Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at the different ways that people think about the Sixties, such as through pop culture and entertainment. Why do we remember the Sixties as 'swinging'?

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5 Questions

Q1.
What was the name of the ship that landed in 1948, for which a generation was named?
Correct answer: Empire Windrush
HMS Lord Kitchener
The Commonwealth
The Queen Elizabeth
Q2.
What word did David Olusoga say best summed up the migrant experience in the 1960s?
Correct answer: Disappointment
Joy
Relief
Sadness
Q3.
What did the 1965 and 1968 Race Relations Acts do?
Gave housing to people coming from Caribbean countries
Gave non-white people the right to vote
Limited migration from Caribbean countries
Correct answer: Made it illegal to discriminate against someone because of their race
Q4.
Who famously delivered the anti-immigration 'rivers of blood' speech?
David Hockney
Correct answer: Enoch Powell
Harold Macmillan
Mary Quant
Q5.
Sam King, one of the many migrants who built a successful life and family in Britain, was the first black mayor of where?
Bristol
Glasgow
Nottingham
Correct answer: Southwark, London

5 Questions

Q1.
In what year did England win the World Cup?
1960
Correct answer: 1966
1968
1996
Q2.
Which film series pokes fun at stereotypes of the Sixties?
Correct answer: Austin Powers
Call the Midwife
James Bond
The Avengers
Q3.
According to 'Rolling Stone' magazine, which 60s band recorded 4 of the 10 'greatest albums of all time'?
Correct answer: The Beatles
The Kinks
The Rolling Stones
The Who
Q4.
Which of the following is a good definition of Pop Culture?
The documents that people leave behind when they die
Correct answer: The entertainment that people consume, especially from TV and film, and mainly aimed at young people
The memories and experiences of people who were there at the time
The work that historians produce when they study a topic
Q5.
Which of the following is a NEGATIVE of using TV entertainment to learn about the Sixties?
It can be based on real accounts of people at the time
It can introduce people to a new topic
It is seen by millions of people
Correct answer: It might not be as accurate as they mainly want to attract viewers

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UnitHistory / What kind of stories can be told about the sixties?

History