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Migration station: Should we stay or should we go?

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A lesson plan for Grades 9–12 Contemporary Issues in North Carolina History and Geography

Provider: National Geographic

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9–12
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National Geographic

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In this lesson from Xpeditions, students will take a virtual visit via the Migration Station, part of National Geographic's Xpedition Hall, to European countries that have been impacted by immigration or emigration. Students will write and perform scenes in which a family member must convince others that it is time to migrate.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 9

  • Goal 6: Patterns of Social Order - The learner will investigate social and economic organization in various societies throughout time in order to understand the shifts in power and status that have occurred.
    • Objective 6.05: Analyze issues such as ecological/environmental concerns, political instability, and nationalism as challenges to which societies must respond.

Grade 10 — Economics and Civics

  • Goal 9: The learner will analyze factors influencing the United States economy.
    • Objective 9.03: Explain the impact of the movement of human and capital resources on the United States economy.

Grades 11–12 — Contemporary Issues in North Carolina History

  • Goal 3: The learner will analyze diversity in North Carolina and hypothesize future problems and solutions.
    • Objective 3.03: Analyze the impact immigration and migration have on North Carolina's economy.

Grades 11–12 — Geography in Action

  • Goal 2: The learner will identify major tourist flows in the world and locate various countries, major cities, natural attractions, and historic sites of tourist importance.
    • Objective 2.01: Define the concept of spatial movement and flow.
    • Objective 2.02: Identify different types of movement; differentiate between permanent migration and temporary travel patterns, including tourism.
  • Goal 5: The learner will understand mental maps and recognize how mental maps shape people's willingness and unwillingness to travel to certain places.
    • Objective 5.02: Identify factors that shape a person's mental map such as the mass media, geographic education, prejudices, and travel experience.
    • Objective 5.06: Participate in a class presentation and discussion of results, factors affecting surveyed perceptions, the accuracy of those perceptions, and the impact of those perceptions on potential travel.