In Social Studies we will continue to study immigration and how people have adapted to their new environment. We will look at how this has influenced the growth and development of the United States.
| Big Ideas of Lesson 2, Unit 3 |
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1. Both geographers and historians have studied how and why people have moved, or migrated, within the United States. 2. Push factors are reasons people leave a place. Some examples of push factors include a lack of freedom, a shortage of jobs, war, famine, or high cost of living. 3. Pull factors are reasons why people settle in a particular place. Some examples of pull factors include economic opportunities, freedom, family, or culture. 4. Not everybody freely chose to move to new places in the United States. Native Americans were often forced off their land and forced to move to new places. 5. People continue to move within the United States. |
Big Ideas of the LessonUnit 4 |
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· Both geographers and historians have studied how and why people have immigrated to the United States. · Push factors such as a lack of freedom, a shortage of jobs, war, famine, or high cost of living caused people to leave their home countries. · Pull factors such as economic opportunities, freedom, family, or culture of the region encouraged people to immigrate to the United States. · Not everybody freely chose to immigrate to the United States. Under the system of slavery, Africans were forced to immigrate.
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