How diverse was England’s population in the period 1330-1550?

Was medieval England as diverse as it is today? Did diversity vary from place to place like it does

today?How do we know?

What does multicultural mean?

Discuss the following questions with your group/partner.

• Do you think this school has a diverse population? • What are the different types of diversity? • How does that differ around the country? Why?• What about in medieval times? How can we find

out?

The database• This database contains the names of over 64,000

people who emigrated to England between 1330-1550

• Historians have studied many different types of

documents to uncover facts about these people and this information is stored in the database

• We will be investigating these original documents in another lesson

• Once you have opened the database, follow the instructions on your sheet and record your findings.

You are going to focus on particular parts of the country and see what you can find out about the immigrants that

lived there.

What have you learnt about immigrants living in England in 1330-1550?

• Explain what you have learnt about how diverse England was in the period 1330-1550

• Use evidence from your investigation of the database to support your answer

• You could even write a tweet/email to the historians who made the database with a question or your feedback on their work!

Sentence starters• England was diverse in the period 1330-1550

because their were people from........living in England at this time.

• The immigrants did a variety of jobs including...• The numbers of female migrants compared to

male migrants was...• Some migrants even owned their own homes.

The number who did compared to the number who didn’t was...

How multicultural was England in the period 1330-1550?

Learning Objectives:

• To define and discuss what multicultural means• To explore the database and record findings about the origin,

occupation, gender of migrants in the City of London• To explain what the evidence tells us about how multicultural

England was

Key terms:

MulticulturalImmigrant