a country or area under the control of another country

when you leave your own country to settle in another

someone who has come to a country different to their country of origin to live permanently

treating a person or group of people differently and unfairly because of a certain characteristic

harmful and unfair behaviours and attitudes that people can show if they hold the belief that their own race is superior to another

Exploring the Empire Windrush and the experiences of its passengers

English

In this unit, pupils learn to develop their skills of writing a diary with emotion based on a significant historical event.

In 'Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet’: Diary and Narrative Writing', pupils learnt to write a diary entry from a character's perspective with heightened emotions from a fictional context. In this unit, pupils will learn to develop their skills of writing a diary with emotion based on a significant historical event.’

In this unit, pupils use research around the Empire Windrush and an account of a fictional passenger to write a diary entry from a Windrush passenger's perspective. They use a conversational tone and informal devices, including exclamatives and verbless sentences, to meet the writing purpose.

The Empire Windrush: diary writing

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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Approximately what proportion of the Earth's people were ruled by the British Empire at its height? 

a country under the control of another country

a country that is being attacked by another country

Which is the best definition of a 'colony'? 

the fighting was still ongoing in some places

hundreds of thousands of people had died in the war

What problems did the UK face after the Second World War ended? 

they hoped for better jobs and better pay

there was very high unemployment in the Caribbean

Which of the reasons below caused people to emigrate from the Caribbean to the UK on the Empire Windrush? 

Where did many of the Windrush immigrants have to stay initially? 

being refused service or entry to different facilities

being unable to work in public services like the NHS

What problems did the Windrush immigrants face in Britain? 

Put these events from British history in order. 

Against which of these countries was World War II fought?

Who was the British Prime Minister during most of World War II? 

What name was given to the large area of the world once ruled over by Great Britain? 

Which ocean separates Europe from North and South America? 

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Exploring the Empire Windrush and the experiences of its passengers

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.