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Paul Stephenson's legacy in Bristol and Britain
I can explain how Paul Stephenson's actions had an impact, not just in Bristol, but across Britain.
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Year 2
Paul Stephenson's legacy in Bristol and Britain
I can explain how Paul Stephenson's actions had an impact, not just in Bristol, but across Britain.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In the month after the boycott, Raghbir Singh became Bristol's first bus conductor who was a person of colour.
- However, Paul Stephenson continued to fight against the way people of colour were being treated.
- This is why he went into The Bay Horse pub; he wanted to make people realise that the boycott was not enough.
- The boycott and Paul Stephenson's other work influenced the government to make a change.
- In 1965 and 1968, new laws were passed that said people of colour could not be treated unfairly.
Keywords
Bus conductor - a person who works on a bus collecting tickets is called a bus conductor
Laws - laws are rules that everyone in a country has to follow
Government - the government are people in charge of running a country and they decide the laws that everyone has to follow
Common misconception
Some may think that only Paul Stephenson's actions directly led to the 1965 law.
Paul's actions had an impact as did many other people's in the 1960s.
It might be helpful to use a timeline to plot Paul's actions and see links between them.
Teacher tip
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
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except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).Lesson video
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Paul Stephenson and others started a boycott of buses in…
London
Scotland
Q2.
What is a boycott?
someone who works for the government
Q3.
Black families in Bristol could only find paid jobs in the 1960s.
high
Q4.
Bristol’s bus companies would only let people work for them.
Q5.
Lots of people joined in with the Bristol Bus Boycott.
False
Q6.
What year was the Bristol Bus Boycott?
2023
2003
1903
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6 Questions
Q1.
Match the job title to the correct description.
collects the tickets on a bus
works in the government
drives the bus
Q2.
The Bristol Bus Boycott was a success.
False
Q3.
Raghbir Singh was the first bus on the Bristol buses who was a person of colour.
driver
passenger
Q4.
Paul Stephenson walked into The Bay Horse in 1964.
Q5.
In 1965, the British government finally made a new...
Q6.
After 1965, nobody in Britain was allowed to be treated differently because of their...
name
job
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