a trading bloc created by European powers after WW2, also known as the EEC and later named the European Union (EU)

a term coined after the UK voted to leave the EU, referring to British exit from the European Union

a vote held in which citizens vote directly on a closed question

someone who is generally against close ties with the European Union

The impact of the EU on migrant experiences in Britain

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: Migration from East Africa

Post war migration to Britain: The Falklands

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

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

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

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Why was the European Economic Community (EEC) primarily created?

Which country vetoed Britain from joining the EEC twice?

Which of the following officially turned the EEC into the EU?

What is the term commonly used for Britain voting to leave the EU?

The British voted overwhelmingly to stay in the EU. 

The British voted overwhelmingly to leave the EU. 

There was a 4% difference between 'leave' and 'remain'.

What was the result of the referendum regarding Britain's membership of the EU in 2016?

The European Economic Community (EEC) was established.

Britain voted to leave the European Union (EU).

Put the following events in chronological order.

Complete the following sentence: The term British {{}} Territory is used to describe small countries still under the control of the UK.

Which countries have laid claim to the Falkland Islands in the past?

Under the dictatorship of General Galtieri, which country invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982?

How large was the exclusion zone placed around the Falkland Islands by the British?

Which British Prime Minister responded to the invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982?

improved relations between Britain and Argentina

increased tensions between Britain and Argentina

improved relations between Britain and the USA

increased tensions between Britain and the USA

What was the result of the 1982 Falklands War?

The impact of the EU on migrant experiences in Britain

Lesson outcome

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