Breadth Study B8: Diversity, Rights and Equality in Britain (1914-2010)
Less Section Learning outcomes
on
bloc
1-5 1 The Fight for An understanding of the
Recognition nature of diversity, the
1914-1928 extent to which there was
equality of opportunity in
1914 and early
government legislation.
A consideration of the
extent to which the social
upheavals brought about
by the First World War
survived after the war.
An understanding of the
role of the government in
increasing equality of
opportunity in post-war
Britain.
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Content Resources Which skills Which skills
acquired in this could be
lesson bloc are acquired
explicitly through
assessed teaching and
through delivery in this
examination bloc of lessons
The nature of diversity, rights and https://yorkclio.com/ Critical Thinking Communication
equality in Britain in 1914, including diversity/ Change Intellectual
attitudes to race, gender, disability Causation interest
and class, and pressures for https://twile.com/timeline/ Significance Teamwork
change. suffrage Problem Solving Co-operation
Analysis Interpersonal
The impact of World War I on https://www.bbc.co.uk/ Reasoning skills
attitudes to, and opportunities programmes/p00xj1pv Empathy
for, women, ethnic minorities,
the working classes and disabled David Olusoga, Black and
people. British and the website
http://blackhistory4schools.
The significance of changes in com/20century/
voting rights and the Sex
Disqualification (Removal) Act https://ukdhm.org/v2/wp-
(1919), the Education Act (1918) content/uploads/2016/03/
and the Aliens Restriction B5-Disability-Time-Line-
(Amendment) Act (1919). NHS-North-West.pdf
Including treatment for mental
and physical disability, and https://www.rnib.org.uk/
‘Homes fit for Heroes’. the campaigning/marching-
treatment of disabled returning history Contains an
war heroes - sheltered interesting video on the
employment and the British Blind Persons Act.
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6-10 2 The impact of Consideration of the
Depression and impact of the 1930s
War Depression on social
1928-45 attitudes in Britain.
An understanding of the
reasons for and impact of
ethnic tensions in the
1930s and 1940s.
An understanding of the
extent to which the
Second World War
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Legion; the Blind Persons Act
(1920) and the National League
of the Blind; ‘Justice not Charity’
Teaching Activity Ideas:
Students could begin with a
discussion of what we mean by
‘diversity’ before being asked to
make a historical estimation of the
extent to which equality of
opportunity might have existed in
1914.
Students can then be introduced to
the somewhat ‘non-inclusive’ nature
of society in 1914 and the degree to
which the War brought about social
changes and government legislation
increased, or indeed hindered,
inclusivity.
Race, gender, disability and class in https://yorkclio.com/ Critical Thinking Communication
Depression and war, including diversity/ Change Intellectual
eugenics. The impact of Causation interest
unemployment and the Jarrow https://www.teachit.co.uk/ Significance Teamwork
Crusade. Reasons for, and impact resources/history/why- Problem Solving Co-operation
of, immigration and ethnic tensions, have-refugees-come- Analysis Interpersonal
including the BUF. Changing britain-historically-role-play Reasoning skills
experiences in World War II, Empathy
including the introduction of https://www.english-
national service, the treatment of Heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-
aliens, the ‘colour bar’ and the plaques/blue-plaque-
significance of the case of Learie stories/eugenics/
Constantine and the Imperial Hotel.
The significance of the Disabled https://www.bbc.co.uk/
history/british/
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 changed attitudes -
particularly in the
treatment of immigrants.
Persons (Employment) Act 1944.
jarrow_01.shtml
Teaching Activity Ideas:
Students consider the extent to
which economic challenges created
by the Great Depression impacted
on social equality during the 1930s.
General discussion about ‘how
things might be different in
wartime’ can then lead to an
analysis of the change in
opportunities brought about by the
demands of war.
Students are then introduced to the
issues created by immigration,
including tensions created by
organisations such as the BUF.
Although an in-depth knowledge of
the BUF is not required for the
examination, students may find it
an interesting topic for personal
research.
britain_wwone/
https://pasttenseblog.wor
dpress.com/2017/03/13/to
day-in-londons-anti-racist-
history-the-league-of-
coloured-peoples-formed-
1931/
T
https://100greatblackbrito
ns.com/bios/lord_leary_co
nstantine.html
Lord Learie Constantine –
Pendle Radicals
For a discussion on the
impact of the Butler Act
see:
https://www.wcml.org.uk/
about-us/timeline/educati
on-act/ or:
http://sociologyfranklin.w
eebly.com/uploads/5/4/8/
1/54811667/tripartite_syst
em.pdf

