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KS3 History Depth Study: Fight for Rights in Modern Britain eBook
Aaron Wilkes, Teni Gogo, Lindsay Bruce, Rebecca Carter, Alex Fairlamb, Dan Lyndon-Cohen, Josh Preye Garry
KS3 History Depth Study: Fight for Rights in Modern Britain eBook
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Introduce accessible case studies on the fights for Women's Rights, Disability Rights, Black Civil Rights and LGBTQ+ Rights in 20th century Britain. These enquiries will stimulate discussion and help students understand how what has happened in the past continues to have impact and shape Britain and the world today.

Written by a team led by Aaron Wilkes in consultation with expert historians, this engaging book enhances Oxford's best-selling KS3 History textbooks, and can be used flexibly with other schemes of work. The captivating pages give a detailed insight into British and world history, allowing you to delve deeper into topics and themes of particular interest, and diversify your curriculum.

Language
English
ISBN
9781382042376
Contents
Introducing KS3 History: Fight for Rights
1 The fight for Women’s Rights
Introduction
1.1 How did women secure the right to vote?
1.1A The suffragists
1.1B The suffragettes
1.1C The First World War and votes for women
1.2 Why did women demand social equality?
1.2A Women went back to the kitchen at the end of the Second World War
1.2B Women fight for the right to control their bodies
1.2C Equal pay for equal work
1.3 Did legal equality result in actual equality?
1.3A The Sex Discrimination Act
1.3B Riot Grrrls and Girl Power
1.3C Feminism in the twenty-first century
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2 The fight for Disability Rights
Introduction
2.1 What was life like for disabled people in Britain in the early twentieth century?
2.1A Life for disabled people in Britain in the early twentieth century
2.1B Rosa May Billinghurst: Disabled suffragette
2.1C The March of the Blind
2.2 How have disabled people fought to live independent lives?
2.2A Living in institutions
2.2B Defining ‘independence’
2.2C The Independent Living Movement
2.3 How have disabled people fought for equality?
2.3A Access to buildings and public transport
2.3B Equal access to appropriate educational opportunities
2.3C ‘Nothing about us without us’
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3 The fight for Black Civil Rights
Introduction
3.1 What does the Notting Hill Carnival reveal about Britain’s Caribbean community?
3.1A The experience of Caribbean migrants in Britain in the 1950s
3.1B Claudia Jones and the first Caribbean Carnival
3.1C The legacy of the Caribbean Carnival
3.2 How successful was the Bristol Bus Boycott?
3.2A Bristol in the 1950s
3.2B The Bristol Bus Boycott
3.2C The legacy of the Bristol Bus Boycott
3.3 Was the violence in Brixton in 1981 a riot or an uprising?
3.3A Brixton 1981: Causes
3.3B Brixton 1981: Consequences
3.3C Brixton 1981: Riot or uprising?
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4 The fight for LGBTQ+ Rights
Introduction
4.1 Parliament, protest or pop culture: which did most to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s?
4.1A Life for LGBTQ+ people in the 1950s
4.1B Attitudes begin to change… slowly
4.1C Life for LGBTQ+ people in 1960s Britain
4.2 How did the fight for LGBTQ+ Rights develop in the 1970s and 1980s?
4.2A Out and proud in the 1970s
4.2B Setbacks in the 1980s
4.2C The fightback
4.3 To what extent have the lives of LGBTQ+ people improved in recent years?
4.3A Legal changes in the early twenty-first century
4.3B Social changes in the early twenty-first century
4.3C The fight for LGBTQ+ Rights is not yet over
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Glossary
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