England’s Immigrants: How can we investigate diversity - Lesson 2

1. Time for some Herstory!
Discussion: What can we learn about female
migrants living in England in the period 1330-
1550?
• How many were there?
• Where did they live?
• What kinds of lives did they lead?

2. Back to the evidence!
• Using the skills you developed last lesson your
task today is to create two simple fact files on
the female migrants in England and another
city of your choice.
• Use the ‘advanced search’ tab and the
‘keyword’ tab to find all the female entries
and ‘place of residence box’ to find all the
female entries for your chosen area.

3. Was London different?
• What did you find out? Is the story for London
similar or different to the other city you
chose?
• You could repeat this for other towns and
cities and see whether you get similar
patterns.

4. Three contrasting examples
• Follow the instructions on your worksheet to
find three contrasting examples of female
migrants.
• You could look at all of England or maybe
even narrow it down to where you live or go
to school.

5. Did all the female migrants have
similar lives?
Discuss the following points in your groups/pairs:
• Do did most female migrants come from the
same country?
• Did they do similar jobs?
• Do you think they were wealthy?
• How typical do you think your chosen examples
were?

6. What can we learn about the
female migrants living in England
in the period 1330-1550?
• To discuss the reasons behind the number of
female migrants.
• To explore the lives of female migrants firstly
in England, then London, then locally to our
school.
• To compare and contrast the lives of the
female migrants you have discovered.

7. What can we learn about the
female migrants living in England
in the period 1330-1550?
• To discuss the reasons behind the number of
female migrants.
• To explore the lives of female migrants firstly
in England, then London, then locally to our
school.
• To compare and contrast the lives of the
female migrants you have discovered.