Lesson plan

Why They Come– Push and Pull Factors in Migration


GeoHistory GeoLiteracy

Description

In this lesson, students have an opportunity to identify push and pull factors in contemporary migration and compare these factors to historical movements of people into America.

Duration

1 class period

Author

Donna
Frank

Standards

1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
9: The characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations

Teacher Instructions

FrankPushPullT.pdf (216.09 KB)

Student Materials

FrankPushPullS.pdf (133.19 KB)

Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners

Supplemental Files