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Diaries from the Great Fire of London: feelings

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Great Fire of London - NEW LOOK Diaries - NEW LOOK

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Objectives

History

  • To place the Great Fire on a timeline.
  • To use historical diaries to help identify emotions.
  • To use mime to express feelings and historical events.

Enquiry question
What can we learn about people in the past from historical diaries?

Outcomes
Children will:

  • Learn where people and events fit within a chronological order, using a timeline.
  • Understand that historical diaries can help us to understand how people might have felt in the past.
  • Participate in mime / drama to further understand the feelings and emotion generated by GFoL.
  • Perform to an audience.

You Will Also Need

Role play clothes and props, if available.

Weblinks
Online archive of Samuel Pepys' diaries

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