11-15 3 Consequences An understanding of the The contribution and treatment of https://yorkclio.com/ Critical Thinking Communication
of War and the life of Empire and Empire and Commonwealth diversity/ Change Intellectual
End of Empire Commonwealth immigrants, including the Windrush, Causation interest
1944-62 immigrants and their African and South Asian https:// Significance Teamwork
experiences. immigrants. Claudia Jones and the everlivingroots.wordpress.c Problem Solving Co-operation

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A consideration of
changes in attitudes
towards and
opportunities for women,
sexual minorities and
disabled people.
Analysis of the
Commonwealth
Immigrants Act and what
is tells us about attitudes
of the time.
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om/2015/08/14/black- Analysis Interpersonal
Caribbean Carnival. Barriers to
british-history-rising-racial- Reasoning skills
change, including the significance of
tensions-in-1950s-britain- Empathy
the Commonwealth Immigrants Act
and-the-birth-of-notting-
(1962). Reasons for changes in
hill-carnival/
attitudes to, and opportunities for,
women, sexual minorities and
https://www.teachit.co.uk/
disabled people, including Sir
resources/history/why-
Ludwig Guttmann and the
have-refugees-come-
Paralympic Games movement, and
britain-historically-role-play
the Wolfenden Report (1957).
The significance of Butler's https://www.bl.uk/
Education Act (1944) and the windrush#
beginning of the NHS (1948).
https://
www.birmingham.ac.uk/
Teaching Activity Ideas:
facilities/cadbury/rlt/
subject-guides/disability-
The Windrush ‘issue’ has been history-resources.aspx
widely publicised and provides an
excellent opportunity to consider https://
immigration from the standpoint of www.historyandpolicy.org/
immigrants, those supporting policy-papers/papers/
immigration and those opposing it. wolfenden-and-beyond-
the-remaking-of-
homosexual-history
This was a period when significant
steps were taken in increasing
https://www.wcml.org.uk/
opportunities. Students summarise
about-us/timeline/
those for women, sexual minorities
and disabled people. education-act/ or:
http://sociologyfranklin.we
ebly.com/uploads/5/4/8/1/
There is plentiful opportunity for 54811667/tripartite_syste
research and discussion around the m.pdf
contribution of Guttman,
Wolfenden and Butler’s earlier work
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16-20 4 Changes in Civil An analysis of validity of
Rights the claim that this was a
c1962-1986 period of social
revolution.
A consideration of the
drivers for change and
the barriers that slowed
or prevented change.
An understanding of the
role of the government in
removing barriers to
greater equality.
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to increasing the move towards
social equality in Britain.
An interesting debate might be held
around the extent to which Britain
had become a more equal society
by 1962.
The extent of the social revolution https://yorkclio.com/ Critical Thinking Communication
in diversity, rights and equality - the diversity/ Change Intellectual
impact of: feminism and the Causation interest
women’s strike at Dagenham; Significance Teamwork
https://www.teachit.co.uk/
campaigns for racial equality and Problem Solving Co-operation
resources/history/why-
the Bristol Bus Boycott; Analysis Interpersonal
have-refugees-come-
comprehensive education and Reasoning skills
britain-historically-role-play
university grants; the Warnock Empathy
Report (1978); improved rights for
disabled people (benefits and Alwyn W Turner:
mobility) and sexual minorities . Crisis? What Crisis? Britain
Barriers to change, including Enoch in the 1970s
Powell, the anti-immigration Rejoice! Rejoice! Britain in
movement, and the Immigration Act the 1980s
(1971). The significance of
A Classless Society: Britain in
legislation in removing barriers: the
the 1990s 
Race Relations Act (1965); the
Sexual Offences Act (1967); the
Education (Handicapped Children) http://
Act (1970); Chronically Sick and www.motability.org.uk/
Disabled Persons Act (1970); about-us/history-and-
