a person who works on a bus collecting tickets is called a bus conductor

laws are rules that everyone in a country has to follow

the government are people in charge of running a country and they decide the laws that everyone has to follow

Paul Stephenson's legacy in Bristol and Britain

History

Emily Davison and the tragedy at Epsom Racecourse

Emily Davison's early life and education

Emily Davison and the Suffragettes

Stories from Emily Davison's activism

Emily Davison's funeral

Changes for women following Emily Davison's death

Paul Stephenson and The Bay Horse pub

Paul Stephenson's early life and evacuation

Paul Stephenson arrives in Bristol

Paul Stephenson and the Bristol Bus Boycott

Comparing Paul Stephenson and Emily Davison

In ‘Significant individuals who changed Britain: how did they fight for change?’ pupils compare two significant individuals from different periods to develop their chronological and substantive understanding. In ‘Stone Age Britain: what do archaeologists think they know about it?’ they begin to investigate more ways in which we know about the past.

In ‘Queen Victoria: how did Britain change during her lifetime?’ pupils built on their chronological and substantive understanding in a depth study of Queen Victoria and Victorian Britain. In ‘Significant individuals who changed Britain: how did they fight for change?’ they compare two significant individuals from different periods to develop this further.

The stories of Emily Davison and Paul Stephenson help students understand when change has occurred in social justice. They learn about the diversity of those who fought for change and gain a broader sense of history and curiosity about the past.

Significant individuals who changed Britain: how did they fight for change?

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Match the job title to the correct description.

Raghbir Singh was the first bus {{ }} on the Bristol buses who was a person of colour.

Paul Stephenson walked into The Bay Horse {{ }} in 1964.

In 1965, the British government finally made a new...

After 1965, nobody in Britain was allowed to be treated differently because of their...

Paul Stephenson and others started a boycott of buses in…

when people refuse to buy or use something as a protest

Black families in Bristol could only find {{ }} paid jobs in the 1960s.

Bristol’s bus companies would only let {{ }} people work for them.

Lots of people joined in with the Bristol Bus Boycott.

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