1. –What can you see in the picture?
–What does it mean?
–What questions could you ask to find out more?
–What name do Geographers give to this movement
of people?
3. Population Change
Lesson objectives:
To define the key words of migration
To understand the reasons why people
leave places
To understand what attracts people to
another place
To illustrate the push-pull factors
4. In your books, put the title
Migration and then copy these
key words, leaving a few lines
between them
Migration
Migrants
Rural to Urban migration
Urban to Rural migration
International Migration
Push Factors
Pull Factors
5. Migration
Discuss your definition with your
partner
Write a definition for Migration
What do you think a Migrant is?
What is the difference between
these works.
Migrant, Immigrant, Emmigrant
6. Migration – the movement of people
from one place to another
A migrant is someone who moves from
one place to another
7. What can you see in this
photograph?
Can you think of some
geographical words to describe
the photo?
8. What can you see in this
photograph?
Can you think of some
geographical words to describe
the photo?
9. In your book can you now add a
definition for:
Rural to Urban migration
Urban to Rural migration
International Migration
10. Homework
Choose a country (or a new place in
England) you would move to if you
could.
Create a colourful poster showing 5
things that attract you to that
country!
You can use images from the Internet
11.
12. Push and Pull Factors
To understand that migration is caused
through ‘Push Factors’ and ‘Pull
Factors’.
14. You are about to watch a video clip,
you need to:
Just sit back and watch
15. Jot down in the back of your book 3 things you
remember from the video
What was the video about?
Make a table in the back of your book
Re- watch the video jotting ideas in each column
Reasons to leave Reasons to go to
Mexico (‘pushes’) USA (‘pulls’)
16. Reasons to leave Mexico Reasons to go to USA
(‘pushes’) (‘pulls’)
Poor way of life Better Way of Life
$3,790 GDP (updated) $29,340 GDP
Back breaking work Food
55% Unemployment Jobs
621 people per doctor Better Health Care
54% children in secondary ed Better Education
Poor housing Better Housing
Shopping Malls
Fame
17. Can you now write a definition for:
Push factor
Pull factor
Sub-heading
“Why leave Mexico to live in the USA?”
Using the notes imagine that you are a
Mexican wanting to go to the USA, write
a short story saying why you want to go
to the USA.
18. Homework
Draw a cartoon which shows your
understanding of push and pull
factors
