Materials

• Maps, almanacs, and atlases that illustrate pull factors

Instructional Activities

1. Review the content from the previous session.
   
   
2. Explain that factors also exist that pull people to an area. Brainstorm possible pull factors, recording student responses on the board or overhead.
   
   
3. Display the following factors that pull populations to an area. Discuss each one, and provide historical examples that reflect it:
   • Religious freedom
   • Economic opportunity
   • Land availability
   • Political freedom
   • Ethnic and family ties
   • Arable land
   
   
4. Ask students what benefits exist for the countries or areas to which people are pulled. Ensure discussion includes information about and examples of the following:
   • Language
   • Religion and religious freedom
   • Customs/traditions
   • Cultural landscape
   
   
5. Display examples of cultural interaction due to migrations, such as:, etc.:
   • Diffusion of U.S. culture to other regions (American movies and music in foreign countries)
   • Popularization of other cultures’ traditions in the U.S. (ethnic food trends and foreign clothing trends in the U.S.)
   
   
6. Assign a teacher-selected reading, worksheet, or other reinforcement activity, using available teacher resources.