Why People Move
HUMAN MIGRATION
MR. YOUNG
SOCIAL STUDIES SURVEY
Essential Question
 What might be
potential reasons
for people
migrating from
America today and
deciding to live
overseas?
I CAN:
List several different times in history in which
people have moved from one place to another
2. Identify different reasons why people move from
one location to the next
3. Explain the difference between the terms push and
pull factors
1.
Push and Pull Factors
 Push Factors- an
occurrence that
forces people from
one place to another
(famine, war)
 Pull Factors- an
occurrence that
lures people from
one place to another
(jobs, food, water)
Push and Pull Factors
Push and Pull Factors Video
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXQd21to6xg
 5 minutes
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWxAOrocIaE
 Australia needs more workers (1:30 min)
Reasons Why People Move
Source of food has
moved or been
depleted
2. Being forced to move
by an outside source
3. Being forced to move
because of a natural
disaster
4. Job loss within your
area or job creation
elsewhere
1.
Early Man
Many years ago, tribal peoples followed their food
source. Before farming, large animals like
mammoths or bison were needed to keep a tribe fed.
Early Migration Videos
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5orVEJburQ
 Earliest Human Migration (5 min)
African Slave Trade
Since the very beginnings of European settlement in
the New World, slavery existed. The Spanish
enslaved the natives to work on sugar cane
plantations and the English started the African slave
trade in the 1600’s.
African Slave Trade (Early in History and USA)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnV_MTFEGIY
 John Greene video (11:08)
The Irish
In 1845, a famine known as “potato rot” swept through
Ireland. For five years, the potato crop was
undependable. Many Irish farmers were barely
surviving as it was, this made things unbearable.
Millions of Irish immigrants came to the U.S. during
this time.
African Americans in the South
The American Civil War ended slavery as an
institution, but that did not mean all problems were
solved. Most African Americans in the South had
few opportunities to find good jobs and few personal
freedoms.
In the early parts of the 1900’s, around 6 million
African Americans moved to northern cities to find
jobs. This was called the Great Migration.
Great Migration Chart
The Great Migration Video
 http://video.about.com/afroamhistory/Overview-of-
The-Great-Migration.htm
 Great Migration (2 min)
Dust Bowl
During the Great Depression, when the economic
conditions were already horrible, a drought hit the
Great Plains. Over-cultivation of the land and lack of
rain caused great dust storms. Many farmers lost
their land and were forced to move west in search of
jobs.
Carl Sandberg “The People, Yes”
In the darkness
with a
great bundle of grief
the people march
In the night, and
overhead
a shovel of stars for
keeps,
the people march:
"Where to? What
next?"
"
Documenting the Dust Bowl
 http://www.history.com/topics/great-
depression/videos#migrant-mother-photo
 Documenting the Migrant Workers coming to
California during the Dust Bowl (3 min)
Bosnia War and Migration
 http://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/10589/
 Video (4:35 min)
Bosnia
During the 1990’s, a war broke out in what had been
the country of Yugoslavia. Disagreements over
religion, and groups fighting for independence led to
a humanitarian crisis. Fighting in city
neighborhoods and “ethnic cleansing” caused
thousands to flee their country.
Hurricane Katrina Video
 http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=193382
5n
 CBS News (4 min)
Hurricane Katrina
In 2005, a category five hurricane hit New Orleans.
Over 1800 people were killed during the storm or
during the flooding that occurred afterward. The
homes and property in the lowest parts of the city
were completely flooded when the levy broke.