Lesson video

Hi, everyone.

It's really nice to see you.

How are you doing today? Great, I'm glad to hear.

My name is Miss.

Emms and I am so excited to be teaching you a history lesson today.

So, let's get started and see what we're going to be doing in today's lesson.

Okay.

So today, our key question is why did Guy Fawkes want to blow up the Houses of Parliament? And this is Lesson 1 of 3 about Guy Fawkes, and about Guy Fawkes' Day.

And you are learning with me Miss Emms. I'm really happy to be here.

So, first things first.

We're going to have a look at some star words, and that means that those are words that are really important for our understanding of the lesson today.

Next, we're going to think about when this happened.

When did Guy Fawkes try to blow up the Houses of Parliament? After that, we're going to have a think about Catholics and Protestants, and don't worry if you don't know what those words mean yet.

We're going to look at this.

When we come to our star words and later on in the lesson.

After that, I'm going to tell you the story of the Gunpowder Plot, okay? And we're going to map that story together.

And finally, it will be time for the end of lesson quiz to see how much you have been able to remember from today's lesson.

In this lesson, you're going to need three things.

You're going to need some paper.

You can have this on a blank piece of paper, or it might be part of a book, an exercise book, either is fine.

In today's lesson it would be great if it was plain paper, not lined, because we're going to do, we're going to map a story, but don't worry if it is lined.

You're going to need a pencil and you are going to need your history brain ready and raring to go.

Can you give your brain a little rub for me like this? Check it's working, amazing.

Okay, everyone pause the video now if you need to go and get any of those things, pause now.

Great, that was speedy.

Well done and welcome back.

So let's have a look at our star words for today.

I'm going to go like this and you're going to copy me.

Star words, star words, star words! Great, well done.

Our first star word is King James.

Your turn.

It was actually King James I, and he is a really important person in this story.

King James.

Your turn.

Okay, and we're going to be learning about what happened to King James and why he was important.

The next star word is Guy Fawkes.

Your turn.

Again, Guy Fawkes is a really important person, and we're going to learn about why as the lesson progresses.

The next star word is, or words together, The Gunpowder Plot.

Your turn.

Great, and we'll find out that this is what Guy Fawkes and a group of people, they planned to carry out something called The Gunpowder Plot.

And you'll find out what that is as the lesson moves on.

The next star word is religion.

Your turn.

You may have heard this word before.

People have different religious beliefs.

They belong to different religions, and there are a lot of different religions that exist.

Today, we're going to be thinking about Christianity and we're going to be thinking about, and these are our next two star words, Catholics and Protestants.

And we're going to learn who these people were and about some of the beliefs that they had.

Okay, so when did it happen? Let's have a look at a timeline to help us think about when this historical event happened in relation to what's happening today.

So here's our timeline.

And you can see here at the end is today, where we are today.

Not that long before today, that is where me, Miss.

Emms was born.

So quite close to today.

My granny was born there.

So again, a little bit, it's longer ago than when I was born.

But again, we are quite close to today still.

And there is when The Gunpowder Plot happened.

So you can see that it was a long time ago.

It was about 400 years ago, just over 400 years ago.

It was in the year 1605 over 400 years ago, that's a really long time.

And that means that it's not within our living memory.

We can't talk to anybody who was alive in 1605, because it was over 400 years ago.

So, I would like you to pause the video to complete your first task of today's history lesson.

When did Guy Fawkes try to blow up the Houses of Parliament? And I want you to tell your screen, and I know that might feel a bit silly sometimes, but that's how we're going to learn today, that's how we're going to practise remembering the important facts that we're learning.

So, you can do it one of two ways, either you can tell your screen just as if you're telling me.

So you can say, "Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in.

." and then say the year, or you might want to get a Teddy friend, who's going to do your learning with you.

And perhaps you'll tell your Teddy these facts, because your Teddy probably wants to learn as well.

So if you'd like to go and get your Teddy talk partner, then pause the video and go and get your Teddy talk partner now.

Great, well done.

So, either tell your screen or tell.

Either tell your screen and tell me, or tell your Teddy talk partner, when did Guy Fawkes try to blow up the Houses of Parliament? And you're going to start with, "Guy Fawkes, tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in.

