Human Migration Lesson Plans

Young scholars explain key concepts of human migration through the examination of maps and census data. They then research and document the impact of migration on a region's cultural landscape.

Students understand some key concepts of human migration through the examination of maps and migration patterns. They will research and document the impact of migration on a region's cultural landscape. They then will examine migration patterns on a global and national scale as a class and then apply that understanding to a class project telling a migration story about their own community.

Fourth graders investigate African history by completing a group art project. In this U.S. migration instructional activity, 4th graders utilize the web to research the African music, cuisine, language and culture that influences the southeast United States. Students create an artistic quilt which illustrates the impact Africans have had on the south.

Students explain key concepts of human migration through the examination of maps and migration patterns. They research and document the impact of migration on a region's cultural landscape.

Students explain some key concepts of human migration through the examination of maps and migration patterns. They research and document the impact of migration on a region's cultural landscape.

Students explore how photography can tell a migration story through the cultural markers it captures. Mission--capture your community with a camera. They are assigned to take pictures that tell the story of your community's cultural heritage and the story of human migration unfolds.

Students investigate the concept of human migration and how it either progresses or regresses. They brainstorm in order to discuss some of the factors involved as either push or pull for migration. Students conduct research into the subjects related to the main concept.

Students determine net migration for the southern, northeastern, western, and midwestern regions of the United States and analyze the impact of migration shifts in these regions.

Students participate in a lesson that is about human migration and they conduct a study of patterns observed from historical resources. They define the concept of "human migration" and list some of the push/ pull factors that are previously discussed in class.

Students investigate the factors involved in human migration in the United States. Students analyze maps of different regions in the United States to determine how a variety of factors influence human settlement and development.