A lesson for Key Stage 4 PSHE and Citizenship students that explores the experiences of the 'Windrush Generation' using the film Concrete Garden (1994). Students work toward devising a short dramatic piece that relates to the themes and ideas brought up by the film.
Concrete Garden is a wonderfully observed graduation film from the black British director Alrick Riley. With warm performances from a young cast and exquisite detail in the production design, this tender short film powerfully evokes the trials and tribulations faced by kids settling in 1950s Britain.
The film is available to watch for free in BFI Mediatheques or can be rented on BFI Player for a small fee.
Learning objectives include:
Understanding more about immigration from the Commonwealth in the 1950s;
Investigating and considering what it could be like to be someone who has recently moved to the UK from abroad.
Concrete Garden is a wonderfully observed graduation film from the black British director Alrick Riley. With warm performances from a young cast and exquisite detail in the production design, this tender short film powerfully evokes the trials and tribulations faced by kids settling in 1950s Britain.
The film is available to watch for free in BFI Mediatheques or can be rented on BFI Player for a small fee.
Learning objectives include:
Understanding more about immigration from the Commonwealth in the 1950s;
Investigating and considering what it could be like to be someone who has recently moved to the UK from abroad.
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