“Where does the music on your playlist really come from?”
The big question
When people are invited to rebuild a country and then treated as strangers, what does it mean to belong, and how does culture answer rejection?
The journey
Playlist map: Trace the roots of British music on a map.
22 June 1948: the Empire Windrush: Find out who the passengers were and why they came.
Building Britain, then the 2018 scandal: Understand how belonging was promised, then questioned.
Claudia Jones and the first carnival: See how culture can answer rejection.
Create your own game: Windrush Voyage: Invent a board game from Kingston to London.
Final task: what did the Windrush generation give Britain?: Build an argued oral with documents.
Sentence starters
This genre was born in…
They came because…
They worked as…
Claudia Jones turned… into…
If you land on…, you…
I have chosen… because…
Game: Windrush Voyage
A board game from Kingston to Tilbury to Notting Hill. Event cards (job found, door closed, carnival) make players explain a choice in English before they move.
Final task
Argued oral (3–5 minutes, B1–B2): “What did the Windrush generation give Britain?”, with two documents.
My effort badges
☐ Sharp Listener☐ Word Hunter☐ Game Designer☐ Story Teller☐ Comeback Badge