an international organisation consisting of states which once belonged to the British Empire

Post war migration to Britain: Migration from East Africa

History

The arrival of the Vikings

The Danish conquest

The Norman conquest (1066)

Angevin Empire

The Hundred Years' War

Impact of conquest and settlement on medieval Britain

The colonisation of North America

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

The War of Independence

Huguenot migration

Ulster Plantations and Highland Clearances

Factors causing westward migration

The origins of British rule in India

The Indian Rebellion

The impact of British rule in India

The scramble for Africa

Cecil Rhodes and the Boer War

What sources can tell us about the expansion of Empire

Irish migration to Britain in the 19th century

Jewish migration to Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries

Movement within the British Empire

The impact of imperial propaganda in the 19th century

The impact of the World Wars on migration to and from Britain

Impact of empire on migration in and out of Britain

The end of the British Empire in the 20th century

Post war migration to Britain: The Windrush generation

Post war migration to Britain: The Falklands

The impact of the EU on migrant experiences in Britain

Experience of post-WW2 migrants in Britain

In this unit, pupils learn about a theme in British history over a period of roughly 1000 years. They examine this theme, 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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.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

From where did many people migrate to Britain following mid-20th century independence?

Why did many people migrate to Britain from the Commonwealth?

In which African countries were Asian minorities heavily discriminated against post-independence?

What word means to be driven or forced out?

Which act required prospective immigrants from Commonwealth countries to have a job lined up in Britain and imposed quotas on the number allowed to enter?

The Commonwealth Immigrations Act was passed.

The Commonwealth Immigrations Act was made more restrictive.

Idi Amin expelled Asian minorities from Uganda. 

Put the following events in chronological order. 

What was the reason for labour shortages in Britain after World War Two (WW2)?

Which of the following Commonwealth countries were targetted during post-WW2 recruitment drives?

How many passengers on the Empire Windrush gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the Caribbean?

What is the word for a combination of social and economic factors related to a particular group, community or society?

They faced persecution in their home countries.

They were guaranteed well-paid jobs in Britain.

Why were many people from the Caribbean eager to move to Britain in the 1950s?

position someone holds as determined by law

Starter Quiz