coastal region of north west Europe, made up of modern-day Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg

territories in England, Wales, Ireland and France held by Henry II and his descendants in the 12th and 13th centuries

Merchants and craftspeople in medieval England

History

The Viking conquest

Case study: Viking York

The Norman Conquest

Jewish migration 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

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.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

Complete the sentence: The Low Countries are a coastal region of north west {{}}, made up of modern-day Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

What was the name of the territories in England, Wales, Ireland and France held by Henry II and his descendants in the 12th and 13th centuries?

They could pay the Low Countries migrants less as they did not produce as much.

The Anglo-Saxon workers were suspected of plotting against Norman rule.

They could speak the same language as all the Low Countries migrants.

The Anglo-Saxon workers were less skilled than the Low Countries migrants.

Why did the Normans prefer to encourage merchants and craftspeople to migrate to England from the Low Countries instead of using Anglo-Saxon workers?

Which group was encouraged to migrate to England by Henry III in 1270 so that the cost of shipping the wool to them could be removed?

‘Letters of denization’ offered to migrants

The 1300s saw more positive experiences for migrant merchants and craftspeople.

Put the following events relating to the way migrant craftspeople and merchants were treated in medieval England in chronological order.

What was the name of a new type of cloth created by weavers in Colchester, Essex?

Which keyword describes hatred of or discrimination towards Jewish people?

The Normans needed vast amounts of money for their ambitious building programme.

The Normans needed vast amounts of money for their ambitious war plans.

Usury was considered a sin for Christians whereas Jews could be moneylenders.

Usury was considered a sin for Jews whereas Christians could be moneylenders.

Why were Jewish migrants invited to England by Norman rulers?

forced to wear a badge, known as the Tabula, to distinguish them

forced to report to the king every day to prove their whereabouts

forced to leave their hometowns in certain cities

forced to only have the job of a moneylender

Which of the following were examples of discrimination Jewish migrants faced in medieval England?

Complete the sentence with the correct year: By {{}}, the Jewish community had lost all protection that had been offered by the crown.

Complete the sentence with the correct year: Jewish people were expelled by Edward I in {{}}, not to return for nearly 400 years.

They fought against the Anglo-Saxon rebels with their elite fighting skills.

They supported the growing English economy through various job roles.

They supported local business owners and shopkeepers through moneylending.

They provided loans which built castles and cathedrals.

They converted the Normans to Judaism from Christianity.

Which of the following are examples of the impact Jewish migrants had on medieval England?

Exit Quiz

Complete the sentence: The Low Countries are a coastal region of north west , made up of modern-day Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.