This was a PowerPoint presentation to a group of 3rd graders. The presentation ignited tons of dialogue.

3. Migration=noun
Root Word = Migrate
Definition of Migrate
mi·grate =verb
1. To move from one
country or region and
settle in another.
2. To change location
periodically, especially by
moving seasonally from
one region to another.

8. Humans Migrate for various
reasons:
Better quality of life:
Jobs, Laws, Treatment by
Others, Living
Conditions,
Money, Opportunity,
Education, Etc.
Some are forced by nature-
Natural Disasters-Floods,
Hurricanes, Volcanoes,
Etc.
Most migrate in hopes of a better
quality of life . However, some are
forced to migrate due to injustice.

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10. Slavery is over. The Civil War was won by the Northern states who
wanted to abolish slavery. “The North” represents freedom and the end
of slavery.
The former slaves are now free and able to be paid for the back-breaking
work they do in the fields of the South. The former slaves are now
known as “Sharecroppers.” A Sharecropper is a farmer who farms the
land for the owner of the land in return for a share of the value of the
crop.
They still had to pay for the land they farmed, the tools they farmed the
land with, the food they ate, the substandard housing they lived in, as
well as taxes. Sharecroppers were paid so little from their portion of the
crop’s earnings that they could never repay what they owed. Their
former slave owners still had all of the control and never intended on
providing a fair standard of living so that the former slaves could have
better lives.

11. Slaves

12. Sharecroppers

13. Slaves

14. Sharecropper

15. •Can you tell the
difference between a
slave and a
sharecropper?
•What would you do,
migrate to the North
for a chance at a
better life or stay in
the South? Explain
your choice.

16. But it was not this easy!