Geography: Migration: Push and Pull Factors
Skill focus: Migration: Push and Pull Factors
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We're exploring migration: push and pull factors. Start with what's familiar — your town, your family's story, your country today. Then zoom out. Encourage questions, even uncomfortable ones. History is the practice of careful curiosity.
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Name a current event you've heard about this week. We'll connect it to today's topic.
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Read this: Push factors send people away (war, famine, lack of jobs). Pull factors draw them to a new place (safety, work, freedom). Migration is shaped by both. Q: Name two push factors.
Parent tip: Connect the topic to your family or town.
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Name two pull factors.
Parent tip: Encourage opinions backed by reasons.
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Why might someone leave their home country?
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Why does migration happen in waves?
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How does receiving country benefit?
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Write one full-sentence summary of today's topic.
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Why does this topic matter today?
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What is one thing you still want to know about this topic?
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Name someone you could ask to learn more.
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Connect this idea to your own life.
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Write one full-sentence summary of today's topic.
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Why does this topic matter today?
Interview a family member: what do they think about this topic?
How does today's topic connect to your own life or community?