Guy Fawkes and his fellow Catholics plotted to blow up the English Parliament and kill King James I on November 5th, 1605 in the Gunpowder Plot. They were discovered before they could light the gunpowder. Every year on Bonfire Night, the failed plot is remembered with bonfires, fireworks, and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes. Traditional foods include toffee apples and baked potatoes.

1. BONFIRE NIGHT

2. What is Bonfire Night?
• Every year on the 5th November in
England, we celebrate Bonfire Night.
• This is because on the 5th November
1605, a man called Guy Fawkes and
his friends decided to try to blow up the
English government and the King,
James I.
Guy Fawkes
Government- gobierno
Blow up- volar

3. • Guy Fawkes came
from a city called
York:

4. WHY did he want to kill the king?
• Guy Fawkes was a Catholic, but King James I
was a Protestant.
• Guy Fawkes wanted England to be Catholic,
so he wanted to kill the King.
• So, he tried to blow up the government using
gunpowder!
Gunpowder: Pólvora

5. What happened?
• People discovered
Guy Fawkes, his men
and the gunpowder
before he could blew
up the government.
• He was put in prison.
• He and his men were
killed and their heads
were put on sticks as
a warning to other
people.

6. Why do we remember this?
• Because of a law passed in 1606 called the “Law
of Thanksgiving”, we have to remember what
Guy Fawkes tried to do on the 5th of November
every year.
Thanksgi
ving Law

7. What happens now?
• Every 5th November
in England we have a
big party and
celebration to
remember what Guy
Fawkes did.
• We build a huge
bonfire, and we
make a model of Guy
Fawkes, then burn it
on top.

8. • We also watch lots of fireworks.

9. We also use sparklers

10. What do you eat?
• We eat toffee apples and jacket potatoes
that are cooked in tin foil on the bonfire!

11. We have a poem about Guy
Fawkes:
Remember, remember the
Fifth of November,
Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot

12. Some photos I took on Bonfire
Night

13. Happy Bonfire Night!!