an international community made up of Britain and many former colonies

a vote held in which citizens vote directly on a closed question

The EU 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

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

Race relations in 20th century Britain

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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.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

Britain felt vulnerable and left out as other European countries joined.

Britain wanted to encourage migration from European countries.

Britain wanted to boost its declining economy.

What was a reason why Britain applied to join the EEC? 

Britain was initially happy with its support from Commonwealth countries.

Britain wanted to see which other European countries joined.

Britain was initially denied entry to the EEC.

Britain first tried to enter into an economic relationship with the USSR.

Why did Britain not join the EEC until 1973?

What event in 1992 increased immigration between European countries?

Eight nations from Eastern and Central Europe joined the EU.

Eight nations from Western Europe joined the EU.

The free movement of peoples was denied by Britain, Ireland and Sweden.

The first Brexit referendum was vetoed by France.

The free movement of peoples was approved by Britain, Ireland and Sweden.

What events in 2004 increased immigration to Britain?

What is the term for a general public vote on a single political question?

There was a sharp increase in migration to Britain, Ireland and Sweden.

The UK held a referendum on whether or not it should remain in the EU.

New immigration laws were introduced from the EU to Britain. 

Immigration from non-EU countries to Britain increased. 

Put the following events in chronological order.

What broke out in the interwar years as a response to black and Asian migration?

What played an important role in the 1964 General Election victory in Smethwick for the Conservative candidate Peter Griffiths?

It was the first time that a law against discrimination was passed in the UK.

It was the first UK law that related specifically to migrants.

It was the first instance of a law against racism being passed in the UK.

What was important about the 1965 Race Relations Act?

What is the term for returning someone to the country they came from?

What percentage of British people supported Enoch Powell's views according to opinion polls after his 1968 speech?

Bermudan war veteran who was murdered in race riots

A Conservative MP whose campaign included racist slogans

The Prime Minister who did not want to appear soft on immigration

An MP who delivered an anti-immigration speech in 1968

Match the people to the correct descriptions.

Starter Quiz

What broke out in the interwar years as a response to black and Asian migration?