New
New
Year 10
Edexcel

Case studies: Bristol and Leicester

I can explain the reasons why migrants chose to settle in Bristol and Leicester in the modern period, as well as their experiences and impact on the cities.

New
New
Year 10
Edexcel

Case studies: Bristol and Leicester

I can explain the reasons why migrants chose to settle in Bristol and Leicester in the modern period, as well as their experiences and impact on the cities.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Many Caribbean migrants settled in Bristol, impacting the built environment and culture of the city.
  2. The British Civil Rights movement is often said to have started in Bristol, with the Bristol Bus Boycott.
  3. Many Ugandan Asian migrants settled in Leicester in the 1970s, although the local council were openly hostile to them.
  4. The Asian community in Leicester was able to have a significant impact on politics and the built environment.

Common misconception

That only the USA had a black civil rights movement.

Britain also experienced its own civil rights movement; it is often thought to have begun with the Bristol Bus Boycott in June 1963.

Keywords

  • Colour bar - a system where people who are not considered white are denied access to the same services as white people

  • Boycott - refusing to use a service as a form of protest

Students could look at the laws on employment today - how does the law protect people from being discriminated against in job interviews and in employment?
Teacher tip

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
  • Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which group of Jewish people did the British government initially offer protection to in the 1930s?
adult Jewish migrants
all Jewish migrants
persecuted Jewish migrants
Correct answer: skilled Jewish migrants
Q2.
What is the name of the conflict between the USA and the USSR that lasted for over 40 years?
Correct Answer: Cold War, the Cold War
Q3.
Invasion by the USSR in 1979 and then a succession of civil wars all increased refugee numbers from which country?
Correct answer: Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Q4.
What did the Asylum and Immigration Act of 1996 introduce?
Penalties for people who brought illegal workers to the UK.
Penalties for people who bought goods from illegal workers.
Correct answer: Penalties for people who hired illegal workers.
Q5.
What scheme for asylum seekers was abandoned in 2024 after a change in government in Britain?
Refusing to let asylum seekers into Britain
Correct answer: Relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda
Sending asylum seekers home
Relocating asylum seekers to Uganda
Q6.
Match the events to the correct descriptions.
Correct Answer:Aliens Act,This law differentiated between refugees and migrants.

This law differentiated between refugees and migrants.

Correct Answer:Kindertransport,This led to 10 000 Jewish children entering Britain.

This led to 10 000 Jewish children entering Britain.

Correct Answer:Cold War,This ended in the collapse of the Soviet Union.

This ended in the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Correct Answer:1996 Asylum and Immigration Act,This set penalties for anyone employing illegal workers.

This set penalties for anyone employing illegal workers.

Correct Answer:1999 Immigration and Asylum Act,This gave refugees no choice on where they could settle in Britain.

This gave refugees no choice on where they could settle in Britain.

6 Questions

Q1.
Name this British port city: located in the west of England, strong links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade, large community of Caribbean migrants post-war, birthplace of British Civil Rights Movement.
Correct Answer: Bristol
Q2.
What did colour bars allow some people to get away with?
charging migrants more in shops and bars
refusing services to Irish migrants
Correct answer: discriminating against black or Asian people
Q3.
What word means to refuse to use a service as a form of protest?
Correct Answer: boycott, bus boycott
Q4.
Select the correct statistics about the migration of Ugandan Asians to Leicester in 1972.
Correct answer: 60 000 Ugandan Asians were forced to leave Uganda in 1972.
Correct answer: 27 000 Ugandan Asians had British passports and came to Britain.
27 000 Ugandan Asians arrived in Britain without permission.
Correct answer: 10 500 Ugandan Asians had settled in Leicester by 1978.
80 000 Ugandan Asians were forced to leave Uganda in 1973.
Q5.
Ugandan Asians faced a _________ reception from Leicester's council in 1972.
accepting
Correct answer: hostile
neutral
welcoming
Q6.
Put the following events in chronological order.
1 - The arrival of HMT Empire Windrush
2 - The Bristol Bus Boycott
3 - The expulsion of Ugandan Asians by Idi Amin
4 - Labour first produced election materials in a variety of Indian languages

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