This 17th Century lesson investigates whether or not the Great Fire of London was a blessing or a disaster. Students will be given a brief understanding of what happened before looking at the social/cultural, economic and political impacts of the fire. They will organise cards into a Venn diagram before explaining their answer to the question.

This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, think pair share activity, card sort with Venn diagram, a table to complete, a consolidation evaluation written question and a plenary.

Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.

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