Idaho Social Studies 3.SS.1.4
The Standard
Describe how migration and immigration are continuous processes and how they are influenced by voluntary and involuntary movement of people.
Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students describe moves within a country and moves into a new country. They explain why some people choose to move while others leave because of war, disaster, or force. They compare moves from long ago and today to see that people keep moving.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given dated stories, a student can tell which families moved within a country and which entered a new one. They can name each family's reason for moving, say how much choice they had, and point to examples from both past and present.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call every move immigration, even a move between states. They may assume everyone chooses to move or that migration happened only long ago.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: In 1910, a family moved from Oregon to Idaho for work. In 2022, a family fled Ukraine for Idaho to escape war. Identify the move within the U.S. and the move into the U.S., tell who had more choice, and explain what the dates show.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a map and cards showing an Oregon to Idaho job move and a Ukraine to Idaho war escape; have them trace both routes.
Ask students to write: How is moving for work different from fleeing a flood, and what do the moves have in common?
Play Move Match: students pair 1910 and 2025 move cards with reasons, then explain why moving happens in both time periods.
Print a local news story about newcomers; students mark the places named on a map and underline the reported reason for moving.
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