Lesson video

Hello there my wonderful friends, and welcome to the eighth lesson on this unit of the Great Fire of London.

My name is Mr. Pedroza, and in this lesson, we're going to do the following thing.

We're not going to the question, we're going to do something.

So in this lesson, we're going to create a timeline of the events of the Great Fire of London.

How exciting.

So we're going to make a really detailed timeline, then we're going to practise retelling using that.

So let's have a look at the structure of the lesson.

We'll begin with star words.

Then we'll do a recap.

We will create our timelines.

And then we will retell using the timelines.

And then at the very end, just in case you've forgotten, you've got your end of lesson quiz.

But I knew you hadn't forgotten.

So in this lesson, you're going to need your exercise book, your piece of paper, so you can make some notes, and you can draw your timeline, you can with your pencil or your pen, and then today, you have to have a ruler, because otherwise, your timelines are going to look a little bit messy.

So make sure you get a ruler so they can look nice and neat with straight lines.

If you haven't got those things, go and get them now.

Okay, so let's have a look at the key star words for this lesson.

So we've got five words, can't count, got five words.

We've got timeline, date, retell, cart, and diary.

Let's begin with timeline.

And a timeline displays events in chronological order normally along a horizontal line from left to right.

The next one we've got a date, and a date, so particular date or point in time, a particular date or point in time is called the date, good job.

Next one we've got retell.

And retell is to tell again, especially a story or an account or a real-life event.

When you tell something again, especially a story or an account or a real event, or a real event, that is called retelling.

Then we've got a cart, and a cart is a large waggon with two wheels pushed by animals and is used to carry a heavy load.

A large waggon with two wheels pulled by animals and used to carry a heavy load is called a cart.

And last, we've got a diary, and a diary is the daily record of a person's experiences and thoughts.

A daily record of a person's experiences and thoughts is called a diary.

Awesome job my friends.

So let's recap the events of the Great Fire of London, and then we're going to do our timeline.

So remember the Great Fire of London destroyed large parts of the city.

Around 13,200 homes, 84 churches, and key landmarks, such as the Royal Exchange and St.

Paul's Cathedral were destroyed.

Around 100,000 people were left homeless, the majority of them losing all of their possessions.

In this lesson, what we're going to do is we'll create very detailed timelines which show how the fire unfolded, and then we're going to include dates to make it as detailed as possible.

And then at the very end, we'll have a go at retelling using our timelines but also this map, which is very useful, because remember this map shows you how the fire spread day-to-day.

So the first one that we're going to do is from early Sunday morning to late Monday morning.

So in this one, we begin on September 2, 1666.

Early Sunday morning, the fire begins around 2:00 a.

m.

at Thomas Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane.

Good job, remember that he had forgotten to put out a fire, which he was using to bake bread.

That's where the fire started.

Then we've got four more things that we can add to this section of the timeline.

So we've got Sunday morning, Samuel Pepys begins to record the unfolding events in his diary.

Then next one, we've got Sunday evening.

Remember it's got to be in chronological order.

Sunday evening, the fire spreads, destroying many buildings.

Next one, we've got September the 3rd, so it was a brand new date and a brand new day, September 3rd, 1666, early Monday morning, people begin to flee across the Thames on boats taking their possessions with them.

And then on late Monday morning, carts are banned from going near the fire.

And the reason for that was because they were seen as a potential way that the fire could spread to other parts of the city.

So this is the first part of the timeline that I want you to do.

All you need to do is put those events in the correct order, in chronological order.

So we begin on early Sunday morning on September 2nd.

Put the other events in the correct order.

So at this point, pause the video.

Make sure that you're using a ruler to draw a straight line, a horizontal line where you can fit all of these events on your timeline.

So have a go.

Pause the video.

And then I shall see you in a second.

Okay, let's check that first part of the timelines.

So we began with Thomas Farriner, yeah, we begin on September 2nd, 1666, my mistake.

It was early Sunday morning.

It's 2:00 a.

m.

, the fire starts at Thomas Farriner's bakery.

Then we move on to Sunday morning.

And Samuel Pepys begins to record the unfolding events in his diary.

He actually was woken up by the fire, and as soon as he saw it out the window, he got his diary, and he began to record the events unfolding right in front of his eyes.

Because he lived quite close to Pudding Lane.

Next one, we've got Sunday evening, the fire spreads, destroying many buildings.

Then we've got a new date, so September 3rd, 1666.

Early Monday morning, people begin to flee across the Thames on boats and taking most of their possessions with them.

And then we've got late Monday morning, carts are banned from going near the fire.

So that's the first part of the timeline.

What I'm going to do is I'm going to make it really nice and big so that you can check your work against it.

Awesome job.

Great job guys, well done.

So we created the first part of the timeline.

Now we're going to pick it up from late Monday morning.

So this is why carts were banned from going near the fire.

And we got four more events to put down.

So we've got Monday evening, the fire spreads very close to the Tower of London but didn't actually damage it.

Then we move onto a new date, so September the 4th, 1666.

So Tuesday, the fire destroys St.

Paul's Cathedral, very sadly.

September the 5th, 1666, Wednesday, the Navy and the Army, they begin to destroy houses to create firebreaks, and they did that using gunpowder.

Before, they were using hooks to pull buildings down.

But actually they decided gunpowder is going to be more effective, it's going to be a little bit quicker, and so they decided to start using gunpowder.

And then we've got the last date, key date.

September the 6th, 1666.

