The Gunpowder Plot with Cannons Key Stage 1 & 2: History, Literacy, British Values & SMSC •Secrets & whispers • Religious intolerance • Food preparations Themes: •The story of Sir Everard Digby - a gunpowder plotter • Cannons Book Now: www.doningtonleheath.org.uk/learning Summary: Learn about the gunpowder plot from the perspective of the Catholics. Meet Lady Digby whose family owned the house. Lady Digby talks about her husband, Lord Digby, who was one of the gunpowder plotters, discover her secrets and see where she secretly prayed in the house. Meet The Open Rope, a group of soldiers who helped to uncover the plot and arrest Lord Digby and Guy Fawkes, ask them questions and watch them use their own gunpowder to fire their cannons. Prepare to be amazed. Teachers can bring their family for FREE to the site for a pre-visit Location: The house, barn & gardens Duration: 10am to 1pm inc. lunch break Teacher to pupil ratio: 1:10 Max number of pupils: 33 pupils Cost per pupil: £9.70 Delivery: 2 educators & The Open Rope National Curriculum: • Events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally and lives of significant individuals • A local history study (a study of an aspect of history or a site dating from a period beyond 1066) • Extending pupils chronological knowledge beyond 1066 • Listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers, ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and knowledge and articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions Q0836 Book Now: www.doningtonleheath.org.uk/learning ayed in the ho hem she secretly pr Guy Fawkes, ask t est Lord Digby and azed. ver the plot and arr s. Prepare to be am to unco to fire their cannon eir own gunpowder watch them use th.