Migration Presentation.ppt

1. “Give me your tired, your poor, your
huddled masses yearning to breathe
free, the wretched refuse of your
teeming shore. Send these, the
homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift
my lamp beside the golden door.”
Where can you find this quote and what
does it mean?

2. Completed in 1886 as a gift
from France To celebrate
democracy around the world
Emma Lazarus poem added
about 20 years later.

3. By the end of today's lesson you will be able
to:
• Define ‘rural-to-urban migration’ & ‘push &
pull factors’
• Explain reasons for rural-to-urban migration,

4. Rural-to-urban migration
• So, let’s break up the word
• What does rural mean?
• What does urban mean?
• What does migration mean?
•Rural-to-urban migration means....The movement
of people from the countryside to the cities

5. Latin America
What is Latin America?
• Geographic Region in the
Western Hemisphere.
• Countries that speak
Spanish, French,
Portuguese.
• Major area of rural-
urban migration.
Map of Latin America

6. 1. Push Factors
People want to get
away from things
they do not like.
People migrate from one place to
another for two reasons
2. Pull Factors
People are attracted to
things they do like.

7. Push Factors
• Flood
• Unemployment
• Crop Failure
• War
• Poverty
• Poor Safety and Security
• Climate Change
• Welfare
• Lack of services
Pull Factors
• Less chance of natural
disasters
• Greater job prospects
• More fertile land
• A better life
• Better education
• Better medical care

8. Involuntary Migration
• Slavery
• Natural disaster-Hurricane Katrina
• Conflict induced-Syria
• Infectious disease outbreaks

9. Voluntary Migration
• Moving of your own free will

10. A friend offered
me a job and a place
to live in the city
Push Factor
Pull Factor
Push & Pull
Factors

11. I was forced
off my land.
I had to leave!
Push Factor
Pull Factor
Push & Pull
Factors

12. My sons are ill. There are
no doctors in our village but
there are hospitals in the
city
Push Factor
Pull Factor
Push & Pull
Factors

13. Our village was
washed away by floods
Push Factor
Pull Factor
Push & Pull
Factors
5

14. My children had no
chance to go to school
in the country. There
are schools in the city
Push Factor
Pull Factor
Push & Pull
Factors
6

15. Exit Ticket
• In your notebook, complete the following:
Could you see yourself being pushed from
your community or pulled to new one?
Explain your response.