Note making

Take notes on the programme in a table like the one below.

Activity 2

Making sense of the information

Note down which of the statements below you think are true and which false.

1. Before 1967 it was legal for someone to refuse a black person a room to rent or a job just because of the colour of their skin.
2. Immigrants from countries like Jamaica and Pakistan came to Britain because they believed they could help Britain.
3. Black people who came to Britain took jobs from white people.
4. Today immigrants to Britain live peaceful, happy lives free from discrimination.
5. Enoch Powell’s prediction that the streets of Britain would run with ‘rivers of blood’ because of racial hatred has not proved true.
6. Immigrants from places like Jamaica and Pakistan, who came in the 1960s, were not made welcome by everyone.

Compare your answers with those of other people. Do you agree? If not, why? Do you think any of your answers might change in the future?

In the programme Joyce and Sher vividly describe how the felt when they arrived for the first time in Bradford. Choose up to five words from those listed below which best describe those feelings. If you think there are better words to describe their feelings, write them down.

frightened
hopeful
confused
lost
worried
uncertain
excited
angry
happy
unhappy
lonely

When you have chosen your words, and discussed them with other people, try to write a letter which either Joyce or Sher might have written to a friend at home describing their feelings and experiences when they arrived in Bradford.

Activity 3

Research

The web link below will help you find out more about the things Joyce and Sher said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/windrush/audio01.shtml

Write about some of the things you have found out and share them with your teacher and other people in your class.

Activity 4

Life stories

Talk to an older relative or friend about their experiences of name-calling, prejudice or racism. (It doesn’t matter how old they are, but it is important that you find out in which year they were born.)

Find out as much factual information as you can. How were different groups treated Also try to find out about their opinions and feelings. What do they think about racism?

It would be a good idea to discuss as a class the kind of questions you might ask, before talking to the relative or friend.