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

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

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

how far individuals or groups of migrants hold onto the culture, customs and values of their homeland

Migration in medieval England

History

The Viking conquest

Case study: Viking York

The Norman Conquest

Jewish migration in medieval England

Merchants and craftspeople 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

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

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

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

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

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?

Which keyword describes how far individuals or groups of migrants hold onto the culture, customs and values of their homeland?

French monks migrated to work in the gold trade.

Vikings settled in England to expand their trade routes.

Jewish people migrated to work in a variety of professions.

Angevin Empire rulers wanted to expand the silk trade.

Which of the following statements are false?

Which of the following groups migrated for political reasons in the medieval period?

Which of the following groups migrated for economic reasons in the medieval period?

Which of the following groups of migrants impacted the built envrionment? 

hatred of or discrimination towards Jewish people

made up of modern-day Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg

the action of lending money & charging interest, Pope called it a sin

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

Match the keywords to the correct definitions.

Italian bankers were invited to replace Jewish moneylenders.

European merchants posed less of a threat to Norman rule.

Skilled Flemish weavers in England reduced the cost of exporting wool.

They worked in different professions, including blacksmithing and candle making

Which of the following statements explain why merchants and craftspeople migrated to medieval England for economic reasons?

‘Letters of denization’ offered to migrants

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

Complete the sentence: Merchants and craftspeople had a significant impact on the medieval English economy, especially the {{}} trade.

What fraction of English people died in the Black Death?

Henry III decided he did not like the style of weaving they did

tensions had increased between the Low Countries and the Henrician Empire

the English weavers revolted when they arrived

tensions had increased between Flanders and the Angevin Empire

Why were Flemish weavers expelled only a month after being invited to migrate to England in 1270?

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