when a country develops heavy industries (for example, coal, steel) on a huge scale

to move from one part of a nation to another

The Industrial Revolution and internal 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

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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

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 the process of making an area more urban?

Complete the sentence with the correct figures: The urban population across Britain grew from {{}} million in 1700 to {{}} million in 1900.

People were no longer allowed to live in the countryside by law.

Increasing demand meant many more jobs were available.

New docks were built which allowed for easier transport.

Each British city advertised abroad for new migrant workers.

How did new industrial cities make it easier for migrant communities to develop?

Complete the sentence: The Industrial Revolution led to huge changes in industry, moving from largely {{}} to heavy industry.

It reduced the chance of migration as tickets were so expensive.

It allowed for easier migration as the journey was now much quicker.

It was the first steamship built for passengers crossing the Atlantic.

It was the first steamship built for passengers crossing the Indian Ocean.

It allowed for greater global connections.

What was the significance of the maiden voyage of the 'SS Great Western' from Bristol to New York in 1838?

Villages in the countryside as people escaped air and noise pollution

Towns on the edge of the countryside as people wanted to commute easily

Industrial cities as people wanted to fill the new factory positions

Which areas experienced the highest rates of population growth in the 18th and 19th centuries?

In which century did the Industrial Revolution begin?

Which word describes when a country develops heavy industries (for example, coal, steel) on a huge scale?

Which word describes to move from one part of a nation to another?

Put the following time periods in chronological order.

Which of the following are examples of migrant groups who had an economic impact in early modern England?

They received support and 2000 were able to naturalise.

They lived as ‘unfree’ servants for wealthy English families.

They set up successful businesses and synagogues with the support of authorities

They received little support and 3000 of them were forced to settle in Ireland.

Why did most African migrants have a negative experience of migration in early modern England?

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