the process of freeing a nation from colonial rule

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

The end of empire, the Commonwealth and changing patterns of migration

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

Post-war migration to Britain

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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.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

What is the term for the process of freeing a nation from colonial rule?

How many people left Commonwealth countries to settle in Britain between 1950 and 1970?

Australia and New Zealand becoming independent

What began an era of decolonisation in the 1940s and 1950s?

Which of the following countries had become independent from Britain prior to 1947?

Which groups of post-war migrants largely faced the most hostility from both the government and local communities?

3000 Commonwealth migrants settled in Britain every year.

136 400 Commonwealth migrants settled in Britain every year.

The first Commonwealth Immigrants Act was introduced.

The second Commonwealth Immigrants Act was introduced.

Match the following events to the correct dates. 

There were not enough people to rebuild British cities and infrastructure.

The British government wanted to make Britain more multicultural. 

Britain wanted to thank people from its colonies who had supported them.

Why was there a need for migrants in Britain after World War Two (WW2)?

What is the word for an international community made up of Britain and many of its former colonies?

What is the name used to describe Caribbean migrants who settled in post-war Britain?

After WW2, many European migrants to Britain came from which of these countries?

Many Poles feared persecution from authorities as they favoured independence.

They were seeking to escape from Nazi Germany.

They were not able to migrate anywhere else.

Opportunities in war-damaged Poland were very limited.

Why did many Polish soldiers and their families migrate to Britain after WW2?

The Ministry of Labour scheme was initiated.

The Royal Commission on Population was established.

Put the following events in chronological order.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

The end of empire, the Commonwealth and changing patterns of migration

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.