Starter quiz
- When the Second World War ______, children were evacuated.
- started ✓
- ended
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- Select the correct definition for the word ‘evacuated’.
- moved from a safe area to a dangerous one
- moved from a dangerous area to a safer one ✓
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- Paul Stephenson was evacuated when he was 3 years old.
- True ✓
- False
- The countryside had lots of…
- cars
- buildings
- fields ✓
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- Why was Paul treated differently to the other children?
- because he had coloured skin since he was of African descent ✓
- because he was clever
- because he was white
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- In the countryside, Paul and the other children chased…
- cows
- cars
- trains
- rabbits ✓
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Exit quiz
- When he was 16, Paul joined the…
- Army
- RAF ✓
- Scouts
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- Match the keyword to the correct definition.
- youth worker⇔this person’s job is to work with and help young people ✓
- Caribbean⇔a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea ✓
- RAF⇔these people fly planes for Britain’s Royal Air Force ✓
- Paul Stephenson started working with children when he was in…
- Greece
- Germany ✓
- Spain
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- Put these events into the correct order.
- 1⇔Paul left school and joined the RAF.
- 2⇔Paul travelled to different countries with the RAF.
- 3⇔Paul left the RAF and returned to college in England.
- 4⇔Paul became a youth worker.
- 5⇔Paul moves to Bristol.
- After the Second World War, Britain needed lots of people to rebuild cities.
- True ✓
- False
- Select two problems families of African descent in Britain faced in the 1960s.
- They were not given good jobs. ✓
- They had too many jobs to choose from.
- They couldn’t find houses to live in. ✓
- They found too many houses to live in.
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Key learning points
- After school Paul joined the RAF and spent time in Germany working with young people.
- After the RAF he studied youth work and moved to Bristol in 1962.
- He was the first black youth worker in Bristol.
- At this time many black people had come from the Caribbean to live in Bristol.
- Even though they had travelled to Britain to help the country recover after the war, they were not treated well.
Common misconception
Some may think that people only came to Britain from the Caribbean.
People from all over the world came to Britain, including from places like India and Poland.
Keywords
Raf - people in the RAF fly planes for Britain’s Royal Air Force to protect the country
Youth worker - a youth worker’s job is to work with and help young people
Caribbean - the Caribbean is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, which is between North and South America
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