1. 1. Objective (READ)
SWBAT identify push factors for migration in the US.
2. Question of the Day. (TURN OBJECTIVE INTO A QUESTION)
3. Warm-up (ANSWER)
A) How does our government create pull factors for immigration?
B) What would have to happen for your family to move away from Houston?

2. Physiographic Regions
Table of Contents
Date
Title
Lesson #
**US/Canada Unit**
10/4
Physiographic Regions 22
10/5
Project Rough Draft 23
10/12
Immigration 24
10/14
Migration 25
1. Make a new page called “Migration”.
2. Label it page 25.

3. Migration – the movement of people within a country.
COPY BOX
Examples:
Orso
Kid goes to college at LSU
Friend gets a new job.

4. - People move to be closer to their family
- Write the five PUSH FACTORS for migration that moved me from Baltimore, MD to Houston, TX.
Push Factor
Explanation
1. No Family Nearby
- People move to be closer to their family

5. 2. High Cost of Living - Baltimore
$150,000 in Baltimore
READ ONLY

6. 2. Low Cost of Living - Houston
READ ONLY
Houston - $150,000

7. Push Factors for Migration in the US
Explanation
1. No Family
- People migrate when they have no family nearby
2. High Cost of Living
- Low cost of living = extra money

8. 3. Crime X

9. 3. Crime – people leave areas of high crimeX

10. 4. Disasters People leave areas after natural disasters.
Examples: Katrina (New Orleans), Ike (Galveston)

11. 5. Depression – a year of decline in economic activity.
- GDP decreases for a year.

12. Economic Push Factors Clip Question:
6. Recession – period of decline in economic activity.
- GDP decreases 6 months in a row.
Clip Question:
Part 1: How will the recession map affect migration?
Part 2: Why are people coming to Houston?

13. Economic Differences
7. Lack of Jobs – People will move where the best jobs are found
Example: People moving from Detroit, Michigan to Houston, Tx in search of jobs

14. Economic Differences
READ ONLY
Cities in the Northeast (like Detroit) are losing jobs. While cities in the South (like Houston) are gaining jobs.
Moving away from Detroit...Moving to Houston
Detroit’s Economy
Unemployment = 29%
Household Income = $29,109
Pop. Change (since 2000) %
Houston’s Economy
Unemployment = 3.8%
Household Income = $40,285
Pop. Change (since 2000) +19%

15. Detroit Now Detroit Video Detroit Now Clip
1. What is the standard of living in Detroit now?
2. How will this affect migration?
Detroit Video

16. Create a Migration Story - Assignment
Part 1: Detroit
- Draw a cartoon of a person living in Detroit.
- Include at least 4 push factors that will contribute to his/her migration to the US.
- Label each push factor - they can come from your notes or your brain but must be professional.
Part 2: Houston
- Draw the same person living in his/her new home in Houston
- Include at least 4 pull factors that caused him/her to migrate to Houston.
Part 3: Create a plan to deal with all of the migration coming to Houston
What are three things that Houston will need to deal with all of the migration? (What problems will occur? Think about services)

17. Houston vs. Detroit Create a plan to fix Detroit’s problems
What are the causes of Detroit’s problems.
Explain the two that had the biggest contribution
What are three things that could help Detroit?
How will you provide these? (What must the city do to make this happen?)
Create a plan to deal with all of the migration coming to Houston
What are three things that Houston will need to deal with all of the migration?

18. Houston vs. Detroit - L Part 1: Detroit Explanation YOU CAN SKIP IT
Part 2: Who Killed Detroit
3. How did the former Mayor of Detroit (Coleman Young) hurt the city? (paragraphs 1 -2)
4. How did congressman Dingel hurt the city (paragraph 3)
5. How did the UAW hurt the city (pargraph 4)
Part 3: Saving Detroit
6. What are three things that could help Detroit? (address each of the causes in part 2)

19. So how do Regional Differences impact migration?
Northeast
& Midwest
South
South
People are moving from the Northeast & Midwest to the South

20. Rust Belt vs. Sun Belt (Northeast) (South)
Old Industries
New Industries

21. Detroit Population Changes over time
Detroit Population Change Website!
Current population (2008) is only 912,062