TEACHER’S GUIDE
Migration and Empire: A teacher’s guide to the resources
The resources for the Migration and Empire topic have been organised as
follows:
1.
Overarching materials/support materials/student guides
2.
Introduction
 Focusing on the development of the Scottish e conomy through
industrialisation, urbanisation and imperialism.
3.
Migration of Scots
 Push/pull factors
 Opportunity
 Coercion
4.
Experiences of immigrants in Scotland
 Catholic Irish, Protestant Irish, Jews, Lithuanians, Italians
 Reactions of Scots to immigrants
 Issues of identity and assimilation
5.
Impact on Empire of Scottish emigrants
 Growth and development of the Empire
 Reference to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, focusing on
economy, enterprise, culture, religion, native societies
6.
Effects of migration and empire on Scotland
7.
Revision/self-assessment materials
Accompanying notes can be found with individual tasks. In order to deepen
the knowledge of the students there is a series of presentations which give the
essential details for each of the topic areas.
Presentations include:
 introduction, which examines migration and Scottish society, and
migration within Scotland
 emigration and Scottish society, including leaving the Highlands,
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 immigration and Scottish society, including Irish emigration to Scotland,
occupations, Catholic and Protestant divisions and tensions, the Irish and
their communities
 the experience of other immigrant and migrant groups , including English,
Jewish and Lithuanian immigrants
 overall conclusion.
In addition to these presentations there are numerous primary sources which
help to give a flavour of personalisation by looking at accounts of the
experiences of migrants, emigrants and immigrants. These sources of
information form the basis of examination-type questions. There is a variety
of skills-based questions as well as exemplars that will help standardisation
for students.
There are materials for self-evaluation for the students to use throughout the
course as well as at the end. This will allow for focused study for prelims and
the final examination.
The source contains audio and visual clips which enhance the learning
experiences of the students. These are to be used in conjunction with source
materials, images and presentations.
A quick guide to the list of resources:
 PowerPoint presentations
 information sheets
 audio files, including readings of key documents, personal testimonies and
poetry
 visual clips, including interviews with historians, immigrants and art
historians
 primary sources
 exemplars of source questions
 source question templates
 suggested reading list
 useful websites/links
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