Oklahoma Social Studies 6.C.3.4

6.C.3.4 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 6.C.3.4.A

  Define push factors of migration (e.g., instability, conflict, natural disasters) using historic or contemporary examples (e.g., European colonization, politica...

• 6.C.3.4.B

  Identify and provide examples of pull factors of migration (e.g., economic opportunity, religious freedom, family ties, education).

01

What Students Need to Do

Students use maps to explain why people leave one place and choose another. They separate reasons for leaving, such as drought or conflict, from reasons for arriving, such as jobs or family. They explain how geography affects travel routes and where people settle.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Given a migration story and a map, a student correctly labels a push factor and a pull factor. They use a feature such as a river or mountain range to explain a travel route or settlement pattern. They can explain why one area gains people while another loses them.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may label a job opportunity as a push factor because it causes someone to move. They may assume all moves are voluntary or that people settle evenly across a map, regardless of flood risk or access to water.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a map showing a flood-prone river town and an inland city with jobs. Ask them to draw a migration arrow and label a push factor, a pull factor, and one geographic reason for the move.

1. 01

   Give pairs a map, two town labels, and yarn; have them trace a route around mountains and explain their choice.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: A family leaves a drought-stricken farm for a city job. What pushed them out, and what pulled them in?

3. 03

   Make cards labeled conflict, family nearby, flood, and school; students sort them into push and pull piles, then defend one choice.

4. 04

   Use a local flood-risk map to mark one neighborhood people might leave and a nearby higher-ground area they might choose.

• WG.C.2

  Analyze how the human population is organized geographically in order to understand how change affects human systems.

• 7.C.3.2

  Explain the impact of geography on population distribution, density, growth, change, settlement patterns, the availability of resources, and migration.

• WG.C.2.2

  Examine common characteristics of urban versus rural communities, including the patterns and impact of modern migration to urban centers and megacities.

• 7.C.2.2

  Describe how the physical environment can influence human population distribution, population growth, settlement patterns, land use, and economic activities.