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    The Windrush generation (Let’s meet up, terminale)

    Axe 7 : diversité et inclusion

    Britain : a new Eldorado ?


    Before watching the video:

    1) Use your knowledge to find the right definition for the following words.
    an Eldorado  ⃝  ⃝ information only giving one part of an argument, with the
    intention of influencing people's opinions.

    propaganda  ⃝ ⃝ a tendency towards judging without full knowledge of a


    situation.
    bias ⃝  ⃝ an arrival of large numbers of people or things.

    a controversy  ⃝  ⃝ any place that is, or is supposed to be, rich in gold, or in


    opportunities.

    an influx  ⃝  ⃝ a public disagreement that involves different ideas or


    opinions.

    2) Identify the nature, the source of the video and the audience.
    What does the title reveal about the point of view ?
    It is an extract from a documentary film.
    It is a newsreel, a documentary film containing news stories, produced by
    Pathé News. It is aimed at British people and it was shown in movie theaters
    before films.
    It deals with Jamaican immigration to Britain. It will be about the difficulties they
    had to face on arriving in Britain.
    Watch the beginning of the video (0’46’’) and check your hypothesis:

    3) Collect information about the arrival of West Indians in the UK (dates and
    figures)
    In 1954, about 10,000 West Indians came to Britain.
    In 1955, it is believed that another 15,000 will make the journey to
    Britain.
    4) Explain the 1954 “national controversy” using information from the video.
    British people are worried about the arrival of large numbers of West Indians in
    the UK.
    There are different opinions and ideas on this subject.
    Not everyone approves of the arrival of West Indians settling in Britain.
    Whatever the feelings of British people, they cannot deny them entry because
    British citizens are entitled to the identical rights of any member of the Empire.

    Watch the full video:


    5) Complete the following grid with the positive and the negative aspects of immigrants’ lives in
    the UK.

    Positive aspects Negative aspects


    - find jobs within a few days -crowded 6 or 7 to a room with a weekly
    - job opportunities rent of 30 shillings each
    - wage packets of 9 or 10£ a week - an acute housing problem
    - does not cause unemployment amongst
    the white workers: there is work for - too qualified for the jobs
    everyone, coloured and white Have to accept underqualified jobs

    - a better education in Britain than in


    Jamaica
    -food for those who can afford it in
    Jamaica / market in Brixton = a happier
    place

    - help in the cultural life


    - social integration

    - crowd (nom) = la foule / crowded = bondé, plein à craquer


    - a rent = un loyer
    - acute = aigü
    - housing problem = un problème de lodgement
    -job opportunities = perspectives d’emploi
    - afford = se payer, se permettre

    6) What vision of immigration is shown in this video?


    Immigration is shown as an opportunity to have a better life for the migrants.
    7) What are British people worried about?
    They are worried that West Indian workers take their jobs.
    Immigration does not cause unemployment amongst white workers.
    8) What is the aim of this video?
    The aim of this video is to show British people they have no reason to worry
    about immigration.
    The journalist wants to reassure British people and convince them to accept
    West Indian workers.
    9) Why is it a form of propaganda?
    It is a form of propaganda because it only shows the negative aspects of the
    West Indies and the positive aspects of Britain.
    The West Indies are represented as a poor, backward and underdeveloped
    country. In contrast, Britain appears as an Eldorado. It is a richer, more modern
    and more developed country.

    Let’s meet Éditions Hatier, 2020

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