Diverse Britain

WALT• Explain what diverse means• Explore my identity• Investigate why the East End of

London is multicultural• Explain how the UK benefits from

immigrants

What is an identity?

Wayne Rooney’s identity

•Footballer

•White

•Husband

•Dad

•British

•Man Utd player

•Scouser

•Adulterer

•England player

Its time to play……..

Who am I????

The Rules

•One member from each team will take it in turn to stand in front of the board

•Behind them will be a picture or name of a well known person

•Your team will then have 10 seconds to try and describe the person using only their identities (eg their job, if their married, kids, nationality etc)

•If you guess correctly your team wins one point

•If you describe something that is not their identity (eg what they look like) your team loses a point

•Team at the end with the most points wins a prize

What’s my identity?•In your books draw a stick man about half a page large

•Around it write all of the identities that you have

•Think about all the different aspects you have in your life that leads to your identity

Changing Identities

• Some of your identities will be the same forever for example you will always be a son or daughter

• However some identities will change such as being a pupil at Bramhall High School

• One of the greatest changes of identity is if you move to a different country

London’s East End

• London’s East End is one of the most multi cultural places in Europe

• Many of the people who live there are immigrants

• Immigrants are people who have moved from other countries to live in Britain

• The decision to move are based on push and pull factors

Push Factors

•These are factors that Push you away from your country

•These could be factors such as having no work, war, poverty etc

Pull factors

•These are factors that pull people towards a country

•These could be more jobs, health care etc

Why is the East End of London so multicultural?

Persecution Good standard of living

No prospects Access to healthcare

Opportunities to study Poverty

War More opportunities

Career prospects No access education

Organise into push factors and pull factors

What does some media think about immigration? Do you

agree?

Good points of immigration

• More professionals• More people paying tax• Learning about others culture• More people to do low paid jobs• Helping people in need

Exam Practice

•Many well qualified young people from other EU countries often want to come and work in the UK. Briefly explain how such immigration may benefit the UK (2 marks)