england’s immigrants: how can we investigate diversity - lesson 3
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How do we know so much about the England's immigrant population from the
period 1330-1550?
What can we tell about
this document
just by looking at it?
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https://www.englandsimmigrants.com/page/sources/alien-subsidies TNA Ref: E179-155-94
Now you are the teacher! Tell us about these documents …
Letter of denization Alien subsidies
Investigating the documents
Paired task:You are going to explain to another pair of
students these points about your document:1.The name of the document.2.Its purpose3.Ideas about what this tells about the lives of
immigrants at this time
Making inferences
1.What do the tax assessment AND the letters of denization documents tell us about the lives of immigrants at this time?
2.What do they reveal about the relationship between the government and the immigrants and how the migrants view themselves?
Ideas bankTargeted for an extra taxFear and mistrust at times of warWealthier paid moreRightsLoyaltyOathsFriends Ways to avoid paying the tax
Reflection time
‘Absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence’
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the database you have been exploring?
How do we know so much about the England's immigrant population from the period 1330-1550?
Learning Objectives:• To examine an example of an original document.• To discover the purpose of two types of document
used to create the database.• To make inferences about what they tell us about the
lives of immigrants to England at this time.
Key terms:Taxation
Denization