indigenous people are the original inhabitants of a specific area

a country or area under the control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country

having left one’s own country permanently and gone to live in another one

a member of any of the societies who originally inhabited North and South America and the Caribbean Islands

The colonisation of North America

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 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: Migration from East Africa

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

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Which word describes a country or area under the control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country?

Which word describes having left one’s own country permanently and gone to live in another one?

Under which monarchs did exploration of the 'New World' take place?

religious persecution of Puritans and other nonconformists

high unemployment in England due to land use changes

good farmland and fishing grounds in North America

What economic reasons were there for people emigrating to North America?

What percentage of Native Americans were killed by European diseases as a result of colonial settlement?

Complete the sentence: The settlers in America forged a new American {{}} after the colonisation of North America.

the area of England in the north and east controlled by the Vikings

a member of the Scandinavian seafaring people who raided Britain

the people who settled in Normandy in the 10th century

territories in England, Wales, Ireland and France held by Henry II

Match the words to their correct definitions.

Which word describes took over a territory by force?

Complete the sentence: The invasion of the Vikings led to the merging of Viking culture and customs with _________ culture and customs.

Which of the following forged a cultural connection between England and France?

language, government, land ownership and the Church

Christianity and parts of the Anglo-Saxon language

Match the evidence from medieval Britain to whether or not it shows change or continuity as a result of migration. 

The loss of which war saw England begin to have a separate English identity?

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