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Hello, my name is Mrs. Tipping, and I'm really looking forward to learning with you today all about significant individuals who changed Britain.

And we're going to explore the question, how did they fight for change? So shall we get started? Let's go.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to describe how Paul Stephenson came to Bristol and what it was like there for Black people.

Before we start, I would like to introduce you to some keywords.

We'll be using these keywords during the lesson, so it might be a good idea to write these words down.

The keywords we'll be using today are: RAF, youth worker, Caribbean.

I'm going to say those again, and I would like you to repeat them after me.

RAF.

Youth worker.

Caribbean.

Good job.

Now let's think in more detail about what these keywords mean by taking a look at their definitions.

People in the RAF fly planes for Britain's Royal Air Force to protect the country.

A youth worker's job is to work with and help young people.

The Caribbean is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, which is between North and South America.

Pause the video here to make a note of these keywords.

And when you're ready to continue, press play.

These are the learning cycles that we'll be working through together in today's lesson: Paul and the RAF, problems in Bristol in the 1960s.

In the first learning cycle, we will explore Paul and the RAF.

Paul Stephenson had a difficult time at school because people made fun of him because of the colour of his skin.

At age 16, he left school and joined the Royal Air Force, the RAF.

He wanted to do something good to help others.

People in the RAF fly planes for Britain's Royal Air Force to protect the country.

Can see an illustration of RAF planes there.

Paul enjoyed his job and was in the RAF for seven years.

During this time, Paul went to lots of different countries in the world as part of his job, and he made lots of friends.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

What do people in the RAF do? Sail boats, fly planes, drive trucks.

Pause the video here and have a moment to think, and press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said that people in the RAF fly planes, you are absolutely right.

Now, one of the countries that Paul went to was Germany.

There, Paul began working with children whose parents were also in the armed forces.

He decided that he would like to help children for the rest of his life because he had a difficult childhood.

When he left the RAF and returned to Britain, Paul went to college to study youth work.

A youth worker's job is to work with and help young people.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Paul Stephenson started working with children when he was in France, Greece, or Germany.

Pause the video here and have a quick discussion with your learning partner, and press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? Well, Paul Stephenson started working with children when he was in Germany.

Well done if you've got that correct.

This now brings us to our first learning task.

I'd like you to put the following events into the correct order.

The first one has been done for you.

So the first one is Paul left school.

So order the remaining events.

Paul started working with children in Germany.

Paul left the RAF and returned to Britain.

Paul went to college to study youth work.

Paul joined the RAF.

So pause the video here and give yourself enough time to put the following events into the correct order using those numbers.

And the first one has been done for you.

Press play when you're ready to continue.

How did that go? Shall we take a look at the answers? So firstly, Paul left school.

Then, Paul joined the RAF.

Then, Paul started working with children in Germany.

Then, Paul left the RAF and returned to Britain.

And finally, Paul went to college to study youth work.

Well done if you were able to order those events correctly and well done for completing that learning task.

We're now ready to move into the second part of our lesson.

We're going to explore problems in Bristol in the 1960s.

When the Second World War had ended in Britain in 1945, lots of the cities in Britain needed rebuilding.

However, there were not enough people in Britain to help rebuild the cities or do lots of other jobs like being a postal worker.

You can see this poster showing London destroyed after the Second World War.

An interesting question, how should we rebuild London? Well, to solve this problem, people from countries that had fought with Britain during the war were invited to live in Britain and help rebuild it.

These people came from places like India, Poland, and the Caribbean.

The Caribbean is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, which is between North and South America.

You can see it's pointing to the Caribbean islands on the map there.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Sofia is thinking about Britain after the Second World War.

Is she correct? People came from all over the world to help rebuild Britain, including from the Caribbean.

So pause the video here and have a discussion with your partner.

Is Sofia correct in what she's thinking about Britain after the Second World War? Press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? Well, Sofia is correct.

These people were invited to Britain to come and help rebuild after the war.

Lots of the people who had come to Britain from the Caribbean ended up living in Bristol.

Across the country, even though these people came to help, lots of people treated them unfairly because of the colour of their skin.

Black families in Britain in the 1960s struggled to find houses because people didn't want them to live in their houses.

They also struggled to earn money and find jobs because people would only let them have low paid jobs.

You can see this photo here of women and children from the Caribbean when they'd arrived in Britain.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Select all the problems Black families in Britain faced in the 1960s.

They were treated unfairly.

They had too many jobs to choose from.

They were not given good jobs.

They couldn't find houses.

Pause the video here and have a discussion with your partner and press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you think? Well, they were treated unfairly, they were not given good jobs, and they couldn't find houses.

So there were lots of problems for Black families in Britain in the 1960s.

Paul Stephenson finished studying to be a youth worker at college when he was 25 in 1962.

He moved to Bristol to help families and children there.

Can you see where Bristol is on the map, down in the south of England? Paul got a job as a teacher and was also Bristol's first youth worker who was a person of colour.

He knew that people of colour were not treated fairly in Britain as he had experienced this all his life.

He wanted to help make people's lives better and began doing this in Bristol.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding here.

Paul moved to Bristol when he was 25 and got a job there.

Is that true or false? What do you think? It is indeed true.

Now, looking at these two statements, which would help to justify your answer? Paul became a bus driver and a teacher.

Paul became a teacher and a youth worker.

Pause the video here and have a discussion with your partner, which of these two statements would help to justify your answer? And press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said Paul became a teacher and a youth worker, you are absolutely right, well done.

This brings us to our final learning task.

Andeep is talking about problems in Bristol in the 1960s.

Find the five mistakes he has made and then correct the mistakes.

So he has said, "People had been invited to help rebuild Britain after the First World War.

They arrived from places like the Caribbean and were treated very well.

They could only get high paid jobs.

Paul Stephenson moved to London when he was 25.

He wanted to help make people's lives better there and became a doctor and Bristol's first Black youth worker." Pause the video here.

First, find the five mistakes that Andeep has made and then correct those mistakes.

Make sure you give yourself plenty of time, and press play when you're ready to continue.

How did that go? Shall we take a look at those mistakes? So the mistakes are here in blue.

So you can see people have been invited to help rebuild Britain after the First World War.

So first is the mistake.

They arrived from places like the Caribbean and were treated very well.

Well is the mistake.

They could only get high paid jobs.

So high is the mistake.

Paul Stephenson moved to London when he was 25.

London is the mistake.

And he wanted to help make people's lives better there and became a doctor and Bristol's first Black youth worker.

So doctor is the mistake.

So let's change those mistakes, shall we? So it's not the First World War, it's the Second World War.

They weren't treated well; they were treated very badly.

They couldn't get high paid jobs; they got low paid jobs.

Paul didn't move to London; he moved to Bristol.

Paul didn't become a doctor; he became a teacher.

Well done if you were able to spot those five mistakes and correct them.

And well done for completing that learning task.

Before we finish this lesson, let's summarise what we've learned about Paul Stephenson when he arrived in Bristol.

At 16, Paul joined the RAF and worked with young people in Germany.

After the RAF, he studied to be a youth worker and moved to Bristol when he was 25 years old.

Paul was the first Black youth worker in Bristol.

At this time, many Black people from the Caribbean had been living in Bristol.

They were treated unfairly even though they had been invited and travelled to Britain to help rebuild it.

Thank you for joining me in this lesson today.

I hope to see you in the next one.

See you next time.