someone who strongly believes in and supports their own country, placing its interests above those of other nations

when people stop working as a form of protest

a severe shortage of food that affects a large number of people, leading to widespread hunger and starvation

someone appointed by a monarch or ruler to govern a territory or colony in their name

Decolonisation and the partition of India

History

In this unit, pupils examine the varied experiences of decolonisation throughout the British Empire. This sets up the next unit, ‘Post-war Britain: for whom did the United Kingdom become a ‘New Jerusalem’?’, where they will explore how decolonisation influenced immigration patterns and contributed to the changing social landscape of post-war Britain.

In ‘Interpreting the British Empire: how has it been commemorated and contested?’, pupils studied the diverse interpretations and controversies surrounding the British Empire. This unit extends this understanding by analysing the decolonisation process and its impact on different regions within the empire.

Decolonisation: how similar was decolonisation throughout the British Empire?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of sexual or domestic abuse or violence, including  threats of or the aftermath of.

Depiction or discussion of sexual violence

They were forced to fight for the British.

Their land was increasingly taken from them.

Why did many Indian people demand independence from British rule in the late 19th century?

What was the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian National Congress (INC) in 1921?

tensions between India's Hindu and Muslim populations

tensions between India's Buddhist and Sikh populations

tensions between India's Christian and Hindu populations

What complicated the creation of an independent India after World War Two (WW2)? 

What is the term for someone appointed by a monarch or ruler to govern a territory or colony in their name?

Match the following people to their descriptions.

When was the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland formed?

What did most Irish nationalists campaign for in the late 19th century?

Many Irish people already believed in and wanted Irish independence.

Many Irish people felt the republicans should focus on World War One (WW1).

Many Irish people were angry at the brutal response of the British government.

Why was there an increase in support for the republican cause after the Easter Rising?

Who established the Irish Republican Party (IRA)?

What word means to divide something into parts, especially two parts of a country into new states or countries?

200 000 Irish men volunteered to fight during WW1.

The Easter Rising led to the death of 485 people in Dublin.

Sinn Féin won a landslide republican victory in Ireland.

Put the following events into chronological order.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of serious crime

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of sexual violence

Adult supervision required

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Decolonisation and the partition of India

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.