Castle’s Equal Pay Act (1970); the heritage/
Sex Discrimination Act (1975); the
http://www.tandfonline/
Motability Allowance (1976); the
doi/full/
British Council of Organisations of
10.1080/09687599.2020.1
Disabled People; the Disability Arts
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Movement.
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21-25 5 Changes in An analysis of the
opportunity and individuals and pressure
culture groups pushing for
1986-2010 continued change at the
end of the twentieth
century.
A consideration of the
artistic and cultural
contribution made by
immigrants and their
descendants by the
beginning of the twenty-
first century.
How far did barriers to
change still exist in the
twenty-first century and
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http://
Teaching Activity Ideas: www.shapearts.org.uk/
A good approach to teaching this Pages/FAQs/Category/
key topic might be to begin with a disability-arts-chronology
‘stock take’ in 1962. How far had
Britain changed at that point.
Students then consider the events
and measures taken during the
period and undertake another
‘stock take’ for 1986. How far were
things different and how much of
the difference was actually
embedded in British society, rather
than just set out in legislation?
The drive for equal rights and https://yorkclio.com/ Critical Thinking Communication
cultural diversity, including the diversity/ Change Intellectual
impact of the National Council for Causation interest
Civil Liberties, the Stephen https:// Significance Teamwork
Lawrence case, third-wave lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk Problem Solving Co-operation
feminism, the LGBT Foundation and /resources/ Analysis Interpersonal
the British Council of Organisations Reasoning skills
of Disabled People and their http:// Empathy
campaigns. voicesandvisibility.org.uk/
https://
The significance of diversity for the freshalarums.wordpress.co
arts and culture in Britain. The m/2019/01/14/being-
significance of increased ambitious-with-lgbt-
educational opportunities. The history/
impact of the EU for freedom of
movement and work. Barriers to Robin Walker et al, Black
change, including religious British History - Black
intolerance, institutional racism, Influences on British Culture
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 how far did the Equality (1948 to 2016)
continuing sexism, Section 28
Act reflect that they had
(1988), disability discrimination,
been overcome? https://
continuing social and economic
inequality. The significance of the historicengland.org.uk/
Equality Act (2010). research/inclusive-
Teaching Activity Ideas: heritage/disability-
history/1945-to-the-
present-day/
Students explore the work of some
of the more influential pressure
groups and movements, such as the https://
NCCL and feminism. disabilityhorizons.com/
2016/07/uks-unwritten-
Students debate the influence of
history-disability/
the Lawrence case on policing in
their own community.
https://www.bl.uk/lgbtq-
The key topic provides an
histories/articles/a-short-
opportunity to consider the extent
history-of-lgbt-rights-in-
to which equal educational
the-uk
opportunities underpin progress
towards social equality.

Students also consider the extent to

which membership of the EU
helped bring down barriers and the
extent to which those barriers still
existed in 2010. Although the
specification does not take us
beyond 2010, an interesting debate
could be held along the lines of ‘Did
the 2010 Equality Act bring about
social equality in Britain?’

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 The unit provides an excellent
opportunity for research for
students into areas of personal
interest. The specification talks of
‘The significance of diversity for the
arts and culture in Britain’. This
simple sentence covers the
enormous contribution of diverse
groups to British culture. Students
cannot be expected in the
examination to provide more than a
few examples, but they may want to
dig deeper into, for example, the
impact on music, for their personal
interest.

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