Notting Hill Carnival #googlearts

This lesson plan covers three topics:

1. What Is Notting Hill Carnival?
2. Music, Costumes, and Design
3. Behind the Scenes

This lesson plan is designed for use in the classroom or can be given to students to work through at their own pace, either on their own or with others.

The lesson plan is suitable for a wide range of ages, but is geared towards students aged 13-16 years.

What Will You Do?

1. Learn why migrants left the Caribbean and moved to Britain in the late 1940s.
2. Find out how and why activists wanted to address social tensions in London neighborhoods.
3. See how Notting Hill Carnival grew to become the second-largest street festival in the world.

This lesson plan was created in association with Six Red Marbles