Objective 1: To understand the causes of migrations, both forced and voluntary.
Migration has happened ever since humans have roamed the planet, but why? What are the reasons that people move from one place to another? In this unit we will be seeking to learn the factors that make people move, sometimes short distances, sometimes very long.
Firstly you are going to think about migration and generate some questions that you think are worth exploring to further build our understanding of migration. We will aim to find out the current situation with migration, the impacts that migrations can create and some solutions that we might explore to reduce these impacts. By the end of the first lesson we should better understand the reasons why people migrate and understand that some migrations are voluntary whilst others are forced. We will also discuss Lee's Model of migration and you will each build your own migration profile |
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Objective 2: To understand migrations models, their use and limitations
Sometimes in Geography we use models as a way of trying to simplify the complicated and detailed processes that occur in the world. It is important for us to learn these models for a number of reasons. Firstly, they help to develop our understanding of the topic we are learning. Secondly, They are usually something we can draw or annotate for use in an essay as a Geographical skill. Thirdly, as highly intelligent thinkers, we have to scrutinise these models and as modern 21st century geographers asses how valid they are in the current world and how we might improve them to make them more accurate or relevant.
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Objective 3: Evaluate internal (national) migrations in terms of their geographic (socio‑economic, political and environmental) impacts at their origins and destinations.
China! The greatest internal migration ever witnessed in history is taking place in China. Hundreds of millions of people are moving, many from rural areas to help build the large and rapidly growing megacities. In this unit we will look at the reasons why so many people are moving and understand the role that they are playing in the continual, rapid rise of economic power in China.
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Objective 4:
To understand the reasons for and impacts of forced migration for a specific place - Syria
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I will be away for this session so I have prepared a big research task for you. Syria is a hot topic in the news and so you will find a lot of good sources of information (but obviously remember to think about which are good and which are not so good when researching). Some suggested links are provided to help with some tasks.
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Here is an extended writing challenge. Look at the file to the right. It contains a number of words linked with forced migration in Syria. Your job is to create a piece of writing which includes all of these words. You can put them in any order that you like but you have to use all of them and your writing should make sense!
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Objective 5: Evaluate international migrations in terms of their geographic (socio economic,
political and environmental) impacts at their origins and destinations.
This is where you finally get to practice an very important skill in Geography - ESSAY WRITING!!!. Yes, but not just any essay writing, Geography essay writing. From now on you will have to think of essays from 4 perspectives 1) Knowledge and Understanding, 2) Application, 3) Evaluation, 4) Skills. All will be revealed as you look at the Assessment Criteria that are set for EVERY geography essay you need to do in your final exams. We will use this section of content from the course to practice the skills required to write a good essay. In your essay you will be assessing the benefits that migration can bring to different areas. Your essay title is "To what extent do migrations bring benefits to both their origins and their destinations?" [15] . The file below has the assessment objectives for Geography essay writing. These are your new best friends! I also have a print out for you to keep and cherish
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Now that you've had a go at an essay, we're going to have a look at some of the content you could have put in to your essay and also practice the evaluation skill by looking at Migration from Mexico to the USA - the largest International migration in the world. We will look at the following facts and try to suggest positive and negative aspects of each for both the destination country (USA) and the origin (Mexico)
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Our second case study will be one that has hit the news in recent years for very serious reasons. Large number of workers from Nepal and Bangladesh are moving to the middle east to work on some of the huge construction projects that are happening in the region, but their journeys are not always easy and there are many sad stories for the people who give up their lives in their home countries. We will use this case study to think about the four geographical impacts that could happen and see what the balance is in the case of Nepalese workers moving to Qatar. For this we will watch a video and use some newspaper stories as sources. These resources are available below.
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