How Far Did People Who Came To Britain2

What did “Small Island” suggest peoples’ experiences

of Britain were like?Did the poem agree?

What do we need to do now?

Content:By the end of this lesson you will be able to:Explain the difficulties refugees face when they come toBritainJudge how far the film shows Britain to be a place of coldstares and cold skies

Skills:By the end of this lesson you will have learnthow to:Use connectives to produce a balanced argument

This lesson will benefit me because:It will help me to consider both sides of arguments, this willhelp me understand what other people might argue againstme. It will also help me to understand the problems refugees facewhen coming to England

How did Britain become so diverse?

Are we all immigrants really?

What have immigrants contributed to British society?

How was the UK formed?

How were Jamaicans treated when they came to Britain?

How has immigration changed Britain?

Diversity

Multiculturalism

What do you think the message of the film is? (In particular look at the church service)

What difficulties did refugees face? How far was Britain a time of cold skies and cold

stares?

Fill in the bingo grid as you go. You must six ina row going down the sheet

Joseph’s mother talking about how helpful everyone has been

Joseph fears that his son will lose his identity and his links to his father’s past.

The French Hugeunots brought marvellous talents across to Britain

The family watch television to help learn English

Learning English could be difficult for adults used to speaking in their own language

400 years ago French Hugeunots fled France to Britain to escape religious persecution

Joseph’s wife generally finds people helpful

Dealing with the police frightened Joseph because of what he had fled

Joseph has trouble adapting to his new surroundings

There are 130 million refugees in the world at the time of the video

Joseph is keen to work no matter what the job might be

The family looking scared and uncertain

“The British do not take kindly to foreigners”

Refugees longing for home

“The British will help those who share their love of freedom”

There was help in place to look after elderly refugees

Refugees coming to Britain for over 600 years

The British government put a plan to the United Nations to take more refugees in

A boy sad because he had no bread left in the morning

Joseph keeps his family close as he is worried about what might happen to them

People were very welcoming to Joseph at first because of his circumstances, but he felt distanced from them

A temporary job has been found for Joseph in a factory

Housing was found for Joseph’s family

Evidence that there was a lot of sexism at the time the film was made

Review/Debrief 1• What do you think the message of the film is?

(In particular look at the church service)• What difficulties did refugees face?• In what ways were the refugees helped and

welcomed?Discussion point:

What is the difference between these terms:

1)Immigrant2)Refugee

3)Asylum seeker

How far does the video suggest Britain was a place of cold stares and cold skies?

• To some extent the film shows that the British government and people welcomed people. For instance they............

• However, there is some evidence in the film that Britain was a place of cold stares and cold skies. For instance the immigrants faced some difficulties such as......

• Overall I think the film’s message is......

Final review/debrief:

Read your work out to the class. You will be peer assessed

Be responsible in your feedback, it should be designed to help and to

be supportive

• What useful phrase did we use to describe something as partly true?

• What word did we use to show another side to an argument?• What word did we use to sum up?

What did they do well? What might they have done better?