1. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Modern Britain Wendy Vanamburgh

2. IntroductionWho are the British? • Where did we come from? • Multiculturalism • Modern British families • Young people today

3. Mainland Britain Facts Population – approximately: 57 million No one lives more than 120km from the coast. Total coastline = 7,000km

5. Where did we come from? • 1000 – 500 BC Celts • 54 BC – 410 AD Romans • 450 AD Saxons • 550 AD Angles • 800 – 1000 AD Danes & Vikings • 1066 AD Normans • 1950’s – 1970’s Caribbean, Africans, Indians • 1990’s – present Former Yugoslavia and East European countries

6. True or False? • Over two-thirds of independently-owned local shops belong to people from ethnic minorities. • 10% of Britain’s doctors were born overseas. • Fish and Chips are Britain’s favourite takeaway dish. • 300 different languages are spoken in London every day. • About 7% (or 4 million people) of the population of Britain are people from ethnic minorities.

8. Ethnic Diversity in the UK % of UK population 92.1% 1.8% 0.5% 1.3% 0.4% 1% 0.8% 0.2% 0.4% 1.2% 0.4% • Group • White • Indian • Bangladeshi • Pakistani • Other Asian • Black Caribbean • Black African • Other Black • Chinese • Mixed • other

9. Cereal Packet Families

10. Figure 11.1 Households and people: by type of household, Great Britain.Source: Data from General Household Survey Households People 11% 12% 40% 3% 10% 24% 34% 28% 35% 3%

11. Figure 11.2 Families with dependant children: by family type and, for lone mothers, by marital status, Great Britain 2000 Source: Data from Labour 2% 5% 8% 7% 5% 77%

12. Leisure

13. Leisure • Activity (once a week) % of all people • Watching T.V 96 • Reading newspapers 80 • Listening to the Radio 73 • Reading 60 • Listening to music 58 • Watching DVDs 47 • Playing computer games 30 • Playing with children 47 • Gardening 42 • Cooking for pleasure 37 • Meeting friends socially 36 • Go to an evening class 30

14. Being Yorkshire Ere all, see all, say nowt. Eet all, sup all, pay nowt, N’ if ever tha doz owt for nowt, Allus do it for thisen.