Population and Migration Patterns · Human Geography

Push and Pull Factors

Exploring the economic, political, and environmental reasons why people choose or are forced to move.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does environmental degradation create a new class of climate refugees?
  2. 2What role does economic inequality play in large scale international migration?
  3. 3How do migrant communities reshape the cultural landscape of their host countries?

Common Core State Standards

C3: D2.Geo.7.9-12C3: D2.Geo.8.9-12
Grade: 11th Grade
Subject: Geography
Unit: Population and Migration Patterns
Period: Human Geography

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