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 and some helpful vocabulary! Read more
Learn about the reasons why people made the journey from the Caribbean to the UK and who the 'Windrush Generation' are. Read more
Learn about how the Windrush Generation contributed to the British economy. Read more
Find out about the contribution to culture from the Windrush Generation. Read more
Explore the role of food and drink for the Windrush Generation and their descendants. Read more
Learn about the significance of the 'front room' for the families of the Windrush Generation. Read more
Explore the depths of racism that the Windrush Generation experienced and how that developed into the Windrush Scandal of 2018. Read more
Learn about the experience of going to school for the British-born children of the Windrush Generation. Read more
Further reading to support the Windrush Learning Resource. Read more