Elementary School Lesson Plans: Migration
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Posted on September 15, 2006
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The Story of a Community's Culture
Around the world and in our own communities, people move in and out of places every day, and they have done so throughout human history. Their patterns of movement reflect the conditions of an ever-changing world and, in turn, impact the cultural landscapes of the places they leave and the places they settle in ways that often last well beyond their own lifetimes.
These imprints on a region include its ethnic make-up, spoken languages, religious institutions, traditions, architectural styles, local food, music, clothes, and other cultural markers—all clues to the past, present, and future of that area and generations of its people. Thus, an essential part of understanding a region is its migration story.
This lesson will help students understand key concepts of human migration through the examination of maps and migration patterns. Students will research and document the impact of migration on a region's cultural landscape. They will examine migration patterns on a global and national scale as a class and then apply that understanding to telling a migration story about their own community.
Time needed for lesson plan: 2-3 hours
To link to the actual lesson plan, please visit National Geographic.
- Reasons to Move
Since the dawn of human evolution, humans have migrated across continents in search of food, shelter, safety, and hospitable climate. People still move for these reasons, but new reasons for human migration are arising, such as job relocation and overpopulation. This lesson will review the reasons humans move around the planet. It will then focus on migrations to and from communities, looking at the push/pull factors that lead to migration to and from certain regions. Students interview a person who migrated to the community; gather background information on the subject, including push/pull factors that motivated the person to move to the community; and create a written report or oral presentation with the results.
Time needed for lesson plan: 3-4 hours
To link to the actual lesson plan, please visit National Geographic. - Reasons to Move
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