Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot | History KS1| BBC Teach

The circumstances which led to The Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

The first episode begins in the present at a Bonfire Night celebration where we meet a rat called Maureen. Maureen then takes us back through time to introduce one of her ancestors, a rat living in London in 1605 at the time of The Gunpowder Plot.

Pupils will learn that The Plot was a consequence of the continuing tensions between Protestants and Catholics in England and that in 1605 Catholics felt persecuted by James I, who had become king two years earlier.

Pupils are introduced to two key plotters - Robert Catesby and Guy Fawkes - and find out about their plan to kill King James I by blowing up the Houses of Parliament.

This clip is from the series History KS1: The Gunpowder Plot.

Suitable for teaching History at KS1 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 1st Level in Scotland.



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