." Go pause the video and tell your Teddy or your screen, the answer.

Great! Did you find, did you get the answer? In 1605, or you might have said over 400 years ago.

So we are thinking about something that happened a long time ago.

Well done everyone.

Can you give yourself a little pat on the back for doing your first talk task to your screen? Well done.

Okay, now we're going to listen to, we're going to have a look at the difference and similarities between Catholics and Protestants.

So, the religion that we are thinking about today is Christianity, okay? And in 1605, there were two important Christian groups, the Catholics and the Protestants.

Can you say, I'm going to say it, my turn, your turn.

So my turn Catholics, Protestants.

One more time, are you ready? Can we whisper it? Catholics, Protestants, great.

So, Guy Fawkes was a Catholic.

Guys Fawkes was a.

? Amazing.

And King James I was a Protestant.

King James I was a.

? A Protestant, well done.

Now Catholics and Protestants shared lots of the same Christian beliefs, okay? They shared some Christian beliefs.

But they also disagreed on a number of things.

And that is why Guy Fawkes disagreed on a number of things with King James I.

He shared some beliefs, but he also did not like what the Protestants were doing in the country of England, okay? So he didn't like, he didn't like a lot of the beliefs that the Protestants had.

The Protestants were in charge of the country, okay? They were the ones in power, and King James I, the king, he was a Protestant.

He was a.

? Fantastic.

Now Catholics, Guy Fawkes was a Catholic.

And he and other Catholics were angry at laws that the king had made.

Okay, can you show me an angry face? Great.

They were angry at some of the laws that the king, King James I, a Protestant had made.

They were feeling cross, okay? A quick task for you to complete.

Can you write down these sentences and make sure you put the right words in the space.

King James I was a.

Either use the word Catholic or Protestant and Guy Fawkes was a.

Either use the word Catholic or Protestant.

And then you're going to say the hmm were in charge.

The Catholics were in charge or the Protestants were in charge.

Have a think from what we've done already.

Pause the video now and complete your writing task.

Off you go, good luck.

Fantastic work, everyone.

Well done.

Let's go through the answers.

So, King James I was a Protestant and Guy Fawkes was a Catholic.

The Protestants were in charge.

I'm going to to say that again, make sure you're listening carefully so you can tick or fix your answer.

And if you have to fix, you never need to worry, because mistakes help us learn, they help our brains get bigger and they help us make sure that we don't make those mistakes again, so that we are learning.

King James I was a Protestant.

Guy Fawkes was a Catholic.

The Protestants were in charge, okay? So, the story of The Gunpowder Plot.

There were a group of conspirators and we're going to learn in one of our next lessons, what this word really means.

But here, we need to understand that Guy Fawkes wasn't alone in his quest, in his plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

He did it with a group of people, okay? So here is a picture of the conspirators and they are going to be important characters when we map the story, the true story of The Gunpowder Plot.

We're going to map the story now.

So you're going to need your piece of paper and your pencil.

And you going to need to watch me, because I'm going to do the first bit, then you're going to do it.

I'm going to do the second part, then you're going to do that.

And we're going to carry on, until you and I have mapped the story of The Gunpowder Plot.

Are you ready? Okay everyone, so it's time for us to map the true story of The Gunpowder Plot.

And what we're going to do is we're going to arrange this story into six main parts, okay? So what you need to do first is you need to make sure that your piece of paper has six boxes, okay? And we're going to number them now.

So I've got box number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

Can you pause the video now? And can you make sure that you've split your page into six boxes just like mine.

Pause and off you go.

Great, well done everybody.

Now it's time for us to start.

So, I'm thinking about the first box now, the first part of the story of The Gunpowder Plot, okay? And we know as we've said earlier in the lesson, that this happened over 400 years ago.

So, a long time ago.

And we know that it happened in 1605.

And I'm going to draw an arrow back to remind me that that is a long time ago.

And we know that it happened in England.

So I'm going to write England.

I'm not forgetting the capital E, because we know that that's the name of a place.

And you might remember that we spoke about the difference between Catholics and Protestants.

And they share some similarities, some common beliefs, but there are some things that they do not agree on.

