1. how many indian volunteers fought for the british empire in the first world war (1914- 1918)? a:...
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1. HOW MANY INDIAN VOLUNTEERS FOUGHT FOR THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1918)?
A: 1,500,000
B: 500,000
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ANSWER:
A: 1,500,000
We rarely see images of Asian soldiers in textbooks on the First World War – is this right?
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2. WHEN DOES THE FIRST PIECE OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE WHICH PROVES A
BLACK PERSON WAS LIVING IN LONDON DATE FROM?
A: 1707B: 1507
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ANSWER:
B: 1507
Both Henry VII and Henry VIII employed a Black trumpeter in Tudor Times
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3. SINCE WHICH PERIOD IN HISTORY HAVE BLACK PEOPLE LIVED IN BRITAIN?
A: Tudor TimesB: Roman Times
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ANSWER:
B: Roman Times
The Romans conquered Africa and would have made Africans fight in their armies that went on to conquer Britain.
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In the past people treated black people differently.
Mary Seacole
Bessie Coleman
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THE WOMEN OF THE CRIMEAN WAR
• Florence Nightingale is famous being a nurse to British soldiers during the Crimean War.
• She greatly improved conditions in the hospitals making it less likely that they would catch infections.
• But was she the only person who helped?
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Mary Seacole
• Born in Jamaica.• Her mother taught
her lots about medicine.
• She was an excellent nurse.
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• She heard that troops were dying in the Crimean War
• She also heard that conditions in the hospitals were terrible.
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• Mary travelled to London and offered to help.
• The British Army rejected her offer of help.
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• Mary used her own money to travel to the Crimea.
• Once there she went to see Florence Nightingale.
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• Mary used more of her own money to pay for medical treatment for the soldiers.
• She went onto the battlefield to treat wounded soldiers from both sides.
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• She returned to London famous for the great work she had done but very, very poor.
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Who is it?• In the 1936 Olympics he won 4 gold medals in the
100m, 200m, the long jump and the relay. • Hitler did not want to salute him• He was not invited to the White House to shake
hands with the president and when he attended an awards ceremony in a hotel he had to go up in the service elevator and was not allowed to use the front door.
• He campaigned to improve the situation for black people around the world
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James Cleveland Owen- Jesse Owen
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Who is it?
• He was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia.
• He was active in the movement for civil rights and racial equality.
• He participated in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott and many other peaceful demonstrations that protested the unfair treatment of African-Americans.
• He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. • He was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in
Memphis, Tennessee
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Martin Luther King Jr
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Who is it?
• She was born in a very poor home in America. • She had a very tough childhood but managed to
get a job at her local radio station, then became a day-time TV presenter.
• Eventually she launched her own show. • She was the world’s only Black billionaire.• She has also given more money to charity than
any other Black person in the history of America.
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Oprah Winfrey
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Who is it?
• He was born and raised in Birmingham, England, in 1958.
• He has written poems, stories and plays.
• Talking Turkeys, J is for Jamaica.
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Benjamin Zephaniah
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Who is it?
• His father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas.
• He was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.
• He became President on November 4, 2008
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Barack Hussein Obama 44th President of the United States
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Who is it?
• When he was 9 months old, his dad sawed off a golf club to make it very short so he could strike the ball into the net.
• When he was 18 months old he began going to the golf course with Dad.
• In the year 2000, when he was 24 years old, he won four major golf tournaments: the U.S. Open, and U.S. Amateur and the British Open and British Amateur
• The first African-American/Asian-American
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Tiger Woods
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Who is it?
• She is a famous actress.• She was the voice Cappy in the film
Robots• She was the first African-American to
win the Best Actress award at the Oscars.
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Halle Berry
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Who is it?
• He’s black• He’s British• He’s a sportsman• He is the first black person in his
sport• He is the first black person to win the
big trophy in his sport
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Lewis Hamilton
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Who is your inspiration?
We recognise lots of talented people who have a growth mind-
set.
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Challenge stereotypes
Ask questions such as:• How do you know that?
Put the other point of view.• Did you know that the children in Sierra Leone
go to school and have lessons in English and Maths?