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The Story of Guy Fawkes

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About this learning resource

Format: Video

Guy Fawkes was imprisoned in the Tower of London for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, 1605.

Children have described and illustrated Fawkes's role in the Gunpowder Plot and his time as a prisoner at the Tower.

National Curriculum links

  • Extending chronological knowledge of significant events in British history beyond 1066.
  • Development of asking perceptive questions by exploring differing representations of a key historical figure.

Resource Information

Key Stage

  • KS2 (age 7-11)

Subjects

  • History

Topic

  • Stuarts
  • Crime & Punishment

Type

  • For the classroom

Palace

  • Tower of London
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