Follow Lucky the Cat and Samuel Pepys as they tell you their stories of the Great Fire of London.
In this section:
Lucky’s tale… A timeline of the fire
During the fire…
After the fire…
Video Recaps
The following videos compliment Where there’s smoke… They can be used to recap moments of the programme and to stimulate reflection and discussion:
The Mayor could be used to focus discussion on issues of responsibility and fairness with children whereas the soothsayer could set up the action and reinforce the content of the programme. The differences in their costume from today could be highligted and children could be encouraged to describe the character’s imagined settings.
The Mayor
The Soothsayer
Fire
The flames could be used to stimulate the use of descriptive language or as a backdrop to recreating the paper soundscape from the programme.
In their shoes
In this section there are activities that put children in the shoes of people in 1666. These include:
- Did you know? quiz about the Great Fire
- What would you save? activity – what would children want to save if they were in that situation?
