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Year 6

Poetry about migration

5 lessons

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  • Appreciation of poetry
  • Modern literature strand 1: identity, belonging and community
  • Reading and writing texts that inform

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In this unit, pupils read and respond to two songs by Lord Kitchener, written about his migration to the UK aboard the Empire Windrush. Pupils will explore, compare and contrast the two songs and make connections to their own lives and experiences.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' learning around the Windrush generation, which was explored in 'Coming to England: reading'. In this unit, pupils will explore perspectives of Empire Windrush passengers and the optimism they had arriving in Britain. They will develop understanding of different perspectives by exploring the artist's use of structure and language in the two songs. This unit prepares pupils for 'The Empire Windrush: diary writing', where they will build a fuller picture of the historical background and infer possible thoughts, feelings and emotions of passengers.

  1. Introducing the context of 'London is the Place for Me'
  2. Exploring the purpose and audience of 'London is the Place for Me'
  3. Exploring structure and language in 'London is the Place for Me'
  4. Considering perspective in 'Sweet Jamaica'
  5. Comparing and contrasting 'London is the Place for Me' and 'Sweet Jamaica'
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