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Push and Pull Factors

People moving with suitcases

🎯 I Can Statement

I can identify push and pull factors that cause people to migrate from one place to another.

📚 Part 1: Understanding Push and Pull Factors

1. A push factor makes people want to:

Stay in their home country

Leave their home country

Visit other countries

2. A pull factor makes people want to:

Leave a place

Move TO a new place

Stay where they are

3. Check ALL the push factors (reasons to leave):

War and violence

Good jobs available

No food or water

Natural disasters

Better schools

Poverty (being very poor)

4. Check ALL the pull factors (reasons to move TO a place):

Family already living there

Earthquakes and floods

Better job opportunities

Religious freedom

No hospitals or doctors

Safety and peace

✏️ Part 2: Real-Life Examples

5. Maria's family moved from Mexico to Texas because there were no jobs in their town and they heard about work opportunities in El Paso.

Push factor: ________________________

Pull factor: ________________________

6. Think about your own family. Write ONE reason why your family might have moved to Fabens, TX (or why they stay here):
7. Complete this sentence: If I had to move to a new place, I would want it to have _________________ because _________________.

🌟 Extension Activity

8. Advanced Learners: Research a country that many people are leaving today. Write the country name and list 2 push factors and 2 pull factors for where they are going:

Country: _______________

Push factors: 1. _________________ 2. _________________

Pull factors: 1. _________________ 2. _________________

9. Success Criteria Check: Circle YES or NO

I can tell the difference between push and pull factors: YES / NO

I can give examples of push and pull factors: YES / NO

I understand why people migrate: YES / NO

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