This lesson serves as an introduction to the unit.
Use it after the overview task.
It offers an overview of the factors that led to the migration of four key groups from the early modern period.
The Huguenots, ayahs and lascars from India, Africans, and Roma people all migrated to England.
Students are challenged to categorise information about these migrations in different ways. They determine whether ‘push’ or ‘pull’ factors were more important in explaining the increased migration in the period.
Finally, they select one of the four migrant groups studied and write a creative ‘story of migration’ for this group.
They describe the reasons for migrating, the journey undertaken and the migrants’ experiences when they arrived in England. The lesson offers a useful foundation upon which students can build in the remaining lessons in the unit, as they go on to delve deeper into these migrant groups’ experiences and impact.
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