Oklahoma Social Studies 7.C.3.5

7.C.3.5 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 7.C.3.5.A

  Examine the role of pull factors (e.g., economic opportunity, education, family) and the role of push factors (e.g., political unrest, religious persecution, wa...

• 7.C.3.5.B

  Describe contemporary reasons and examples of migration (e.g., drought in agricultural eastern Africa resulting in urbanization, overpopulation of India’s citie...

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain why people leave one place and choose another, using push and pull factors. They identify where a person emigrates from and immigrates to when crossing a national border. They compare moves people choose with moves made under pressure from war, drought, or other threats.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Given a short migration story, a student names the departure and destination and explains the reasons for leaving and arriving. They use emigrant and immigrant correctly for a cross-border move and call a move within one country internal migration. They use details from the story to explain how much choice the person had.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may call a move from a farm to a city immigration, even when no national border is crossed. They may call a job at the destination a push factor rather than a pull factor. They may treat every move as either fully chosen or fully forced, even when drought leaves few options.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: A family leaves a drought-hit Ethiopian farm for jobs in Addis Ababa; a worker leaves Ethiopia for a job in Kenya. For each move, name a push or pull factor, label it internal or cross-border, and say who can be called an emigrant and an immigrant.

1. 01

   Give pairs a map and four migration cards; have them trace routes, mark each move internal or cross-border, and label push and pull factors.

2. 02

   Ask: “Why might a family leave a drought-hit farm for a city even if they would rather stay?” Have students cite two clues.

3. 03

   Play push-or-pull bingo: read short war, drought, school, and family reunion scenarios; students mark push or pull and explain one choice.

4. 04

   Show a Bengaluru job listing and a city map; students sketch a worker's move from a rural area and name the pull factor.

• 6.C.3.4.B

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

• USH.C.1.4.A

  Summarize the reasons for immigration and the immigrant experiences at processing centers such as Ellis Island and Angel Island.