a member of the Scandinavian seafaring people who raided Britain from the late 8th century

collective term for the countries of northern Europe

Case study: Viking York

History

The Viking conquest

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: Liverpool in the 19th century

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

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

a member of the Scandinavian seafaring people who raided Britain

Match the keywords to the correct definitions.

What was the name the Vikings used for York?

Who led the Viking army in the conquest of the city of York?

Complete the sentence: The settled Vikings helped expand York and make it the {{}} of Viking culture and trade.

York street names included the Scandinavian word 'gata'

Which of the following are examples of the impact Viking settlers had on York?

Which of the following are examples archeologists have found of international Viking trade in York?

Which keyword describes the area of England in the north and east controlled by the Vikings?

Which keyword describes how far individuals or groups of immigrants adopt the culture, customs and values of the majority of people living in their new home country?

Their homelands had become incredibly overpopulated

England offered wealth through fertile land and trade routes

Why were the Vikings looking for a new home by the end of the 700s?

Complete the sentence: Typically, migrants were considered ‘{{}}’ in this period, but as the Vikings controlled the Danelaw, these new migrants in northern England experienced England as rulers.

they carried out the St. Brice’s Day massacre

adopted the religion of the local people, Christianity

Viking coins continued to show pagan symbols

Which of the following examples show that the Vikings maintained their autonomy?

The Great Heathen Army settled in the north of England

Many of the Viking migrants were killed at the St. Brice’s Day massacre

England became part of King Cnut’s North Sea Empire

Put the following events in chronological order.

Starter Quiz