The Empire Windrush: essay writing
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Why this why now
This unit builds on the Year 6 unit, 'The Empire Windrush: diary writing', in which pupils learnt about the historical context and lived experience of Caribbean immigrants' arrival in Britain after World War II. In this unit, pupils base an essay on research around the moment in history concerned, why the Windrush Generation immigrated, what their expectations were and what their experiences of arriving and staying in Britain were like, including sensitive themes of racism and prejudice. This unit prepares pupils to write another essay in the Year 6 unit, 'Polar regions: essay writing'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Economies, societies and cultures of different countries around the world were affected by the Second World War.
- Migration is the movement of individuals or groups of people from one place to another often across long distances.
- Immigration is the act of entering and settling in a country that is not a person's country of origin for the purpose of living and working permanently.
- Caribbean immigrants arrived in Britain on the Empire Windrush after the Second World War.
- Britain had been affected greatly by the Second World War.
- Changes in law meant that all citizens of the Commonwealth had the right to settle and work in the UK.
- The British Empire once comprised 23% of the world's population.
- Caribbean immigrants brought cultural influences to Britain.
- Many British people did not welcome West Indian immigrants into their community.
- Many West Indian immigrants experienced racism, prejudice and discrimination after arriving in Britain.
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Why this why now
This unit builds on the Year 6 unit, 'The Empire Windrush: diary writing', in which pupils learnt about the historical context and lived experience of Caribbean immigrants' arrival in Britain after World War II. In this unit, pupils base an essay on research around the moment in history concerned, why the Windrush Generation immigrated, what their expectations were and what their experiences of arriving and staying in Britain were like, including sensitive themes of racism and prejudice. This unit prepares pupils to write another essay in the Year 6 unit, 'Polar regions: essay writing'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Economies, societies and cultures of different countries around the world were affected by the Second World War.
- Migration is the movement of individuals or groups of people from one place to another often across long distances.
- Immigration is the act of entering and settling in a country that is not a person's country of origin for the purpose of living and working permanently.
- Caribbean immigrants arrived in Britain on the Empire Windrush after the Second World War.
- Britain had been affected greatly by the Second World War.
- Changes in law meant that all citizens of the Commonwealth had the right to settle and work in the UK.
- The British Empire once comprised 23% of the world's population.
- Caribbean immigrants brought cultural influences to Britain.
- Many British people did not welcome West Indian immigrants into their community.
- Many West Indian immigrants experienced racism, prejudice and discrimination after arriving in Britain.
Reading, writing & oracy
The Empire Windrush: essay writing
In this unit, pupils use research of the Empire Windrush to write an essay about why the Windrush Generation immigrated and what life in Britain was like for them. Pupils write formally throughout, using facts and varied sentence structures, and they follow a clear line of argument across the essay.
6 lessons in unit
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