Was The Great Fire of London a 'blessing in disguise'?

This lesson is aimed at Year 8 mixed ability groups who are studying Stuart Britain and in particular the causes and affects of the Great Fire of London on the city. It beings with a Fire-Mark being shown and students should guess what the object. The lesson then works through several tasks which set the scene for the outbreak of the fire and uses a PPT slide from Boardworks to show an animated spread of the fire scene. There is a set of comprehension based questions which are based on sections from the Wilkes 'Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation' Textbook. There are several points where suggested progress checks could be utilised to check learning points. Students are then asked to make a judgement as to whether they agree or disagree with the statement 'The Great Fire of London was a blessing in disguise'.