SS10.HG.2

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 09-12 - Human Geography

SS10.HG.2

Identify world migration patterns caused by displacement issues.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Push and pull factors that trigger migration.
  • Major migration streams and obstacles migrants face.
  • Criteria, policies, and issues related to refugees.
  • The various types of migration.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify various types of push and pull factors.
  • Map the major migration streams that exist.
  • Interpret refugee and migration data.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Displacement issues result from world migratory patterns.

Vocabulary

  • migration
  • patterns
  • displacement

COS Examples

Example: African refugees relocating from the Republic of Sierra Leone to Scandinavia

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