Target age range: Year 9, Key Stage 3

This resource is an evidential enquiry that allows students to follow the processes of an historian to uncover the experiences of Black Britons in the 1960s. It begins with establishing ‘the 1960s’ as a substantive concept. Following that, each lesson guides students through a different set of sources to interrogate in a way that is meaningful and less abstract than the GCSE-style utility questions. The outcome task allows students to review their research process and curate their own archive of sources that they think best reflects the diversity of experiences that Black Britons had in the 1960s.

This enquiry was written by Hannah Betts, Faculty Leader of Humanities at Mildenhall College Academy.

Every effort has been made to trace all image copyright holders and permissions in these resources, although occasionally it has not been possible to identify them. Please contact Maheema Chanrai at maheema.chanrai@history.org.uk with any queries.