Starter quiz
- In 'Small Island', who does Hortense marry at the end of Act 1?
- Michael
- Elwood
- Gilbert ✓
- Bernard
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- In 'Small Island', which of these characters enlist for the RAF in WWII?
- Bernard ✓
- Michael ✓
- Elwood
- Gilbert ✓
- Arthur
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- In Act 1 Scene 7 of 'Small Island', who is Queenie reunited with in the house in Earl's court?
- Bernard
- Arthur
- Michael ✓
- Kip
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- In 'Small Island', Hortense and Gilbert's decision to marry could be described as pragmatic. What does this word mean?
- Dealing with things in a systematic and realistic way. ✓
- Being spontaneous and rash.
- Viewing something as perfect even if the reality suggests something different.
- Going into something blindly and without consideration.
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- Which of these sentences uses a comparative conjunction?
- Gilbert is optimistic whereas Elwood is presented as cycnical. ✓
- Hortense and Celia both want to go to England.
- The relationships presented in Act 1 have different motivations.
- Queenie and Hortense do not marry for love.
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- Match the character from 'Small Island' to the correct line they say in the play.
- Hortense⇔"England is my golden life". ✓
- Celia⇔"I will have big house with a bell on the front door." ✓
- Gilbert⇔"England is the future". ✓
- Elwood⇔"He prefer to go licky-licky to the British". ✓
Exit quiz
- Which word can be defined as "making people believe or accept something without challenge"?
- Indoctrinate ✓
- Facilitate
- Educate
- Teach
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- Which word describes the generation that arrived from Caribbean countries between 1948 and 1973?
- 'Windrush' ✓
- In 'Small Island', what jobs do Hortense and Gilbert see themselves having in England?
- Doctor
- Teacher ✓
- Lawyer ✓
- Nurse
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- In 'Small Island' which character says "I cannot be the fool who is left behind again”.
- Celia
- Queenie
- Hortense ✓
- Gilbert
- Michael
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- In 'Small Island' which character says: “There’s way more opportunities in England…” and “England is where the future lies”.
- Michael
- Elwood
- Hortense
- Gilbert ✓
- Celia
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- When writing 'Small Island', Andrea Levy used the experiences of her parents and other people from the Windrush generation to influence her plot. Why did she do this?
- To create a historical account
- To foreground the voices that are often not heard or absent from history ✓
- To make writing easier
- To present the transcripts of interviews she had conducted
- To satisfy her publishers
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Key learning points
- The Windrush Generation are those who arrived from Caribbean countries between 1948 and 1973.
- The Windrush Generation took up jobs in sectors affected by the post World War Two labour shortage.
- The ‘mother country’ promised not only jobs and opportunities, but unity, collective identity and openness.
- Like ‘Small Island’ Windrush history is made up of many voices.
- Levy and Edmundson want to foreground the real experiences and stories of those absent from historical narratives.
Common misconception
The Windrush generation entered Britain illegally.
Those coming from the British Commonwealth were considered citizens.
Keywords
Colonisation - when a country establishes control over another country, exploiting it for economic gain
Migration - when you relocate from one country to another
Indoctrinate - when you make people believe something- a less formal synonym is to brainwash
Racism - discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity
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