So to show that, I'm just going to draw a really simple picture.

Although there were lots of Catholics and lots of Protestants, I'm just going to draw two stick people.

And I'm going to draw a C above this one for Catholics and a P above this one for Protestants.

Can you pause the video now? And can you do your box 1? Off you go.

Fantastic, well done everyone.

Now, it's time for us to do box 2.

So, we know that there was a king and important king and he was called King sound it out.

King James I, King James I.

And I'm going to draw a crown to remind me that he is the king.

Now we also know that was he Catholic or Protestant? Tell your screen he was a.

A protestant, well done.

I'm actually going to write the important word Protestant Protestant.

Okay, I would like you to now complete your box number 2.

Off you go.

Well done, fantastic.

Okay, so next we know that there's a group of people don't we? And we're going to call them either the plotters or the conspirators, okay? So we know that there is a group of people who are angry.

We know that Guy Fawkes is one of these people.

And they are angry at the Protestants.

They are Catholics and they want the country to be in Catholic control.

So I'm going to draw a group of people.

It doesn't really matter how many.

I'm going to draw four stick people.

And I'm just going to draw an angry expression, so with the eyebrows going down, to show that they are angry.

And we know that they are angry, because they don't agree with the laws that King James, the Protestant king, has made.

I would like you to draw your box number 3 now.

Good luck, off you go, pause now.

Great, well done everyone.

Moving on to box 4.

So, this is where Guy Fawkes comes in.

So, I'm going to write his name Guy Fawkes.

Don't forget your capitals for both parts of his name.

And he is one of the group of people.

So he is one of the group of conspirators, plotters.

And I am going to draw a crown with a cross through, because he would like to kill King James I.

He does not want him to be king.

He wants to kill him by blowing up the Houses of Parliament.

So that's why I've got a big cross through the crown.

Can you pause the video now to draw your box 4? Off you go.

Great.

Well done everyone, you're doing an amazing job.

Now it's time for us to move on to our fifth box.

So on the night of the.

So it was actually very late on the 4th of November, but we are going to refer to it as the 5th of November, because it was in the morning of the 5th of November.

And Guy Fawkes is down underneath, okay? And he's guarding, he's near his gunpowder.

I'm going to try and draw what looks like two barrels, but it doesn't matter what yours looks like.

We know that that is gunpowder, he's down in the cellar, in the basement, and he's guarding, he's standing next to his gunpowder.

I'm just going to write Guy Fawkes, GF, for Guy Fawkes to remind me that's who we're talking about.

And he wants to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

He wants to blow up the Houses of Parliament, Houses of Parliament.

I would like you to pause the video now to fill in your box 5.

Off you go everyone.

Great, well done.

And now for our final part of the story, the true story, we know that he was caught.

So, I'm going to draw some eyes, because what happened is somebody sent a letter, someone informed an important political person that this was going to happen.

So they were able to stop this from happening, because somebody informed, they let them know, an important political person.

So Guy Fawkes was caught.

I'm going to write the key word caught, and he was sent to jail.

I'm going to draw my bars.

He was sent to jail for what he had tried to do.

Can you draw your box 6 now on your sheet of paper? Off you go.

Well done everyone.

And there we have our completed map of The Gunpowder Plot.

Okay.

A couple of questions now to see how much we can remember from our learning so far.

Why did Guy Fawkes want to blow up the Houses of Parliament? I want you to tell your screen, "Guy Fawkes wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament because.

." Tell your screen or Teddy.

Pause and go.

You're so right.

He wanted to blow up the House of Parliament because he wanted to kill King James I, because he didn't agree with his views.

He wanted the Catholics to be in charge, not the Protestants.

Okay, and now everyone, it's going to be time for you to complete an end of lesson quiz.

And that helps you to see what you've been able to remember from today's learning.

You've done such a good job.

You should feel really, really proud of yourself for working so incredibly hard, so hard that we are going to have a very special cheer.

What we're going to do is we're going to do what I call an awesome cheer for your awesome hard work.

And it goes like this.

I'll show you, my turn first.

Are you ready? Awesome! Your turn, three, two, one, awesome! Well done everyone.

Great learning today.

I'm already so excited to see you next time, bye!.