The Bristol Bus Boycott

#TheCompleteSeries5lessons

There is a focus throughout this scheme on children reviewing and recapping previous learning. Each lesson begins with a short activity designed to help children recall prior learning. Children are also encouraged to develop and use new vocabulary. Sentence starters and word banks are used throughout to support high-quality partner talk. Drama conventions are also used to enable you to bring learning to life in your classroom and to help children imagine what it would have been like to live during the events covered.

Everything you need to teach this The Bristol Bus Boycott scheme is included. Each lesson comes with a detailed lesson plan with useful assessment questions and differentiated activities. The pack also contains an engaging slideshow for every lesson and all the printable resources needed.

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#Lesson1TheWindrushGeneration

In this lesson, children learn about the meaning of the term migrant and why there was a mass migration of people from the Caribbean to Britain after the Second World War ended. They look at how the British Government passed the British Nationality Act which gave people from British colonies around the world the right to live and work in the UK.

Children explore the differences the migrants would have experienced and the difficulties they faced upon arriving in Britain at the time. Your class either write in role as a member of the Windrush Generation about their experiences or design a persuasive poster, encouraging people from the Caribbean to come and live and work in the UK.

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#Lesson2TheNottingHillRaceRiots

In this lesson, children learn about the Notting Hill race riots of 1958. They explore why some white youths felt anger toward the black community and how this led to violence during the summer of 1958. Children use drama to help them imagine how it must have felt to be part of the black community living in Notting Hill at this time.

Newspaper reports from the time are used to help explain what happened during the rioting and the advantages and disadvantages of using newspaper reports as sources of historical evidence are explored. Children then either think about what people from both the white and black communities might have been thinking or they create their own newspaper article on the events of the Notting Hill race riots.

This pack contains a detailed lesson plan with differentiated activities, a high-quality slideshow to help you bring learning to life in your classroom, and all the printable resources needed to make this lesson a success.

#Lesson3TheBristolOmnibusCompanysColourBar

A mini-quiz is used to begin this lesson and encourage children to recap what they learned in the previous lesson. Then, children learn about the position of the Bristol Omnibus Company not to employ black workers as drivers or conductors. Children are encouraged to empathise with a member of the black community and explore how this ‘colour bar’ would have made them feel.

They learn about the action group set up to try to bring about change in the company. They think about the relative advantages and disadvantages of different actions the group could take or alternatively hold a debate on what to do in role as students from the University of Bristol.

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#Lesson4TheBristolBusBoycott

In this lesson, children learn about Rosa Parks and how her refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus led to a boycott of Montgomery bus services. Children learn how this inspired the activists in Bristol to organise a boycott of the Bristol Omnibus Company.

Children design a flier to encourage people in the city to support the boycott or alternatively create placards and hold their own peaceful protest in support of the boycott on the playground.

This pack contains a detailed lesson plan with differentiated activities, a high-quality slideshow to help you bring learning to life in your classroom, and all the printable resources needed to make this lesson a success.

#Lesson5ThelegacyoftheBristolBusBoycott

Children find out how the Bristol Bus Boycott led to the company backing down over their decision not to employ black staff as drivers or conductors. Children learn how the company became one of the first to adopt an equal opportunities policy and employed the first black bus conductor in Bristol.

They use drama to explore how he felt and learn how the Race Relations Act of 1965 led to discrimination based on race becoming unlawful in public places. They either design a statue or plaque to remember the events of the Bristol Bus Boycott or write in role as a member of the Windrush Generation, reflecting on their experiences.

Everything you need to teach this lesson on the Windrush Generation is included in the pack. There's a detailed lesson plan, an engaging slideshow, and all the high-quality printable resources required.

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Curriculum Objectives covered

• a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066