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The Push-Pull Factor

The Push-Pull Factor. By Teresa Potter, OKAGE Teacher Consultant. What is. The movement of people from one place in the world to another for the purpose of taking up permanent or semi-permanent residence, usually across a political boundary. storyhousepro.com. Types of Migration. Internal

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The Push-Pull Factor

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  1. The Push-Pull Factor By Teresa Potter, OKAGE Teacher Consultant

  2. What is The movement of people from one place in the world to another for the purpose of taking up permanent or semi-permanent residence, usually across a political boundary. storyhousepro.com

  3. Types of Migration • Internal • External • Emigration • Immigration • Population Transfer • Impelled Migration • Step Migration • Chain Migration • Return Migration • Seasonal Migration www.whiteskystudio.com

  4. People Who Migrate • Emigrant • Immigrant • Refugee • Internally Displaced Person (IDP) • Migration Stream http://govbooktalkgpo.answerabc.com/category/international-2/

  5. Other Words to Know • Alien: A person who is not a citizen of the United States. • Assimilation: The way that someone who comes from a foreign land or culture becomes absorbed into a culture and learns to blend into the ways of its predominant, or main, society. • Asylum: A form of protection that allows individuals who are in the U.S. to remain here. • Discrimination: Unfair treatment based on racism or other prejudices. • Permanent Resident Status: Status given to those who become legally recognized in the U.S. as a permanent legal immigrant.

  6. Migration is the result of push or pull factors. Push Factors Pull Factors Factors that draw a person/people to move to a certain area. Factors that drive a person/people to move away from an area.

  7. Reasons for Migration clker.com Push Factors Pull Factors Opportunity Religious freedom or freedom in general Higher standard of living Jobs Lower cost of living Medical care / medicine Safety/protection Fair or just government istockphoto.com • Poverty • Lack of religious freedom • Corrupt governments • Lack of opportunity • Poor education • Lack of religious freedom • Civil strife • Lack of medical care • Natural disasters

  8. “Oklahoma is My Home” Joel Menchaca, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, goes to school part time at Oklahoma State University — Oklahoma City. To pay for his tuition and other expenses, he does construction work and works a part-time job at a McDonald's. http://www.freeusandworldmaps.com/html/US_States/NMtoSC.html

  9. “Oklahoma is My Home” Push Factors Pull Factors A better life Medical care Education • Needed medical attention • Father left • Lack of opportunity www.etsy.com

  10. http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/bill_oreilly.html The Push-Pull Factor Talk Show

  11. http://www.themarshallbros.com/school/ss/chapter14/images/immigration_map_copy%282%29.jpghttp://www.themarshallbros.com/school/ss/chapter14/images/immigration_map_copy%282%29.jpg

  12. www.askville.amazon.com

  13. http://www.worldmapsonline.com/usimmigration.htm

  14. http://hausofrocker.blogspot.com/2010/01/german-immigration.htmlhttp://hausofrocker.blogspot.com/2010/01/german-immigration.html

  15. Overcrowding in the U.S. https://sites.google.com/site/thenorthsite/early-immigration-in-the-u-s-1

  16. America-A Melting Pot Emma Lazarus Lyndon B. Johnson “The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources--because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.” “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/ushisgov/ themes/immigration/theories.htm

  17. Bibliography Markel, Michelle. Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909. Harper Collins Publishers: New York, NY. 2013.

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