1 / 8

Attitudes to immigrant groups in Tudor times and now.

Attitudes to immigrant groups in Tudor times and now. Lesson instructions: Print out slides 6 and 7 as worksheets. Students do sheet 1 (slide 6) as starter Do sheet 2 (slide 7) as main body Do slide 8 in own books as extension. Attitudes to immigrants. NOW AND THEN. Elizabeth I, 1596.

mizell
Download Presentation

Attitudes to immigrant groups in Tudor times and now.

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Attitudes to immigrant groups in Tudor times and now. Lesson instructions: Print out slides 6 and 7 as worksheets. Students do sheet 1 (slide 6) as starter Do sheet 2 (slide 7) as main body Do slide 8 in own books as extension

  2. Attitudes to immigrants NOW AND THEN

  3. Elizabeth I, 1596 The Queen spoke of her concern about ‘divers blackmoores brought into this realm, of which kind of people there are already here to manie...'.

  4. Elizabeth expelled black people from England? • Why might she have done this? • Can you think of any examples in modern day Britain when problems are blamed on people from other cultures or communities?

  5. A letter published last year in The Sun newspaper • “WE are encouraging shirkers, not workers to come to Britain. Our whole immigration policy is a shambles that will destroy our economy.“

  6. Anti-immigration statements • Shade them in two colours. One colour to show modern quotes and one to show Tudor quotes • Next to each, draw a symbol to show why the person writing is angry about immigration: Draw £ if you think it has something to do with money Draw if you think it has something to do with religion Draw any other symbol if you think it is about something else 'most of them are infidels, having no understanding of Christ or his Gospel'. A Home Office report warns of an angry backlash as newcomers are given council houses and NHS beds, while forcing wages down. “The Queen is highly discontented to understand the great number of Negroes and blackamoors which are (living in England); who are (supported) here, to the great annoyance of her own people who are unhappy at the help these people receive” 'those kinde of people should be sente forth of the land'. “BOGUS asylum seekers are bringing HIV, TB and hepatitis B to our shores” “WE are encouraging shirkers, not workers to come to Britain. Our whole immigration policy is a shambles that will destroy our economy.“ There will be no Muslim laws here thank you very much. Its bad enough they are allowed to live here and practice their religion here.

  7. ELIZABETH AND THE BLACKAMOORS 1) According to source A, what were the main problems in England?2) What ‘problem’ is Queen Elizabeth talking about in source B?3) Why might the Queen be keen to blame things on immigrants?4) According to source C, what is Elizabeth’s plan?5) Do you think the plan worked? Why/Why not? In the late sixteenth century England experienced serious poverty. This was due to harvest failures and rising birth-rates, which meant that there were more mouths to feed. The monasteries, which had previously given food and shelter to the poor, had been closed. The poor had nowhere to go, and many wondered the streets. SOURCE A: REASONS FOR POVERTY IN THE 16TH CENTURY (The Queen) hath given a special commandment that the said kind of people shall be with all speed … (sent) out of this her majesty's (land); and to that end and purpose hath appointed Casper van Senden, …, for their speedy transportation. SOURCE C: PART OF A PROCLAMATION BY ELIZABETH I. (Continues from source B)

  8. Draw two figures The Queen: making a speech about her plans to expel black people A black Londoner, responding to the speech and explaining what the real problems behind the poverty are.

More Related