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Led by Peter Fryer Simulacrum
A British thematic study for OCR GCSE History A — a thousand years of migration to Britain, traced through the recurring themes of reasons, experience, response, and impact.
Led by Peter Fryer Simulacrum
The question
Who came to medieval Britain, why, and how were they treated? You will study population diversity before 1066, the impact of the Norman Conquest, the arrival, experience, and 1290 expulsion of England's Jewish community, and the lives of medieval "aliens" — using the study's recurring themes of reasons, experience, response, and impact.
Outcome
You can explain the patterns of migration to Britain c.1000–1500 through the study's recurring themes, and use them to set up comparison with later eras.
Led by Peter Fryer Simulacrum
The question
How did empire, trade, and revolution reshape migration — and how did Britain define its identity against new arrivals? You will study Africans in Tudor England, arrivals from the Indian subcontinent and the East India Company, the growth of African communities and the slave trade, religious refugees such as the Huguenots, the migrations of the Industrial Revolution, migrants in Abolition and Chartism, and naturalisation law.
Outcome
You can explain migration to Britain c.1500–1900 and connect it to empire, trade, and the emerging ideas of national identity the period introduced.
Led by Peter Fryer Simulacrum
The question
How did migration become a defining political question of modern British life? You will study early port communities, the major nationality and aliens legislation, Jewish refugees of the 1930s, wartime experiences, post-war Polish and Commonwealth migration, the immigration debate and race relations law, and the arguments over multiculturalism, asylum, and open borders.
Outcome
You can explain twentieth-century migration to Britain and make a supported judgement about continuity and change across the full thousand-year span of the study.