What kind of people would

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1956
What kind of people would you find in this
street?

• 2006

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London is...home to people of every race and
faith. More than 300 languages are spoken here,
and whilst some cultural groups have been here
for centuries, 30 of Londoners today were born
abroad
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Your homework today

• Conduct an interview with someone who came
  originally from another country, or whose family
  did.
• (We will come up with the questions later in this
  lesson)

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• Out of every 1,000 people in London, on average
• In 2001, 25 of people living in Greater London
  were born abroad.

• 120 are Asian
• 114 are White non-British
• 109 are Black
• 32 are of mixed race
• 11 are Chinese

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• Map to be projected onto board students mark
  with board pen where they think immigrants have
  come to London from

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Asia
UK
(China)
(India)
Caribbean
(Vietnam)
Africa
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As you listen to the story of the people who came
to London, draw a line to show where on the
timeline the boxes should go.
John Blanke played at the court of Henry VIII
Chinese immigrants settled in London
Vietnamese immigrants began to arrive
Britain started to build an empire
1500
1700
1600
1800
1900
2000
People were invited to come from other countries
to settle here, and help rebuild!
Arrival of the Windrush
Trade started to bring people from afar to London
The Romans brought some black soldiers with them
Africans brought to London by those involved in
the slave trade, and made to work as domestic
servants
Bangladeshi people began to arrive in London
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• Britain was always a land of immigrants we all
  came from somewhere!
• Roman art found in London dating from 100-300AD
  shows that black soldiers travelled with the
  Romans to Britain.

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• In about 1450, Britain started to do a lot of
  international TRADE
• Why might this bring foreign people to London?
• In the ports of London, people would have seen
  soldiers and sailors from all over the globe

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Empire

• From about 1500, Britain started to build up
  colonies in Asia and Africa.
• Some of the native people of these and other
  European colonies came to London.
• Lets look at the story of one man

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• It appears that John Blanke, a Black trumpeter,
  was a regular musician at the court of Henry VIII
  (1509-1549). Musicians' payments were noted in
  the accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber, who
  was responsible for paying the wages. There are
  several payments recorded to a 'John Blanke, the
  blacke trumpeter'.

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Impact of the slave trade?

• During the eighteenth century (1700s) the
  enormous Atlantic slave trade brought many black
  Africans to Britain. Sea captains and plantation
  owners returning home from America would bring
  slaves back with them to work as servants.
• By the 1760s, the Black population had grown to
  somewhere between 20,000 and 40,000 Granville
  Sharp estimated the number of black servants in
  London alone at 20,000, in a city of 676,250
  people

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20th century
After the Second World War (1939-45), the British
government wanted to rebuild!

• There were not enough British people for the job,
  so the Government looked to the empire.

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• In the post-war period heavy immigration from
  countries of the old British Empire changed the
  character of the London. Notting Hill and Brixton
  acquired large Caribbean populations, and Sikhs
  settled in Southall.

• The first large ship carrying people from Jamaica
  was called the Windrush. It arrived in 1948.

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Chinese and Vietnamese Immigration

• 1960s The next major wave of immigration came in
  the 1960's. Land reform in Hong Kong brought
  farmers to Britain in search of a new livelihood.
  Many settled in Soho, drawn to the booming
  Chinese restaurant trade. (By this time British
  soldiers from the war in the Far East had created
  a new customer base for Chinese cuisine.)
• 1970s Lewisham and Lambeth became the next focal
  points for Chinese immigrants in the late 1970s
  when Vietnamese Chinese people fled the Vietnam
  War

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Bangladeshi Immigration

• In the 1970s, immigration reforms also allowed
  Bangladeshi people to come to England, fleeing
  the political troubles there. Many of the first
  immigrants settled in Whitechapel where they
  worked mainly in the rug trade.

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In the last 10 years

• People have immigrated from many other countries,
  and continue to do so.
• Who are the new ethnic groups in London today?

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• Have a look at the board again did you choose
  the right places?

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• What to do now?
• Spend 1 minute checking the timeline of the
  person next to you.
• Then open your book and write the title
• The history of multiculturalism

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• This is your chance to think about the kind of
  questions you want to ask for your research
  project