Vocabulary
Mother Country
Complete the sentence, Jamaica was a _______ colony.
British
True or False: The passive voice focuses on the person doing the action.
What is the title of Lord Kitchener's song ?
"London is a place for me"
What was the name of the first ship that arrived in in the UK with lots of Caribbean people?
Give two adjectives Lord Kitchener uses to describe London in his song
Magnificent and lovely
When was Jamaica's independence?
6th of August 1962
Change to passive: The Windrush carried Caribbean people to London.
Caribbean people were carried to London by the Windrush.
What was reggae's pinnacle in Jamaica?
In the 70s
What were the reasons for Caribbean people to come to the UK? (give two)
They had job opportunities and they were exicited to see the UK.
Give a synonym for "landscape" in English
scenary
When Jamaica was a colony, what was it important for?
It was important for its sugar plantations.
Fill in the blank: Many reggae songs ______ (write) by Jamaican musicians.
were written
What is the nickname of reggae music? (cf. text)
What was the British context that led to the arrival of thousands of Caribbean people?
What verb means "s'installer dans un nouveau pays" in English?
"to settle in a new country"
What did the Act of Emancipation mean in 1834?
Jamaican slaves were now free. But there were still control forms.
Correct the sentence: A documentary Roots, Reggae, Rebellion is watched by students last week. → what’s wrong?
WAS WATCHED
What was the goal of reggae music originally?
Its goal was to denounce slavery and opression from the colonists.
Explain why some Caribbean immigrants felt like “aliens” in Britain. (give two reasons minimum)
They felt like aliens because they suffered from racism, they were bullied and they had to stick together.
WRITE: Use the expression "to stick together" in a sentence about Caribbean people.
Caribbean people had to stick together to survive after coming to the UK in the 1940s.
When did Jamaica become a colony?
1655
Rewrite this sentence in passive using present perfect: The Windrush generation has built communities in the UK.
Communities has been built in the UK (by the Windrush Generation)
What did the authorities do about the playing of reggae is Jamaica in the 70s? (use passive voice)
People playing reggae were repressed.
Explain what the Windrush scandal was about.
It was about a change of law that meant that loads of Caribbean who had called England their home had to leave because they didn't have the right paper*