Retelling a Windrush story
I can tell the story of one fictional person's experience on the Empire Windrush and on arrival in Britain.
Retelling a Windrush story
I can tell the story of one fictional person's experience on the Empire Windrush and on arrival in Britain.
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Key learning points
- Caribbean immigrants were drawn to the UK by the promise of better pay and living conditions.
- The Windrush arrivals were given some support by the British government, but they faced discrimination.
- It could be hard to find housing and many could only find jobs at a lower level than they were qualified for.
- The weather and appearance of Britain was also a shock to some of the Windrush immigrants.
- Nevertheless, many stayed in Britain and their descendants live here to this day.
Keywords
Immigrant - someone who has come to a country different to their country of origin to live permanently
Windrush Generation - the name given to people who emigrated from the West Indies to the UK in the decades after World War II, starting with the arrival of the Empire Windrush in 1948
Text map - a visual representation of a series of events, where pictures represent events; it can be used to orally rehearse events to embed them in our memory
Common misconception
Pupils may believe they are expected to say their text map the same each time they repeat it.
The purpose of the text map is to remember the events; ideally, pupils would have repeated opportunities to rehearse the text map, trying out different language each time. You will find pupils readily copy language you used in your own retelling.
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- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
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