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Windrush Learning Resource 2020

Welcome to the Geraldine Connor Foundation's Windrush Learning Resource! 

We have created this comprehensive resource to help you learn about the mass migration of people from the Caribbean to the UK between 1948 - 1971, commonly called 'Windrush'. It provides everything you need to plan and teach a lesson on the Empire Windrush and the legacy of the ‘Windrush Generation’. Our resources combine a mixture of short films, interviews, recipes, reading lists and playlists.

You can work through the sections in order or dip in and out as you like. Watch the videos that features interviews with first generation Windrush migrants and their families. You can then read through the accompanying information and have a go at the tasks we've suggested. Please share any images or work you do on social media and tag @thegcfoundation - we love seeing what you get up to! 

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An Introduction to the Windrush Learning Resource

An Introduction to the Windrush Learning Resource

An introduction to the Windrush Learning Resource and some helpful vocabulary! Read more

Published: 1st April, 2020

Updated: 4th June, 2020

Author: Elizabeth Wells

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Windrush: Arriving in England

Learn about the reasons why people made the journey from the Caribbean to the UK and who the 'Windrush Generation' are. Read more

Published: 2nd April, 2020

Updated: 8th June, 2020

Author: Elizabeth Wells

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Windrush: Contribution to Economy

Learn about how the Windrush Generation contributed to the British economy. Read more

Published: 3rd April, 2020

Updated: 8th April, 2020

Author: Elizabeth Wells

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Windrush: Contribution to Culture

Find out about the contribution to culture from the Windrush Generation. Read more

Published: 4th April, 2020

Updated: 1st October, 2020

Author: Elizabeth Wells

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Windrush: Food and Drink

Explore the role of food and drink for the Windrush Generation and their descendants. Read more

Published: 5th April, 2020

Updated: 8th April, 2020

Author: Elizabeth Wells

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Windrush: The Front Room

Learn about the significance of the 'front room' for the families of the Windrush Generation. Read more

Published: 7th April, 2020

Updated: 8th April, 2020

Author: Elizabeth Wells

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Windrush: Racism

Explore the depths of racism that the Windrush Generation experienced and how that developed into the Windrush Scandal of 2018. Read more

Published: 7th April, 2020

Updated: 3rd June, 2020

Author: Elizabeth Wells

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Windrush: Education

Learn about the experience of going to school for the British-born children of the Windrush Generation. Read more

Published: 7th April, 2020

Updated: 8th April, 2020

Author: Elizabeth Wells

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Windrush Learning Resource Reading List

Windrush Learning Resource Reading List

Further reading to support the Windrush Learning Resource. Read more

Published: 8th April, 2020

Updated: 17th June, 2020

Author: Elizabeth Wells

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