Free Year 2 History Worksheets for Teachers

Year 2 Great Fire of London worksheet: Pudding Lane gap fill, why the fire spread, Samuel Pepys, fire hooks and London rebuilt. Answer key included.

Year 2 Great Fire of London sort: pupils place 14 clues, from Thomas Farriner's oven to the Monument, into before, during and after. Answers included.

Great Fire of London knowledge organiser for Year 2: Pudding Lane, firebreaks, Samuel Pepys's diary, a 2 to 6 September 1666 timeline and five key words.

Year 2 Great Fire of London worksheet: match five 1666 words to pictures, then six causes to effects such as the strong east wind. Answers included.

Year 2 Great Fire of London comprehension: a story of Samuel Pepys, his maid Jane and the buried Parmesan, with 10 questions in three parts and answers.

Year 2 Great Fire of London diary entry: plan with four questions and a word bank, then write as a child escaping Pudding Lane on 2 September 1666.

Year 2 explorers worksheet on Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong: name them, sort their equipment, a fact check and a journey question. Answers included.

Year 2 history sorting sheet: place 15 labels under Columbus (1492), Scott (1912) and Armstrong (1969), then two historian questions. Answers included.

Year 2 Christopher Columbus fact file: record his birth, three ships, 1492 voyage and landing in the Bahamas, then explain why he is remembered.

Year 2 history worksheet: sort 16 fact cards about Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong into Only Columbus, Only Armstrong or Both. Answers included.

Year 2 Neil Armstrong comprehension: read about Apollo 11 and answer 11 questions on the Eagle, the four-day journey and the first Moon walk.

Year 2 explorers starter: questions on Neil Armstrong, Christopher Columbus and the compass, plus Know and Want to Know boxes. Answers included.

Year 2 transport history worksheet: sort four vehicles into past and present, answer a Wright brothers question, and fill gaps on travel.

Year 2 transport worksheet: sort 12 vehicles such as a stagecoach, a penny-farthing and an electric car into past and present. Answer key included.

Year 2 transport through history exit slip: name one way people travelled in the past, say how travel is different today, and circle a face.

Year 2 history comprehension on George Stephenson's Rocket and the 1830 Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Nine questions with an answer key.

Year 2 history matching sheet on transport inventions, from the wheel and Viking longship to the Wright Flyer, with a short writing task. Answers included.

Year 2 transport through history word search: find boat, cart, coach, horse, plane, rocket, steam and train in a 10 by 10 grid. Answers included.