Year 8 Home Learning Challenge: “The Fight for Cable Street”

The Wall Street Crash of October 1929 caused a world-wide economic depression. Germany suffered greatly and is a
contributing factor as to why Hitler and the Nazis took control in 1933. However, Britain was one of the first countries to be
affected by America’s financial crisis. A consequence of this was that the British Union of Fascists gained popularity in
Britain, which bore the resemblance of the Nazis in Germany and Mussolini’s Fascist Party in Italy.

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THIS HALF TERM IS TO INVESTIGATE THE FIGHT FOR CABLE STREET

WEEK TASK TO BE COMPLETED

1 1.Find out what the word Fascism means. Watch the following You Tube Clip to help you create a
Submit this via wordle. A wordle is a word cloud that can be created by hand OR you can use an e-wordle
teams generator to create one electronically. You simply need to decide what key words would you
associate with the term Fascism and create. Below is a link to a e-wordle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ejvegGwXYs
https://www.edwordle.net/

2 Research 5-10 Key Facts about the British Union of Fascists (BUF): political group that existed
during the “Hungry 30’s” in Britain.
This is http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/British_Union_of_Fascists
background https://spartacus-educational.com/Pfascists.htm
information to
help you to The Battle of Cable Street took place on Sunday 4 October 1936 in Cable Street in the East End
complete of London. Watch the You Tube Clip to find out what happened and answer the questions below.
weeks 3 and 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiZFyYkcnf4
Answer the following questions:
1. What kinds of people supported the BUF otherwise known as the Black Shirts?
2. Which political group was the main rival of the BUF?
3.. How did these two political groups show their rivalry towards each other?
4. Which group of people living in the East End of London became a target of the Black Shirts
antisemitism?
5.Why did large crowds gather in the East End Sunday 4th October 1936?
6. How did the Police respond? What happened as a result?
7.What happened after the events of Cable Street?

3 and 4 In 2026 the East End of London, Whitechapel, will commemorate the 90-year Anniversary of
the Fight for Cable Street. Choose one of the following tasks to complete.
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teams A: Write a Newspaper Report about what happened on Sunday 4th October 1936 in Cable Street.
You will need to carefully consider your headline and use a suitable photograph to match your
headline. Use this additional resource to help you with your research. http://www.cablestreet.uk/

B: Write song lyrics to explain what happened on Sunday 4th October 1936 in Cable Street. To gain
some inspiration listen carefully to the “Ghosts of Cable Street” - Ghosts of Cable Street - YouTube

C: Design a piece of art such as the “mural of Cable Street” to depict the “Fight for Cable Street”
https://lookup.london/cable-street-mural/

To be submitted via teams

 Wordle
 Choice of tasks A, B or C.