A Significant Person

Suitable for: Key stage 2

Time period: Postwar 1945-present

Curriculum topics: Diverse histories, Significant individuals, The British Empire

Suggested inquiry questions: Why is this person from the past remembered?

Potential activities: Follow the video activities. Create a book cover for a biography of our significant person,

This episode will investigate an important person in British history. They faced many challenges but overcame these to achieve great things.

Look closely at this part of the document:

Examine the top section of the document:

What challenges do you think Sam King faced in Britain?

What did he achieve?

This is another section of the Empire Windrush passenger list. Although there were mostly men on board, there were some women and children as well.

1) What can you learn about Lucilda Harris from this document?

2) Watch this video of Lucilda speaking about the journey. Who do they find on board and what do they do?

Design the front cover for a book about Sam King’s life and achievements.

Here are some more resources to learn more about him:

Lesson at a glance