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TEACHERS' NOTES FOR THIS CLIP

DRAMA ACTIVITIES:
1. Movement in pairs / threes: be ready to pause the playback so that children can get into pairs or threes. Together they are going to pick up a fire-hook, feel the weight of it in their hands, then get to work pulling down a house.
2. Whole group - discussion: the group comes together to discuss what it must have felt like to be one of those Londoners who lost everything in the fire.

GUIDANCE:
1. The fire-hooks are long and awkward to use. It will take a degree of co-ordination between the pairs / small groups to manipulate their pole together. They need to reach up with the pole together, use it to get a grip on something - eg part of the roof - and then together work at pulling the house down bit by bit. The sequence lasts about 35鈥�. After the clip has finished you may wish to allow some groups to show off their work to everyone else.
2. This is an action-packed unit, but the aim here is to pause briefly and consider the emotional aspect of the fire. Although fires were a constant hazard in C17th London and the experience of fire was widespread, the Great Fire was on an altogether unprecedented scale.