Push and Pull Factors on Migration

Why do people move? This curriculum unit tackles the complex questions about the causes of individual versus large-scale migration as well as the global effects of migration. Clear lesson plans and objectives are included.

Human migration—often the result of push and pull factors—sometimes has dramatic outcomes for both those leaving their homelands and the host countries. Using a variety of case studies, learners consider those issues. Then, by completing...

What causes people to move from one place, one city, or one country to another? Using the provided migration questionnaire, learners interview family members about the factors that cause them to be pushed from an area or pulled to...

A rich collection of highly engaging learning modules on topics related to population and settlement. Covers six main areas - population growth, population change, population migration, land use, settlement characteristics and patterns,...

AP Human Geography learning module on migration explores push/pull factors and migration patterns worldwide and within the United States. Comprehensive materials, multi-media and interactive resources.

An overview of the multiple theories of the earliest migrations into North America.

A teacher-created Geography lesson on population movement. He discusses the push and pull factors that drive people to leave a place and move to a new place, and how some migrations are voluntary, while others are involuntary or forced....

A teacher-created video that focuses on the push and pull factors and intervening obstacles that impact upon why people migrate. [12:49]

The Positive Images toolkit is an educational resource for teachers, youth workers and other educators to teach young people about migration and development. It presents contemporary migrants who tell why they left their home countries....

Explore the reasons people migrate to other towns, regions, or in some cases countries. This learning module investigates the economic pull for people along the Mexican border to cross into the United States.