Black and Asian History

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Black and Asian History

• This half term we will be looking at different
  aspects of Black and Asian history in a British
  context, starting with the early Black and Asian
  presence in Britain

Miss Mirza 2008
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List these regions in terms of the biggest Black
and Asian percentage of their population,
according to the 2001 census

• North West (e.g. Manchester, Oldham)
• West Midlands (e.g. Birmingham, Coventry)
• Yorkshire and Humber (e.g. Bradford, Leeds)
• South East (e.g. Reading, Slough)
• London

• ANSWERS!
• London 29
• West Midlands 13
• South East 8
• North West 8
• Yorkshire and Humber 7

Think of 3 UK cities which you think have a
history of an early BA presence...
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Objectives and outcomes

• Examine evidence to investigate early Black and
  Asian presence in Britain
• Create annotated maps explaining the early Black
  and Asian presence in the cities of London and
  Bristol or Liverpool

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DateEarly Black and Asian presence in Britain

• 3 types of evidence that I think might be useful
• in this type of investigation
• V
• B
• B
• 3 things I think I might find out
• V
• V
• v

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London, Bristol and Liverpool
North west
South west
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London
Everyone should investigate London
7
Bristol
Some people might investigate
8
Liverpool
Some people might investigate
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Instructions

• Everyone will have their own copies of maps but
  you will be working in pairs in todays lesson
• Examine the sources of evidence in your pack.
  They relate to different areas in either London,
  Bristol or Liverpool
• For each example of Black or Asian presence you
  find, annotate an explanation around that area on
  your map
• Include key details such as what it is (e.g.
  statue of), when it dates from, and what it
  tells us about the Black or Asian presence (e.g.
  that there were Black and Asian traders in
  Britain as early as)

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Using your knowledge

• 3 types of evidence that I think might be useful
• in this type of investigation
• V
• B
• B
• 3 things I think I might find out
• V
• V
• v

did we use any of your examples? which ones?
what did we find out?
were you right? are you surprised by what you
found out?