' with burning buildings and flames, titled 'Teachers' Notes: The Great Fire of London'.
Illustration of a city on fire, with large flames and thick black smoke billowing from buildings near a river; boats are anchored along the riverbank.
Three illustrations with titles and descriptions of different parts of the programme about the Great Fire of London and its aftermath. The first row shows images related to the fire, including a row of houses by the water, a burning building, and the rebuilt city. The second row includes images depicting the initial fire in a black-and-white drawing, the spread of the fire in a historical scene, and people putting out the fire on the river.

Books

Book cover titled 'The Great Fire of London' by Emma Adams and James Weston Lewis, showing an illustration of a burning London with flames and smoke over buildings.

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

By Emma Adams

Book cover illustration for 'Vlad and the Great Fire of London' showing a large rat overlooking a city on fire with smoke and fire in the background.
Illustration of houses with flames and smoke in the background, depicting the Great Fire of London, with a purple speech bubble asking 'Why do we remember?'
Book cover titled 'The Great Fire of London' depicting the historic fire with flames destroying buildings.

Videos

BBC Teach - The Great Fire of London episode 1 - How did the Great Fire of London start?

Channel 5 - How did the Great Fire of London start?

An animated scene depicting the Great Fire of London, with characters in period clothing, a flaming building, and text asking about the event.

BBC Teach - The Great Fire of London episode 2 - What happened during the Great Fire of London?

Horrible Histories - The Grisly Great Fire of London

An animated illustration showing a woman in a boat looking at a historic London building after the Great Fire of London, with smoke and destruction in the background.

BBC Teach - The Great Fire of London episode 3 - What happened after the Great Fire of London?

Twinkl - The Great Fire of London - How did it start?

Songs/Music

A cartoon illustration of a narrow alleyway between buildings with light-colored facades, multiple windows, and doors. Mountains are visible in the background, and the sky is partly cloudy. The text 'Let's get building!' is overlaid at the bottom of the image.
Illustration of a medieval-style street called Pudding Lane with timber-framed buildings, signs for bread and pudding shops, and a mouse sitting on a balcony.
A map of London with flames depicted along the riverbank, and the text "Fire, fire, everywhere!" written below.

Art

A painting of a city in flames, with buildings on fire and smoke billowing into the sky.

Student artwork ideas

Images taken from school websites are credited.

A bulletin board display featuring 15 paintings of sunsets over various city skylines, with dark silhouettes of buildings against colorful, cloudy skies.
Children's artwork depicting the Great Fire of London, with orange and yellow flames above black and orange house drawings.
Abstract artwork with black lines forming geometric shapes and structures, filled with yellow, orange, and red accents, resembling fire or flames.
A collage of nine artistic paintings of city skylines with abstract, colorful backgrounds, arranged in a 3x3 grid.
Silhouette of a mountain or rock formation against a colorful sunset sky with yellow, orange, and brown hues.

Dance and Movement

Two people raising their hands in front of a white background with doodle-style drawings of burning buildings and flames, with the text 'The Great Fire of London' at the top.

Games and Fun

Animated scene of a fire in London with two characters, a man in a hat holding a long stick and a young boy, with flames and smoke in the background. Text reads "The Great Fire of London" and a red button labeled "Play!" with a subtitle "Please turn your sound on."
A collage of four images depicting scenes of children and adults dressed in historical costumes, participating in activities like writing, playing with toy cannons, and interacting in a historical village setting with traditional buildings.

Other Resources

Cover of 'Pepy's Show,' a musical by Debbie Campbell, featuring illustrations of a woman in a cage and a woman in a dress with mice at her feet, with optional details about the edition and publisher.
Group of children wearing hats and backpacks walking outdoors on a sunny day

Educational visits

Historical Royal Palaces school trip

Group of young children wearing colorful backpacks and hats, walking outdoors on a sunny day with an adult supervising.