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Rural-to-Urban Migration in Latin America: Push and Pull Factors

This lesson explores the concept of rural-to-urban migration in Latin America, focusing on the push and pull factors that drive people to move from rural areas to urban cities. Students will learn about the reasons behind this migration and the impact it has on individuals and communities.

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Rural-to-Urban Migration in Latin America: Push and Pull Factors

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  1. ““Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”Where can you find this quote and what does it mean?

  2. Emma Lazarus poem added about 20 years later. Completed in 1886 as a gift from France To celebrate democracy around the world

  3. By the end of today's lesson you will be able to: • Define ‘rural-to-urban migration’ & ‘push & pull factors’ • Explain reasons for rural-to-urban migration,

  4. Rural-to-urban migration • So, let’s break up the word • What does rural mean? • What does urban mean? • What does migration mean? • Rural-to-urban migration means....The movement of people from the countryside to the cities

  5. Latin America What is Latin America? Map of Latin America • Geographic Region in the Western Hemisphere. • Countries that speak Spanish, French, Portuguese. • Major area of rural-urban migration.

  6. People migrate from one place to another for two reasons 1. Push Factors People want to get away from things they do not like. 2. Pull Factors People are attracted to things they do like.

  7. Push Factors Pull Factors Less chance of natural disasters Greater job prospects More fertile land  A better life Better education Better medical care • Flood • Unemployment • Crop Failure • War • Poverty • Poor Safety and Security • Climate Change • Welfare • Lack of services

  8. Involuntary Migration • Slavery • Natural disaster-Hurricane Katrina • Conflict induced-Syria • Infectious disease outbreaks

  9. Voluntary Migration • Moving of your own free will

  10. A friend offered me a job and a place to live in the city Push Factor Pull Factor Push & Pull Factors

  11. I was forced off my land. I had to leave! Push Factor Pull Factor Push & Pull Factors

  12. My sons are ill. There are no doctors in our village but there are hospitals in the city Push Factor Pull Factor Push & Pull Factors

  13. Our village was washed away by floods Push Factor Pull Factor Push & Pull Factors 5

  14. My children had no chance to go to school in the country. There are schools in the city Push Factor Pull Factor Push & Pull Factors 6

  15. Exit Ticket • In your notebook, complete the following: Could you see yourself being pushed from your community or pulled to new one? Explain your response.

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