Icebreaker – Read through the “Empire Windrush”.

It was an invitation.An invitation to come

"Help re-build the Mother country"It seemed like an opportunity

Jobs for everyoneA better future for our children

Then home againJust a few years

We left the blue skiesThe sun, the sea, the light

And then the shockThe cold and damp

The grey skiesThe cold stares

The cold grey staresThe ship arrived on June 22nd 1948

No band played a welcome492 hopefuls stepped ashore

HopefulsWith our British passports in our hands

We thought the journey had endedIt was just beginning

We came for a few yearsWe stayed a lifetime and more

Hopefuls with our British passports in our handsThey didn't think we were British

And now our children know no otherThis is their home

And ours

Annotate the poem with reasons that people came to

Britain

Reconnect

• What did Benjamin Zephaniah have to say about immigration to Britain?

• What questions did you have?

Why have so many people come to Britain?

LO:Content:By the end of the lesson I will be able to:Explain the different reasons people came to BritainCreate a roleplay showing the different reasonspeople came

Skills: By the end of the lesson I will have learnt howto:Use a venn diagram to see the links between reasons

This lesson will benefit me because:It will help me to understand the different identities of

people in Britainand help me to better understand the country I live in

How did Britain become so diverse?

Are we all immigrants really?

What have immigrants contributed to British society?

How was the UK formed?

How were Jamaicans treated when they came to Britain?

How has immigration changed Britain?

Diversity

Multiculturalism

If there any other reasons place them outside the Venn diagram

What reasons have you found that people came to Britain?

Which seems to be the most frequent reason?

Which reason makes all the rest possible?

We call this a necessary condition

How did the Venn diagram help

Get in pairs• Produce a short roleplay between a young

man/woman and their parent. You must try to persuade them to let you migrate to Britain. You can also choose the time you are in.

To be successful you must:1)Use as many reasons as you can2)Explain each reason in as much detail as you

can

Peer Assessment

Quantity

Quality

Mark an x on your grid for each roleplay

You must be prepared to explain why you placed it where you did and how they could do better

Now write your own 2 sources. Pick someone at any time at any point in history. In the first one:

1) Give your economic (jobs, business, money) reason for coming

2) Now give a reason of your choice