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The Monteagle Letter played an important part in uncovering the Gunpowder Plot. Can the children write a letter warning Lord Monteagle to stay away from Parliament on the 5th of November, without revealing details of the plot? This activity should encourage the kids to research the Gunpowder Plot in a little more depth and practise their writing skills too.
The children will need to use their persuasive writing skills for this worksheet. Can they imagine they are Tom Wintour, trying to recruit Guy Fawkes to help with the Gunpowder Plot?
This fun handwriting worksheet for Bonfire Night provides a variety of useful themed words - Guy Fawkes, gunpowder, Parliament etc - for the children to trace.
Here's an interesting worksheet to really get the kids thinking. Can they imagine they are a talk show host interviewing King James 1 after the Gunpowder Plot? What information would the audience want to hear from the King? They need to plan their questions carefully.
