Lesson · Grade 6 · Social Studies
Why People Migrate: Push and Pull Factors
- Grade 6
- Social Studies
- 1 min 14 s
- British Columbia
- BC6-SS-02
A family on a road between the countryside and a city shows push factors (few jobs, few schools, drought) and pull factors (jobs, schools, hospitals), then makes the move. As more people follow, the city grows, which introduces urbanization and the fact that over half of the world's people now live in towns and cities.
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In one sentence
The question this lesson answers
Why do people leave one place and move to another?
Moving to live in a new place is called migration.
Transcript
What the lesson says
Why do people leave one place and move to another?
Moving to live in a new place is called migration.
Many people move from the countryside to a city.
We can sort their reasons into two kinds: push factors and pull factors.
Push factors are problems that give people reasons to leave a place.
Few jobs, few schools and drought can push people away.
Pull factors are good things that give people reasons to go to a new place.
Jobs, schools and hospitals can pull people to a city.
A family with few jobs in the countryside may move to a city with jobs.
People also move to new countries for similar reasons.
When many people move to cities, the cities grow.
More and more people living in towns and cities is called urbanization.
Today, over half of the world's people live in towns and cities.
Push factors are reasons to leave a place, and pull factors are reasons to go to a new one.
Curriculum
Where this fits
- British Columbia, Grade 6
Social Studies, Global issues: the urbanization and migration of peopleBC6-SS-02
Previous: Why Most People Now Live in CitiesNext: Who Owns the World's Wealth?
The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.
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