Starter quiz
- A bus conductor works on a bus collecting ...
- 'tickets' ✓
- The Suffragettes wanted women to have the right to ______ in Britain.
- live
- vote ✓
- work
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- Who became the first bus conductor who was a person of colour on the Bristol buses?
- Raghbir Singh ✓
- Emily Davison
- Paul Stephenson
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- Paul Stephenson helped to make a difference in Bristol in the...
- 1860s
- 1960s ✓
- 2000s
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- In 1964 people were treated differently just because of their skin colour.
- True ✓
- False
- A new ______ to stop anyone being treated differently because of their skin colour was made in 1965.
- 'law ' ✓
Exit quiz
- Emily Davison and Paul Stephenson lived in Britain at the same time.
- True
- False ✓
- Emily Davison and Paul Stephenson’s stories are...
- similar in some ways. ✓
- completely different.
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- Emily Davison and Paul Stephenson were both ______ by the police.
- 'arrested' ✓
- Match the person to what they wanted to change in Britain.
- Emily Davison⇔women being treated differently to men ✓
- Paul Stephenson⇔people being treated differently because of their skin colour ✓
- Equality means...
- taken away by the police because of breaking the law.
- a group of people who wanted women to have the right to vote in Britain.
- when everyone is treated fairly and in the same way. ✓
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- They are both seen today as ______ people who helped to change Britain and make people’s lives better.
- brave ✓
- bad
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Key learning points
- Despite living some time apart, both Emily and Paul's stories are similar.
- They were both angry about something that affected them and other people in Britain.
- They both fought for equality.
- They were both prepared to go to prison for what they believed and to try and get things changed.
- They are both recognised today as brave people who helped to change Britain.
Common misconception
Some may think that Emily Davison and Paul Stephenson were fighting for the same thing.
Emily Davison and Paul Stephenson were fighting for different change to happen in Britain at different times, around 50 years apart.
Keywords
Suffragettes - the Suffragettes were a group of people who wanted women to have the right to vote in Britain
Arrested - when someone is arrested, they are taken away by the police because they have broken the law
Equality - equality means when everyone is treated fairly and in the same way
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