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Year 9 - Citizenship

How does migration affect communities?

Why do people move around the world?

Unit Summary

Pupils consider why people migrate, the impact it has on communities, whether migration should be controlled and what support is available to migrants.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to explain how migration affects different communities both in the UK and in the countries people have emigrated from.

Key Notes

  • Migration affects both the communities people leave and the communities they move to.
  • Migrants may fill workforce gaps, start businesses and introduce new cultures, languages and ideas that enrich society.
  • They may need extra support with housing, language or education, and some communities might experience tension.
  • Migration may bring benefits like remittances or migrants may return with skills/experience that help communities grow.
  • There are many challenges, including the loss of skilled workers and emotional strain from long-term family separation.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • migration: the movement of people from one place to another, for example, moving from one country to another
  • community: a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Migration always causes problems in communities.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Migration affects both the communities people leave and the communities they move to. Migrants may fill workforce gaps, start businesses and introduce new cultures, languages and ideas that enrich society.

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 always causes problems in communities. Correction: Migration can bring challenges, but it also brings many benefits like new skills, jobs and cultures. Communities often grow stronger by learning from each other and working together to solve problems.

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