the trade between Europe, West Africa and the Americas, where goods were exchanged for enslaved people who were sold onto plantations in European colonies

a sailor, usually from Britain’s colonies across Africa and Asia

the act of being set free from legal, social or political restrictions

Case study: Liverpool in the 19th century

History

The Viking conquest

Case study: Viking York

The Norman Conquest

Jewish migration in medieval England

Merchants and craftspeople in medieval England

Migration in medieval England

England in the early modern period

Case study: Flemish and Walloon migrants in Sandwich and Canterbury

African migrants in the early British Empire

Jewish migrants in the early modern period

Case study: Huguenots

Palatine refugees in the early 1700s

Migration to early modern England

The Industrial Revolution and internal migration

European migration in the 18th and 19th centuries

The British Empire and migration to Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries

Case study: Jewish migrants in the East End

Migration to 18th and 19th century Britain

The World Wars and colonial migrants

Post-war migration to Britain

The end of empire, the Commonwealth and changing patterns of migration

Race relations in 20th century Britain

The EU and changing patterns of migration

Refugees and asylum seekers in modern Britain

Case studies: Bristol and Leicester

Migration to modern Britain

In this unit, pupils learn about either migrants in Britain or medicine in Britain over a period of roughly 1000 years. They examine one of these themes, 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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.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

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

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Which word describes the trade between Europe, West Africa and the Americas, where goods were exchanged for enslaved people who were sold onto plantations in European colonies?

Which word describes the act of being set free from legal, social or political restrictions?

Why was there a significant wave of Irish migrants to Britain in the 1840s?

Why was Liverpool an attractive place for migrants to settle in the 19th century?

Other than Irish migrants, which migrant group also chose to settle in Liverpool in the 19th century?

built canals and railways throughout Britain

How did the migrant community in Liverpool impact the British economy?

Which word describes a sailor, usually from Britain’s colonies across Africa and Asia?

Which of the following places were considered British colonies by 1700?

gave Irish people in England the right to vote

gave Irish migrants increasing civil liberties

meant that Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

What was the significance of the 1778 Papist Act?

Who was known for criticising British rule in India in their role as a Member of Parliament (MP)?

Which migrant group's contribution to the building of railways and canals was essential for Britain’s Industrial Revolution?

Complete the sentence: Families who employed {{}} for the journey back to Britain tended to abandon the women as soon as they returned home.

Starter Quiz