Key Topic: What was it like for Immigrants who came to Britain 1939-75?

Todays Lesson focus:Who and why did immigrants come to Britain during

1939-75?

Lesson Objectives:1. To know which nationalities arrived in Britain and when2. To understand the complex factors that led to them

moving to Britain

Who Britain during World War II?

O Poles:O 14,000 served in the RAFO 120,000 left Poland after Russian invasion and settled in Britain

permanently

O American GIs:O Over 3 million were posted in the UK throughout the warAfrican American GIs - 130,000 African American soldiers came to Britain

Common Wealth Troops:Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders and Indians served in the British forces as well as those from the Caribbean

O POWs:O There were 157,000 Italians and 402,000 Germans in Britainat its highest figure.

Where are the immigrants from?

Use the map that you have been given to locate where people came from around the world

You need to annotate the map with the information provided

What can you find out from the source?

O Look at the source provided and you need to write down as much information as you can find out from it

What is the source?What is it talking about?The name of what It is talking about?Where it came from ?Date?Professions?Where they were staying - where did they see themselves staying in the future?

Do the Immigrants look the way you would have expected them to look?

Windrush 1948O The arrival of the ship Empire Windrush is a key moment in British

History – seen as signalling the start of post war immigration

O IT was in fact NOT the first ship to carry immigrants from the Caribbean (that was the Ormonde one year before in 1947)

O Why was Windrush so important?O After Windrush there was a large influx of Caribbean immigrants into

the UK in the 1950sO It was the first immigrant ship which was met by news camerasO There was a small crowd of whites protesting for them to ‘go home’O It brought the public attention to the arrival of immigrants in Britain

Why Did people leave the Caribbean for Britain?

O Create a table in your books with two columns

O One side is looking at Pull factors and the other will look at Push factors

How far does this source explain why Caribbean immigrants came to Britain? (6 marks)

O Source 6 page 452

O Source 7 page 453

Immigration from East Africa

O Most of the people who came to Britain from East Africa were in fact Asian!

O Because….. In the 1830s when slavery had been abolished, British companies and govs in Africa still needed workers so they took people from the poorest parts of Asia to work in Africa in not much better conditions than slavery.

O By the twentieth century an Asian Middle class emerged in Africa who migrated to Britain to look for work as lawyers, doctors etc. O Also during the 1960s when most of British colonies

became independent – they often wanted to establish their own national identities and therefore Asians were

forced out. Eg Uganda President Idi Amin expelled 50,000 Asians who fled to Britain

Asian Immigrants from Asia!

O Its important not to forget that Asian Immigrants who came to Britain were also from Asia!

O Use page 455 to find out about this group of immigrants.

O Complete the following table

Factor East Africa Caribbean Indian Subcontinent

Economic Hardship

Example Example Example

Persecution or Disruption

Economic Opportunity

Adventure

Prospect of returning Home

Existing Community offering support

Links with Brtain

For each group of people highlight the factors which you think were the most important in attracting them to Britain.