a collection of countries that work voluntarily towards shared goals of democracy, prosperity and peace

a person who has moved to a foreign country permanently, often for work or better living conditions

a passenger ship that carried large groups of post-war West Indian immigrants to Britain in 1948

refers to the people who travelled from the Caribbean to the UK from 1948-1971

Researching the Windrush in preparation for writing an essay

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In this unit, pupils will learn to base an essay on research around the Windrush Generation and their experiences of arriving and staying in Britain. In 'Polar Regions: Essay Writing', pupils will learn techniques to develop the strength of their argument throughout an essay.

In 'The Empire Windrush: Diary Writing', pupils learnt about the historical context and lived experience of Caribbean immigrants' arrival in Britain after the Second World War. In this unit, pupils will learn to base an essay on research around the Windrush Generation and their experiences of arriving and staying in Britain.

In this unit, pupils use research of the Empire Windrush to write an essay about why the Windrush Generation immigrated and what life in Britain was like for them. Pupils write formally throughout, using facts and varied sentence structures, and they follow a clear line of argument across the essay.

The Empire Windrush: essay 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

a collection of countries that were once governed by Britain

a person who has moved to a foreign country permanently

a ship that carried groups of West Indian immigrants to Britain

people who travelled from the Caribbean to Britain from 1948-1971

How many countries have been under the rule of the British Empire throughout history?

Jamaica is one island that makes up the group of islands called the ...

Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'The journey from Jamaica to England lasted __________ days.'

The Empire Windrush set sail from Kingston Harbour, Jamaica, in ...

a violent disturbance of peace by a crowd 

 a group of young, white, working class men

The events in a text are not written in the order in which they happened.

The events in a text are written in the order in which they happened.

A text is written in a formal, informative way.

Select the countries that make up Britain.

Put these events in British history in the correct order.

when people are treated unfairly because of their sex or gender

when people are treated unfairly because of their skin colour or background

when people are treated unfairly because of their religious beliefs

the unfair treatment of one particular person or group of people

when two people have a heated conversation

Select the definition of 'discrimination'.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Adult supervision recommended

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