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Discussion points:
• What do you think the people coming from the Caribbean
on the Windrush were expecting to see as they arrived?
• Do you think they were surprised?
Carribean migrants playing snooker © Imperial War Museum
Things to discuss with a partner:
Look at the images of the passengers on the slides and
from the gallery of the Windrush Foundation website at:
http://www.windrushfoundation.org/gallery-2/ and
select one image.
• List everything you can see in the photograph
• Can you describe what the people are wearing and doing?
• Where do you think it was taken and why?
• What does it tell you about this period of history?
• How do you think they might be feeling at this point of
their lives?
Research
The post war period of the late 1940’s was a time of
tremendous change around the world. Ask your pupils
to find out what they can about other events that were
happening during this period, and record the information
on a large timeline around the classroom.
Migration education pack
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