Tag Archives: Great Fire Of London
HISTORY SHARE: LONDON BEFORE THE GREAT FIRE
An eerie fly-over visual for those teaching the young about pre-Great Fire days. The absence of people in the streets making for a comparison of today’s modern lockdowns. https://www.faena.com/aleph/articles/would-you-like-to-fly-over-london-before-the-great-fire-of-1666/#
TRIVIA TRAIL: GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
Question: Where did the Great Fire Of London start? Answer: In a baker’s shop on Pudding Lane in the early hours of September 2nd, 1666. Since most of the houses in London were made of wood, and those houses were close together, it did not take long for the fire to take hold. By the […]
HISTORY LURE: DIARIES
The success of books like The Princess Diaries and Diary Of A Wimpy Kid show that kids are interested in diaries, so why not tell them about one of the world’s most famous diary keepers – Samuel Pepys? Granted his seventeenth-century style of writing would be a bit too ponderous for most (and not all […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: LONDON BRIDGE
Question: Did London Bridge ever really fall down, like in the nursery song? Answer: Yes. Quite often. The first London Bridge appeared during the Roman occupation of Britain and was made of wood and clay. It and its successors tended to get washed down river a lot, and in 1091, London Bridge blew down during […]
Time Travelling With Kids 