1. Do Now – Monday, September 16th
Migration is the permanent move from one country or region to another. Describe in 3 to 4 sentences why you think groups of people may migrate. Do you have any examples from history? Explain

2. Inspirational History
September 16, 1620 – Mayflower departs England for America

3. Great Migrations

4. Definitions… Define the following words in your notebook: Migration
Push-pull factors
Desertification
Slash-and-burn farming

5. Migration is the permanent move from one country or region to another

6. Migration – Causes of Migration
Environmental
Economic
Political

7. Migration – Push-Pull Factors
Push Factors: factors that push people out of an area
Pull Factors: factors that pull people into an area

8. Migration – Push-Pull Factors
Track page 1 of your handout
Quietly work with a partner to review the chart
Review the push-pull factors in the left column
Check the column (either PUSH or PULL) that you think this factor fits into
In the far right column, identify whether you think the factor is a environmental, economic or political factor of migration and briefly explain why
Be prepared to SHARE OUT!

9. Migration – Effects of Migration
Turn to page 221 in your textbook
Turn to page 2 in your handout
Read the “Effects of Migration” in your textbook and decide if each of the factor is either POSITIVE or NEGATIVE

10. Migration – Bantu Migration
As you watch the video, answer the questions on page 3 of your handout

11. Migration – Bantu Migration
Turn to page 4 of your handout
Read about the Bantu Migration on pages 222 – 224
As you read, identify the CAUSES, EFFECTS of the Bantu migration and provide some EXAMPLES in the third column

12. Migrations can lead to Cultural ____________

13. Migrations can lead to Cultural Diffusion!
Cultural Diffusion – the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another

14. Migration – Cultural Diffusion
THINK – PAIR – SHARE
What are some of your favorite foods? Where do they come from?
What examples of cultural diffusion do you see in the United States today?

15. Cultural Diffusion – Cultural Interaction
Write a letter from the point-of-view of either the Bantu-speaking people or from the point-of-view of the people they encountered.
Depending on which side you were assigned, your letter is discussing the interaction you have had with the other side and how that experience was (ex. Bantu-speaking people writing ABOUT the people they encountered and vice versa)
Your letter should use at least 2 of the definitions learned in class and should be about the reactions your side had with the other

16. Exit Ticket
Why do you think moving from a rural to an urban area weakens ancestral lines and family bonds? Explain in 3 to 4 sentences.