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The United Kingdom
Today & Tomorrow + A Disunited Kingdom
What do you think happened?
Decline
ca. 7:10
History
Why?
- Decline of empire from 1945
- Hipocrisy of WWII
- 1947: India, Pakistan
- British rule outside of Britain:
1945: 700 million
1965: 5 million
- Almost bankrupt in 1946
- Loans from US: paid until 2006
- Rise of the New Super Powers
Income Inequality
1940s: The Beveridge Report; 5 gianst must be slayed:
want, disease, ignorance, squalor, illness.
= narrow the gap.
- 1948: National Health Service, National Insurance
- Massive building projects
Results
- The gap narrowed until 80s
- 2015: Britain is the 2nd/3rd most unequal country in Europe
Education
Education: Private sector v. state-run schools
(Public schools = expensive private-run schools)
Positions of power filled with public school graduates, esp. Eton)
Oxbridge - University Fees
Stats
Immigration
Big change since WWII: Ethnic and cultural makeup. Redefining the term "British."
This is esp. the case with Eastern European Immigrants the last decades.
Immigration is higher than emigration.
Net migration is 230,000. This is decreasing, due to EU citizens.
Timeline: http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zxm6pv4
Ethnic Makeup
Ethnic Makeup
Eastern Europeans
Over-qualification
Over-qualification
Declining immigration
Declining immigration
Change
How much can a country change and still remain the same country?
Constants:
- Weather
- Basic tolerance
- The NHS
- The complaining
Malala
Malala Yousafzai - an atypical refugee?
What do you know about Pakistan?
What do you know about Malala?
How should countries treat refugees?
Read p. 284-288. Publish this on your blog:
- Spot checks on p. 285 + p. 288.
- Task 2 on p. 289.
- Task 3 on p. 289.
British Youth
Go through statements on p. 251.
Look at intro, + parts 1+2+3:
https://www.weareamplify.com/young-blood/
Discuss questions on p. 254: Task 4.
Chavs
Chavs
Youth in the news!
Go do task on itslearning!
Unemployment
Brexit
Brexit
Read this: http://deling.ndla.no/nn/interactive-content/9270
Individual Research:
- What developments have happened in the Brexit case since august 2016? - What is next?
- What are Scotland's options after Brexit? What will happen to Scotland?
-What are Northern Ireland's options?
- What will happen to Wales?
- What about Ireland and the border?
- What has happened to Nigel Farage and UKIP? How popular are they now?
A Disunited Kingdom?
SOLFEST??
Definitions:
The UNITED Kingdom:
4 separate peoples
Nation
State
Nationalism
Tasks for today
Tasks
Read p. 350-361. Do the Spot Checks tasks as you go along.
When you're bored, practice Quizlet.