Alabama Social Studies SS24.7.4c

Social Studies7th GradePre-History and the Neolithic Revolution

The Standard

SS24.7.4: Explain how artifacts and other archaeological findings provide evidence of the nature and movement of prehistoric groups of people.

Predict causes and consequences of human migration, including push and pull factors.

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use clues about food, water, and land to predict why a group might move. They separate reasons to leave from reasons to choose a new place. They predict how the move could affect the migrants and people already there.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a map with dry grassland and a river valley, a student identifies drought as a reason to leave and river water as a reason to settle. They predict a result, such as new farms or competition for land, and point to a map clue.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call river water a reason to leave because it leads to movement. They may assume every move improved life for everyone, or mistake a result of migration for its cause.
How to Assess It: Give students a sketch map showing a village with failed crops and a river valley with rich soil. Ask: Where might the villagers move? Name one reason to leave, one reason to choose that place, and one likely effect on people already living there.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a paper map, drought and river cards, and counters; have them move a group and label a reason to leave, an attraction, and a result.
Ask: If farming families move into a river valley, what might change for the families already there? Use two map clues.
Run a three-column card sort with dry wells, fertile soil, and new irrigation canals; students label each as a push factor, pull factor, or consequence.
Draw a town map with a flooded street and a school shelter; students predict where residents might go and one challenge at the shelter.

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