Push, pull and the journey between
Migration is rarely one reason. Push factors, pull factors and the obstacles in between decide who actually moves.
Part of your national curriculum
- Human and physical geography: Understand population and urbanisation, including international development and the causes and effects of migration
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Explain the causes and effects of migration
Key learning points
- • Push and pull
- • Effects at both ends
This lesson at a glance
- 25 minutes
- 12 parts to scroll through
- 3 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
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Visual introductionPicture this
Push, pull and the journey between
Migration is rarely one reason. Push factors, pull factors and the obstacles in between decide who actually moves.
In a nutshell
Explain the causes and effects of migration
Explore the idea
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Learn
Push and pull
Push: conflict, drought, unemployment, persecution. Pull: safety, work, family, education. Most moves combine several.
Explore the idea
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Learn
Effects at both ends
Source areas may lose working-age people but gain remittances. Destination areas gain labour and diversity, and face pressure on housing and services.
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Quick check
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
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Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
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Challenge round
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Game · Recall cards
A city's population doubles in twenty years. Which pressure is most likely?
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Mastery quiz
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Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Push, pull and the journey between
4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. A city's population doubles in twenty years. Which pressure is most likely?
2. Drought forcing a family to leave is a…
3. Wildebeest migration mainly follows…
4. A pull factor could be…
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Understand population and urbanisation, including international development and the causes and effects of migration