Really helpful resources provided for KS4 teachers of GCSE Migration topic written by University of Oxford academics. This is just the sort of collaboration we need to see. Allows teachers to go beyond the textbook without expecting them to spend hours reading monographs on...
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Migration at GCSE level
As you know, Migration is a new optional topic for the linear GCSE starting in September 2016. With OCR the option appears in both of its specifications, though the time frame varies slightly. For OCR this part of the course carries 20% of the marks and is examined by a 105 minute written paper.
The chronological arc of the study spans over 750 years (from 1250 to the present) with the ‘SHP’ variant and over 950 years with their Explaining the Modern World.
The OCR specification divides the whole topic into four smaller periods, the ones you will be familiar with from KS3 history: Medieval, Early Modern, Industrial and 20th century.
Additionally, there are two other dimensions apart from the chronological study: issues and factors.
In terms of issues, these are: a. the reasons why people migrated; b. the experiences of migrants to Britain; c. the impact of migrants to Britain
The five pervading factors are: 1. Britain’s connections with the wider world; 2. Beliefs, attitudes and values; 3. Government; 4. Economic factors; 5. Communications.
Migration: Online resources
Great new Migration site www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk
Our Migration Story: The Making of Britain is an Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded collaboration between the Runnymede Trust and academics based at the universities of Cambridge and Manchester. Drawing on the words and research of over 60 historians based in...
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Outstanding GCSE lessons on Migration currently in production
Migration Lesson 1: How well were the Jews treated in the Middle Ages? - overview
As a starter in this new GCSE lesson on Migration students are given 4 interesting and iconic images of attitudes to Jews in England in the 12th century. Students have to...Teaching the new GCSE thematically: 10 approaches that really work
Now that all schools have to teach a thematic study I thought I’d share my experience of observing hundreds of GCSE SHP lessons over almost 20 years. I have distilled them down to just my top ten. They don’t claim to be unique ideas; they...
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