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Migration to the United States: The Impact on People and Places This lesson is credited to the makers of Geography Alive and modified for use with technology to better meet the needs of students entering a 21st Century Classroom.

Overview:
In this lesson, Students learn about the push and pull factors that cause people to migrate to the United States.

Content Objectives:
Students will -define and explain the importance of the following key geographic terms: //emigrate, immigrate, migration stream, pull factor, push factor, refugee.// -understand the primary reasons people emigrate from their country of birth and immigrate to the United States. -identify key ways in which migration impacts the United States, immigrants, and countries left behind. -learn about other important migration streams around the world

Technology Objectives
Students will -create a wordle that will represent the homelands of the 6th grade population. -use inspiration to create a graphic organizer of reasons why people migrate -use voicethread to create an oral history project of their family or friend.

Materials:
-Geography Alive! Regions and People -Interactive Student Notebooks -Transparency 8 -Large World Map -Paper Doll Outline (1 per student) -yarn and pushpins

Technology Resource/Sites
(modifications can be made according to computer, internet and programs available) computers, projector, internet, ELMO Zeepmaps World Mapmaker Wordle Voicethread Inspiration: