Oklahoma Social Studies 7.C.3.5.B
The Standard
- 7.C.3
- Identify the distribution and demographic patterns of human populations of the Eastern Hemisphere.
- 7.C.3.5
- Describe the reasons for emigration and immigration.
Describe contemporary reasons and examples of migration (e.g., drought in agricultural eastern Africa resulting in urbanization, overpopulation of India’s cities due to employment options in high-tech industries).
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 7.C.3.5
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain why people move today. They describe how drought can lead people to leave farming areas for cities, while tech jobs can draw workers to cities.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can describe a farmer leaving a drought-hit area of Kenya for Nairobi and a worker moving to Bengaluru for a software job. They can name the reason for each move and explain how it may add to a city's population.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think migration always means crossing a national border. They may assume everyone who moves to an Indian city works in tech, or that drought affects every part of eastern Africa.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A farmer leaves a drought-hit area for Nairobi. A worker moves to Bengaluru for a software job. Name the reason for each move and label it a push or pull factor.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
On a paper map, draw arrows from rural Kenya to Nairobi and from Mysuru to Bengaluru; attach drought and job cards to the arrows.
Ask students to write two sentences explaining how drought and a software job can lead people toward cities for different reasons.
Give pairs six short migration cards to sort by reason, then have them label each reason as a push or pull factor.
Show a local job ad and a recent drought headline; ask students where someone might move in each case and why.
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- 7.C.3.5
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- 6.C.3.4.A
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