1. What was the experience of immigrants from the 1950-1970s?
Lesson Aim: To have supported explanations.
TASK: Look at sources 15 and 16 on p456 – how do their experiences differ? Why do you think they differ?

2. Have a look at the sources and have a go at the questions.

3. What difficulties would the people who came to Britain face?
Read the source. This is a report on conditions for black people living in Stepney, East London from 1949.
What difficulties would the people who came to Britain face?

4. Do you think Obidiah Jones was happy with his new job?
Look at the source . This is a report on Negro migration in Britain by Eric Walrond
Do you think Obidiah Jones was happy with his new job?
What clues are there to show he was settling in?

5. Why would somebody put this up in their window?
Look at the source. What does this reveal about the way immigrants are thought of in Britain at this time?
Why would somebody put this up in their window?

6. Look at the source. What is the opinion of some British people here?
Why do you think they hold such opinions?

7. TASK: Below is some key information p456-7, you need to add more detail to each.
‘no blacks, no dogs’ signs
‘colour bar’
Council accommodation
Peter Rachman
Trade unions (especially, 1955)
1958
Immigrant nurses
Extra Challenge: Do you think source 16 or 17 on p456 is more useful to an historian. (Hint think about the type of source as well as the content).

8. What was Britain’s response to immigration?
Watch ‘playing the race card’ documentary.