Black presence in the 20th century

I have produced some new Material on the Windrush:
Windrush Lesson 1
The Windrush Game activity looking at the experiences of Windrush migrants over 40 years
recording table for students to note down experiences of character in Windrush game
Writing frame to accompany game helping students to write a letter about their experiences
Lyrics to 'London is the place for me' by Lord Kitchener and source questions
Lesson plan for Windrush Game activities
Windrush Lesson 4
A lesson about the contributions that Black and Asian people have made to Britain
A thinking skills citizenship activity using the TASC Wheel, which asks students to create a campaign to support 'Windrush Day', a national holiday to celebrate multicultural Britain
Ghana Independence Another lesson from Emily Thomas; an independent research activity on Kwame Nkrumah and Ghana's independence in 1957
Here is a taster of the 'Walter Tull - An Officer, a Footballer and a Gentleman' material that I produced for Northamptonshire Black History Association, which is available to buy from here: 'Early Life' (1mb) and 'Army Exploits' (1.5mb) and here are some of the radio broadcasts that my students produced about Tull's experience playing football in Bristol: Alham and Julian
Interview (20 minutes) on BBC Radio London, November 2007, with Phil Vasili, Dan Lyndon and students from Henry Compton School about Walter Tull
These are some of the films that my students have made about Walter Tull: Walter Tull a film by Reece Lawlor, Tull a film by Zak Najmi and Tull a film by Jordan and Gentian
The Walter Tull Webquest (401kb) by Sean Gubbins
Black Footballers (1.1mb) This is a fantastic workpack written by Mark Russell (produced for EAL students) full of resources about the early Black Footballers, Arthur Wharton and Walter Tull

Sanam Mirza.

I have kept all of the elements together to allow coherence:
Lesson 1 - Early Black and Asian Presence in Britain: Early Presence (617kb) and the accompanying Maps (640mb) and cards about London, Bristol and Liverpool (7mb)
Lesson 2 - Black and Asian Soldiers in WW1: Contribution (700kb) and information sheet (91kb)
Lesson 3 - Coming to Britain: Coming to Britain (115kb) and Passenger stories (46kb)
Lesson 4 - Noor Inayat Khan: A case study on Noor Inayat Khan (188kb) with Activity cards to find out clues about Noor Khan (8kb) and Answer cards (9kb)
Lesson 5 - Walter Tull: Walter Tull (645kb)
Lesson 6 - The Black and Asian Contribution: The Black and Asian Contribution project (1mb)
An introduction to immigration in London (490kb) Emily Thomas's presentation is the start of a short unit of work on multicultural London
John Archer the second Black mayor in Britain, Battersea, 1913
Black Britons webquest This is a webquest that I wrote that asks pupils to make a film about the 3 individuals that made the biggest impact on British history
Black and Asian soldiers in WW1 (640kb) a lesson from Emily Thomas
Black and Asian soldiers in WW1 webquest This is a webquest that I wrote to guide pupils through the contribution that was made by Black and Asian soldiers in the First World War
Black and Ethnic Minority Experience website with video archive of interviews of people living in Wolverhampton
Felix Eboue The first Black Governor of Guadeloupe
Claudia Jones The 'mother of the Notting Hill Carnival' from the BBC website
Connections - Asian politicians and suffragettes this page has information on pioneers such as Dadabhai Naoroji and Sophia Duleep Singh
Interviews from the Northampton Black History Project Archives
Dr Allan Minns the first Black Mayor in Britain, Thetford, 1904
Observer article about the African Second World War Veterans that are now living in poverty
Sophia Duleep Singh from the Northampton Black History project The Indian Suffragette campaigner
Senegalese soldiers in WW1 (1.21mb) A starter activity from Donald Cumming using a strong visual image
Shapurji Saklatvala the first Asian Communist/Labour MP (for Battersea North), 1922
SS Windrush interviews from the BBC website
We were there website from the Ministry of Defence about the contribution made by Black and Asian people in 20th century warfare
WWII evacuee starter (1.96mb) Another starter image from Donald Cumming
Young Hackney Voices stories and music from the Moving Here website
Whose Freedom? Activities Index page (41kb) for 'Whose Freedom? A study of the experiences and significance of African, Caribbean and Indian men and women in the British armed forces in the Second World War' By Marika Sherwood and Martin Spafford
Slides for the starter activity (6.6mb)This ppoint links with the
Remembering(259 kb) document about the racist murder of a Jamaican Serviceman in London just after the war
Reasons (25kb)This worksheet links with the following ppoints and is about the reasons why people from Africa and the Caribbean joined the Armed forces
Reasons A (3.93mb)
Reasons B (907kb)
Reasons C (3.09mb)
Reasons D (3.57mb)
Experiences (6.81)This ppoint considers how racism in the 1940s compares to today.
Experiences extra sources (19.5kb) Additional sources to compliment the Experience ppoint
Significance (20kb)This worksheet looks at the significance of the war for the further history of the British Empire
Significance extra sources (283kb) Additional sources to compliment the Significance worksheets