1. Chapter 8: Migration to the U.S.
Mr. Senseney
April 2, 2013

2. Bell-Ringer #16 Answer these 2 questions
What are some reasons that people want to live in the United States?
What are some reasons that people are unhappy with the opportunity to live in the U.S.?
Feel free to share your own stance on living in the United States.
Bell-Ringer #16

3. Announcements Current Event This week’s project Friday Latin America
Computer labs Wednesday/Thursday
Friday
Substitute teacher
Announcements

4. Migration Terminology
Emigrate
Moving away from one’s home country.
What are some reasons someone may move away from their home country?
Write these down
Immigrate
Moving to a new country.
What challenges may come w/ moving to a new country?
The U.S. has commonly been referred to as a “Melting Pot”
Why is this?
Migration Terminology

5. Push & Pull Factors Push factors Pull factors
These give people a reason to live their home country.
Examples:
Discrimination, famine, faulty government.
Pull factors
Reasons to move to a country.
Opportunity to succeed for your family.
Freedom
Push & Pull Factors

6. Where do immigrants typically go?
Mexican immigrants?
Where do you think these immigrants go?
Asian immigrants?
European immigrants?
Cuban immigrants?
Write down the answers to these questions in your notes
Where do immigrants typically go?

7. Political Push Factors
Why leave?
War
Persecution
Government corruption
People that live in fear.
Fidel Castro
Many Cuban refugees left Cuba due to Castro’s reign as a dictator.
Speak bad of Castro- go to jail or worse
Due to this, many Cubans fled to U.S.
Political Push Factors

8. Take the first (20) minutes of class to work on your Current Event.
READ (10 minutes)
Actively read!
Underline any key phrases, quotes, important points
Write (3) questions about the reading off in the margin.
If you forgot your Current Event, work on pgs of your Workbook.
Get your Ch. 8 Vocabulary out so I can check your progress.
Current Event #10

9. Pull Factors Family pull factors Education pull factors
Some families have someone leave to move to America to start a better life.
Once they are situated (job/house), they will call for the rest of their family to move there.
Education pull factors
1 of 15 students in today’s school was born in a different country.
Free public schools w/ new technology.
Strong prep for later in life.
Pull Factors

10. U.S. generally referred to as the “land of opportunity.”
Freedom of speech/religion/etc.
Free public schools
Financial aid/scholarships
After making that money, think of everything you can buy w/ that money.
Think of restaurants you can eat at.
Not to mention, every parent has one dream for their children.
What is this dream?
Quality of Life

11. Effect of Immigration Jobs Taxes Sometimes inherit low-paying jobs.
Not always the case.
Commonly hear people complain that “immigrants are taking our jobs.”
Not necessarily true!
Taxes
More tax money for the U.S. gov’t
Helps pay for schools, roads, hospitals, etc.
Effect of Immigration

12. Effect of Immigration Cultural Blending
With immigration comes NEW IDEAS!
Think about food.
You ever heard someone say, “as American as apple pie.”
Think about some of the food we now enjoy in this country.
Do you think sushi originated as an American dish?
Think about holidays?
St. Patrick’s Day?
Cinco de Mayo?
Effect of Immigration

13. Work on pgs. 59-62; I will check these tomorrow.
Workbook pgs.