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3 History

Emigration and immigration

1 Match the words and phrases with their definitions.

1 emigrant

2 displaced person

3 immigrant

4 refugee

5 fugitive

a) someone who leaves their home to escape from war, persecution or natural disaster

b) another way of describing a refugee

c) someone who leaves their country to go and live in another country

d) someone who arrives in a country and wants to live there

e) someone who has committed a crime and is hiding from the police

Emigration from Ireland

2 Read and complete the text with these words.

starvation

potato

fungus

landowners

disease

poverty

The potato famine

At the beginning of the 19th century, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom and was one of the poorest regions in Europe. The land was controlled by a few (1) landowners with enormous estates and peasant families rented small areas of land where they cultivated vegetables at a subsistence level. Many people emigrated to look for a better life for themselves and to escape from (2) poverty. By the 1840s. Irish peasants had come to rely on just one vegetable, the (3) potato, for food. The potato is rich in nutrients and people can remain healthy on a diet almost exclusively of potatoes. When a (4) disease caused by (5) fungus destroyed the potato crop in 1845. millions of people had nothing to eat. It was a disaster and conditions were made worse by the policies of the British government which ruled Ireland at that time. The crisis continued through the 1840s and over a million people died from (6) starvation or disease. From a population of about 8 million, over 1 million people emigrated to North America.

3 Read the text again and answer the questions.

1 Who owned most of the land in Ireland?

2 What food did people eat?

3 What caused the potato plants to die?

4 When did the potato famine start?

5 What was the population at that time?

6 How many people emigrated to North America during the famine years?

West Indian immigration to Britain

4 Locate these countries on the map.

5 Read the text and answer the questions.

There are over 20 islands in the West Indies. Before independence, several of them like Jamaica and Barbados, were British colonies. People from those countries were all British citizens and had the right to live and work in Britain if they wanted to.

Between 1948 and 1970 nearly half a million people left the West Indies and went to live in Britain.The British government encouraged immigrants to move because Britain didntaskt have enough workers especially for the hospitals and for the transport system. However, immigrants left for many different reasons. Some wanted better opportunities for their children, some had fought in the Second World War and had lived in Britain before, and some wanted to save money and then return to the Caribbean.

1 Name two islands in the West Indies which were British colonies.

2 Were people from these colonies allowed to work in Britain?

3 Why did the British government encourage people to emigrate to Britain?

4 What other reasons did people have for emigrating to Britain?

Project

You are going to find out more about emigration from and immigration to your own country.

Plan

Choose a time in the past when emigration or immigration has affected the population of your country.

Research

Find out the reasons why people changed country. What effect did their departure or arrival have?

Prepare

Decide on the best way to show your findings. For example an essay or an illustrated poster.

Present your material

Present your completed project to your classmates and teacher.