Year 10 - Citizenship
How and why do people migrate to and from different communities?
How are community identities changing?
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils explore the concepts of identity, community, migration and belonging.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain what migration is, understand different types of migration, and analyse push and pull factors.
Key Notes
- Regular and irregular migrants refer to different migration methods, based on legal or administrative processes.
- Asylum seekers and refugees are migrants seeking safety from persecution or danger in another country.
- Migration push factors include war, natural disasters & persecution; pull factors include jobs, safety & opportunities.
- Understanding push & pull factors can help governments create policies to improve living conditions & support migrants.
Vocabulary To Learn
- migration: the movement of people from one place to another, for example, moving from one country to another
- migrant: a person who moves from one country to another
- pull factor: a positive, motivating cause that attracts a person to move from one region or country to another
- push factor: negative things that make people want to leave an area, for example, war
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Migration only occurs because people are forced to leave their country due to negative reasons (e.g., war or persecution).
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Regular and irregular migrants refer to different migration methods, based on legal or administrative processes. Asylum seekers and refugees are migrants seeking safety from persecution or danger in another country.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'migration'
the movement of people from one place to another, for example, moving from one country to another.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Migration only occurs because people are forced to leave their country due to negative reasons (e.g., war or persecution). Correction: While people are often forced to migrate (due to push factors like war or persecution), others choose to migrate for reasons like better job opportunities, family reunification, or improved living conditions (pull factors).
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