History - The Great Plague

Facts and vocabulary we would like you to learn for our new topic: The Great Plague.

Find out all about the great plague which hit London in 1665.

More information on the great plague of London.

Learn about the horrid plague in song form!

A 'tongue in cheek' news clip about the plague from the Horrible Histories series.

Find out about the plague doctor in this short clip.

Cures for the plague... or were they? Find out about what people believed would cure them of the plague.

A timeline for the Great Plague. Read the timeline to find out what happened in the build up to, and during the great plague of London.

The Great Plague... Max the time-travelling mouse investigates the deadly Great Plague – England’s last major plague that took hold of London... in comic form.

The Great Plague... Information on the plague from the Children's British History Encyclopaedia.