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The Great Fire and Plague of London Workshop
For this workshop, we can cater for up to 2 classes for the whole day (9am - 3pm)!
The workshop is split into two parts: The Great Plague of London in the morning and The Great Fire of London in the afternoon.
Sessions:
Morning Introduction: The Plague Doctor, wearing his infamous beak-shaped mask to begin with, will outline what happened during The Great Plague of London, including a detailed description about how it started, what happened during the outbreak and then the aftermath.
The Great Plague of London Role-Play: The children take part in an interactive decision-making game where they must work together to solve problems that have deadly consequences! Based on real events and primary-source accounts!
The Black Death in 3D: The children will be able to see, visually, how The Black Death spread across Europe from country to country. They will then be able to see how it spread, from fleas, to rats, to humans. They will learn about the revolting symptoms that humans displayed when they were infected and see how the shocking rate of mortality varied across Europe.
Stop The Spread!: The Plague Doctor will teach the children how to stop the spread of The Black Death. He will pass around certain artefacts for the children to investigate and they will decide whether or not they think the various treatments would work or not. The Plague Doctor will read out primary-source evidence of what people did to attempt to stop the spread. The children will guess if each example worked or not before the Plague Doctor reveals what actually happened as a result!
Afternoon Introduction: The workshop leader will appear as Thomas Farriner, the famous baker who supposedly started The Great Fire of London! They will hear his account of what actually happened and decide whether or not they think he started the infamous blaze of destruction! What happened to The Great Plague of London when The Great Fire of London happened?
Artefact Handling and Investigation: The children will get to explore a plethora of replica artefacts from the time and learn how and why they were used. There's also a chance for children to dress-up here!
The Great Fire of London Role-Play: An interactive session where the children have to plan how to limit the damage of The Great Fire of London using maps, 3D models of the city of London, and information cards giving them accurate information from the time. Again, this session uses real events as inspiration and quotes actual primary sources.
The workshop is split into two parts: The Great Plague of London in the morning and The Great Fire of London in the afternoon.
Sessions:
Morning Introduction: The Plague Doctor, wearing his infamous beak-shaped mask to begin with, will outline what happened during The Great Plague of London, including a detailed description about how it started, what happened during the outbreak and then the aftermath.
The Great Plague of London Role-Play: The children take part in an interactive decision-making game where they must work together to solve problems that have deadly consequences! Based on real events and primary-source accounts!
The Black Death in 3D: The children will be able to see, visually, how The Black Death spread across Europe from country to country. They will then be able to see how it spread, from fleas, to rats, to humans. They will learn about the revolting symptoms that humans displayed when they were infected and see how the shocking rate of mortality varied across Europe.
Stop The Spread!: The Plague Doctor will teach the children how to stop the spread of The Black Death. He will pass around certain artefacts for the children to investigate and they will decide whether or not they think the various treatments would work or not. The Plague Doctor will read out primary-source evidence of what people did to attempt to stop the spread. The children will guess if each example worked or not before the Plague Doctor reveals what actually happened as a result!
Afternoon Introduction: The workshop leader will appear as Thomas Farriner, the famous baker who supposedly started The Great Fire of London! They will hear his account of what actually happened and decide whether or not they think he started the infamous blaze of destruction! What happened to The Great Plague of London when The Great Fire of London happened?
Artefact Handling and Investigation: The children will get to explore a plethora of replica artefacts from the time and learn how and why they were used. There's also a chance for children to dress-up here!
The Great Fire of London Role-Play: An interactive session where the children have to plan how to limit the damage of The Great Fire of London using maps, 3D models of the city of London, and information cards giving them accurate information from the time. Again, this session uses real events as inspiration and quotes actual primary sources.
Click here for an example schedule based on either one or two classes:
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