the trade between Europe, West Africa and the Americas, where goods were exchanged for enslaved people who were sold onto plantations in European colonies

someone who is forced to work for no pay, and often considered the property of another person

money or property given from one person to another after their death, usually given to their nearest relative

someone sent to represent their nation in another country

African migrants in the early British Empire

History

The Viking conquest

Case study: Viking York

The Norman Conquest

Jewish migration in medieval England

Merchants and craftspeople in medieval England

Migration in medieval England

England in the early modern period

Case study: Flemish and Walloon migrants in Sandwich and Canterbury

Jewish migrants in the early modern period

Case study: Huguenots

Palatine refugees in the early 1700s

Migration to early modern England

The Industrial Revolution and internal migration

European migration in the 18th and 19th centuries

The British Empire and migration to Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries

Case study: Liverpool in the 19th century

Case study: Jewish migrants in the East End

Migration to 18th and 19th century Britain

The World Wars and colonial migrants

Post-war migration to Britain

The end of empire, the Commonwealth and changing patterns of migration

Race relations in 20th century Britain

The EU and changing patterns of migration

Refugees and asylum seekers in modern Britain

Case studies: Bristol and Leicester

Migration to modern Britain

In this unit, pupils learn about either migrants in Britain or medicine in Britain over a period of roughly 1000 years. They examine one of these themes, analysing the impact it had in Medieval, Early Modern, Industrial and Modern Britain, with a particular focus on change and continuity.

Thematic studies

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Which word describes money or property given from one person to another after their death, usually given to their nearest relative?

Which keyword describes someone sent to represent their nation in another country?

Complete the sentence: England's role in the Slave Trade increased the number of African migrants in England.

Portugal and Spain established a system of enslaving and transporting Africans.

first direct English involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade

increasing numbers of African migrants settled in England as ‘unfree’ servants

Put the following events in chronological order.

Which of the following were jobs African migrants did in England in the early modern period?

Some migrated for reasons other than the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

All migrated as a result of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Not all worked as ‘unfree’ servants in low paying jobs.

 All worked as ‘unfree’ servants in low paying jobs.

What does the life of John Blanke reveal about African people living in England in the early modern period?

Which word describes someone who is learning a new skill from an experienced worker?

One of several German groups from Flanders

One of several German groups from Flanders and some surrounding areas

Match the type of early modern migrant to where they come from.

Where in England did William Cecil first invite Flemish migrants to?

Supported by authorities to set up their own French-speaking schools

Supported by authorities to set up their own French-speaking churches

Given permission to settle in Canterbury with no restrictions on numbers

Given permission to settle in Sandwich with no restrictions on numbers

In what ways was the experience of Walloon migrants more positive than experiences of Flemish migrants?

Local people resented weavers who took on work outside of cloth-making

London silk weavers complained about the competition brought by the migrants

The number of migrants in Sandwich was limited to 250-300

From 1585, migrants were limited to those escaping religious persecution

Which of the following are examples of negative experiences Walloon migrants had in early modern England?

French became the language of the English aristocracy.

Several words in the English language originate from Flemish.

By 1718, French speaking migrants had opened around 30 churches.

Hundreds of motte and bailey castles were erected across the country.

Which of the following statements show the impact of Flemish and Walloon migrants on England?

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.

African migrants in the early British Empire

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.