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I have created these set of resources which focus on the study of Migration to Britain to consolidate and extend pupils’ chronological knowledge of migration from the Stone Age to the present day

This bundle will test student skills and historical understanding of migration. It includes significant events such as the docking of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks in 1948.

It makes connections between migration to Britain through the ages such as Irish migration as a result of the potato famine and Irish migration today. Students will be introduced to key concepts of change and continuity between Jewish migration as a result of persecution, the Kindertransport as well as the causes and consequences of migration after World War II and the need for workers in Britain.

Students will analyse sources, such as for South East Asian migration to Britain and analyse different interpretations of migration through time, particulalry through the media. They will be able to use historical terms and concepts in more sophisticated ways such as assimilation, refugee, scapegoat, colour bar and boycott.

Finally they will be able to provide structured responses and substantiated arguments, giving written evidence and context to extended writing tasks throughout this Migration Unit of work.

The lessons are broken down into the following:

1. An introduction to migration
2. First Migrants to Britain
3. Jewish migration to Britain
4. Irish migration to Britain
5. Caribbean migration to Britain
6. Empire WIndrush
7. South Asian migration to Britain
8. Eastern Migration to Britain
9. Fighting discrimination – Bristol Bus Boycott and Stephen Lawrence
10. Migration today (free resource)
11. Migration and the Media

Each lesson comes with suggested teaching and learning strategies, retrieval practice and differentiated activities and are linked to the latest historical interpretations, video clips and debate.

The lessons come in PowerPoint format and can be edited and changed to suit. Please note that some AI has been used in researching this topic, which I have double-checked and verified to be accurate.

These lessons are ideal as a way of introducing Migration if you are teaching it at GCSE or if you wish to add an interesting unit of work to engage and challenge the students to encourage them to take History further in their studies.