Geography · Week 9 · Physical Systems and Human Populations
People on the Move
Mapping the push and pull factors behind migration to California through published accounts and an imagined traveler, and listening with respect.
- Students will
- Students analyze push and pull factors that have drawn people to California, using maps and published accounts, and explain how historical events and ideas shaped migration (NGS 9 and D2.Geo.7).
- SEL skill
- Listen to a published migration account and restate the person's reasons with respect
- What it looks like
- Students practice listening to and respecting the experiences of people who left one place for another.
- Content focus
- People on the Move
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding other people's perspectives and showing empathy for them, including people whose experiences and backgrounds differ from yours. More social awareness activities
What you get
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Standards
- NGS.9: National Geography Standard 9
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: CST3 Use maps and documents to interpret human movement, settlement, frictions between groups, and the spread of ideas and goods. (Chronological and Spatial Thinking)
- C3 Framework (national): D2.Geo.7.9-12 Analyze how historical events and the spread of ideas, technologies, and cultural practices have shaped migration and where people live.
- Literacy in history: RH.9-10.9 Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
More social awareness activities for Geography
- Mental Maps of Home Social awarenessDrawing mental maps of the Coachella Valley and comparing them to see how different people experience the same place.
- Cultures Side by Side Social awarenessChoosing sources that reveal the languages, foods, and traditions of a cultural mosaic and practicing curious, respectful questions about traditions different from one's own.
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