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Year 2

Comparing Paul Stephenson and Emily Davison

I can explain why Emily Davison and Paul Stephenson's stories are similar.

New
New
Year 2

Comparing Paul Stephenson and Emily Davison

I can explain why Emily Davison and Paul Stephenson's stories are similar.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Despite living some time apart, both Emily and Paul's stories are similar.
  2. They were both angry about something that affected them and other people in Britain.
  3. They both fought for equality.
  4. They were both prepared to go to prison for what they believed and to try and get things changed.
  5. They are both recognised today as brave people who helped to change Britain.

Common misconception

Some may think that Emily Davison and Paul Stephenson were fighting for the same thing.

Emily Davison and Paul Stephenson were fighting for different change to happen in Britain at different times, around 50 years apart.

Keywords

  • Suffragettes - the Suffragettes were a group of people who wanted women to have the right to vote in Britain

  • Arrested - when someone is arrested, they are taken away by the police because they have broken the law

  • Equality - equality means when everyone is treated fairly and in the same way

Spend some time on the timelines in learning cycle one to activate prior knowledge from earlier in the unit.
Teacher tip

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

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6 Questions

Q1.
A bus conductor works on a bus collecting ...
Correct Answer: tickets
Q2.
The Suffragettes wanted women to have the right to in Britain.
live
Correct answer: vote
work
Q3.
Who became the first bus conductor who was a person of colour on the Bristol buses?
Correct answer: Raghbir Singh
Emily Davison
Paul Stephenson
Q4.
Paul Stephenson helped to make a difference in Bristol in the...
1860s
Correct answer: 1960s
2000s
Q5.
In 1964 people were treated differently just because of their skin colour.
Correct answer: True
False
Q6.
A new to stop anyone being treated differently because of their skin colour was made in 1965.
Correct Answer: law , laws, rule

6 Questions

Q1.
Emily Davison and Paul Stephenson lived in Britain at the same time.
True
Correct answer: False
Q2.
Emily Davison and Paul Stephenson’s stories are...
Correct answer: similar in some ways.
completely different.
Q3.
Emily Davison and Paul Stephenson were both by the police.
Correct Answer: arrested, arested
Q4.
Match the person to what they wanted to change in Britain.
Correct Answer:Emily Davison,women being treated differently to men

women being treated differently to men

Correct Answer:Paul Stephenson,people being treated differently because of their skin colour

people being treated differently because of their skin colour

Q5.
Equality means...
taken away by the police because of breaking the law.
a group of people who wanted women to have the right to vote in Britain.
Correct answer: when everyone is treated fairly and in the same way.
Q6.
They are both seen today as people who helped to change Britain and make people’s lives better.
Correct answer: brave
bad

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