somewhere under the full control of another country,  usually occupied by settlers from that country

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 person’s right to be subject to laws that are only for the good of the community

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

a nurse, maid or nanny who is usually of Indian descent

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

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

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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.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

Which word describes a person’s right to be subject to laws that are only for the good of the community?

Which word describes a nurse, maid or nanny who is usually of Indian descent?

In what year did the Act of Union make Ireland a formal part of the United Kingdom?

Who is an example of an African migrant who had a significant impact on the British economy?

Which act gave Irish people in England the right to vote?

Complete the sentence: The {{}} led to increasing migration from France to Britain in the 18th century.

Which occupations did many German migrants have when they came to Britain post 1714?

Complete the sentence: For some French migrants, life in Britain was very different to life in France; for example, {{}} de Montazet became a window cleaner.

A German hospital was opened in Hackney in 1845.

By 1750, there were over 80 German-owned sugar refineries in the country.

Handel composed the anthem for George II's coronation.

How did German migrants impact Britain culturally?

How many Italians migrated to Britain between 1871 and 1881?

Starter Quiz