an international community made up of Britain and many of its former colonies

Post-war migration to Britain

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: 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

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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

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

Many soldiers preferred to stay in Europe.

How did Britain suffer after World War Two (WW2)?

How many people were needed to rebuild Britain after WW2?

What is the name of the international community made up of Britain and her former colonies?

Which European migrants to post-war Britain faced similar levels of discrimination to Caribbean migrants?

Britain refused to allow Poles to emigrate.

Few opportunities in Poland due to scale of destruction

Why did some Polish people in Britain not want to return to Poland after WW2?

paid for their children to be privately educated

How did the British government support Polish migrants after WW2?

Many colonies already had standing armies. 

Why did Britain turn to its colonies to find soldiers during World War One (WW1)?

How many soldiers from the colonies fought for Britain?

They were in competition for the best-paid jobs.

Why did many British citizens become hostile towards demobilised black and Asian troops?

What violent event occurred in Liverpool in June 1919?

Benefits for migrants who came to Britain

Checks to limit passports for Indian people

What did the government introduce in 1925 which affected migration?

Where did migrants serve in the army during World War Two (WW2)?

Post-war migration to Britain

Lesson outcome

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