It's a Thursday.

The wind begins to die down, and the fire is finally extinguished.

So what are you going to do? You're going to do the same thing.

You're going to draw a timeline using the ruler, and then you can put all of these key events in the right place.

Make sure you've got the date and the day and the time as well, and then you'll write what happened on that time, on that date.

So have a go.

And then I shall see you on the other side.

Okay, let's pick it up from there.

So now, let's complete this timeline.

So beginning on September the 3rd, 1666, late in the morning, carts were banned from going near the fire.

Then on Monday evening, the fire began to spread, and it spread really closely to the Tower of London.

On September the 4th, it was Tuesday, and the fire spread.

It was fueled by the wind, and it destroyed many buildings.

Then we jump on to September the 5th.

It was a Wednesday, and at this point, the Navy and the Army, they decided to destroy houses using gunpowder in order to create firebreaks.

Before they'd been using fire hooks, but they thought that was too slow, we're going to use gunpowder, it's a lot quicker, and as a result, they begin to destroy houses.

And then finally, on September the 6th, the wind had begun to die down quite substantially, and then the fire was eventually extinguished.

So that is what your timeline should look like.

So I'm going to put it up for you to just track.

Awesome job team.

Now, we have our timeline, so, we have a kind of beginning from September the 2nd, so that's when the fire started, and it started at Thomas Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane.

So what we can do now is we can use this timeline, and we can use this map in order to retell the events of the Great Fire of London.

And this map's really useful, because it's a visual representation of how the fire began to spread.

But remember that the yellow mark tells you that that's Pudding Lane, that's where Thomas Farriner's bakery was.

So what we can do is we can have a go at retelling.

I'm going to show you how to do it, but ideally, you should have this picture of the map in front of you, and then you can have your timelines in front of you as well.

So you can go September the 2nd, 1666 A.

D.

, it was early Sunday morning at around 2:00 a.

m.

, a fire broke out at Thomas Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane.

By Sunday morning, Samuel Pepys, who worked for the Navy, he began to record the unfolding events in his diary.

On Sunday evening, the fire began to spread uncontrollably, destroying many buildings.

On September the 3rd, 1666 A.

D.

, it's early Monday morning, people began to flee across the river Thames.

And you can see that I'm pointing across the river Thames to show that people were fleeing across the Thames.

You could also add information here and talk about how fortunately, the fire didn't spread south, because there was a missing section of London Bridge at the time.

So that's some key information that you could also add when you retell.

By late Monday morning, carts were banned from going near the fire to prevent the spread to other parts of the city.

So that's kind of like how you could use this map but also this section of the timeline in order to retell the first part of the events of the Great Fire of London.

So what I want you to do now is with your timeline, and I'm going to leave this map on here.

I want you to practise retelling the first section of your timeline.

So have a go, and then we'll come back, I will show you how to do the next section.

Great retelling guys.

I could hear some excellent detail in your retells.

So let's move on to the next bit.

So this goes from September the 3rd, late Monday morning, and it goes all the way until the end, the extinguishment of the fire on Thursday, the 6th of September.

So again, we're going to use the map.

And so we're going to pick it up from Monday morning.

So carts were banned from going near the fire to prevent the spread to other parts of the city.

By Monday evening, the fire spread very closely to the Tower of London, but fortunately, it did not damage it.

On September the 4th, 1666 A.

D.

, on Tuesday, fanned by the winds, the fire began to spread even more rapidly, destroying many buildings.

On September the 5th, 1666 A.

D.

, it was Wednesday, the wind begins to die down, and the Navy and the Army begin to destroy houses using gunpowder to create firebreaks.

They were using fire hooks, but they thought that gunpowder would be much quicker way to do so.

And then finally, on September the 6th, 1666 A.

D.

, Thursday, the wind began to die down, and the fire was finally extinguished.

At the end though, 13,200 homes were destroyed, leaving approximately 100,000 people homeless.

And that is how you would use your timeline, and that's how you would use this map in order to retell.

So you can point out the different areas affected each day.

I will definitely point to where the fire started, so it started here.

And when it comes to telling about how people fled across the Thames, and it's definitely useful, just point going towards the other side of London towards the south of London.

Make sure that you tell that this section of Tower Bridge was missing, of London Bridge was missing.

So that people know why the fire didn't spread south.

So at this point, I want you to have a go, have a go at retelling this part of the key events of the time of the Great Fire of London.

I'm going to leave this map.

So good luck.

Awesome job guys, well done.

I could hear those excellent retells.

Lots of detail, really clear in terms of chronology, so you're doing it in the right order, so well done for your excellent work.

And guys, that is now the end of our lesson.

Great work today, awesome job.

Give yourselves a pat on the back.

It's now time to complete your end of lesson quiz.

And as always, if you'd like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work.

They can do it on Instagram, they can do it on Facebook, they can do it on Twitter.

You're going to tag at, they're going to tag @OakNational with the #LearnwithOak.

But please make sure you ask your parent or carer to do that.

One of the things that I would love to see from this lesson would be your timelines, 'cause I think your timelines are going to be much better than mine, they're going to be much more colourful, they're going to be a lot neater if you use a ruler.

So please make sure that you share those.

But ask your parent or carer to share your work for you.

So thanks so much for all of your hard work in this lesson.

I hope you really enjoyed it.

It was really clear that you now know that chronology of all the key events in the Great Fire of London.

Smashing job, well done.

Until next time, goodbye my friends.