PUSH/PULL

FACTORS
Unit 1

DO NOW..
Do Nows are to be complete as soon as you walk in the door. You will
have until the tardy bell rings to complete your DO Now.

On your Learning Target sheet, write your heading (name,

date, period) and complete the pre-assessment column for
the first four rows.
When finished, write your name and period on your
personal word wall and then read over the listed
vocabulary words.

BRAINSTORM.
the reasons affectingyour familys move, whether
recently or long ago, to
Houstonor from one location in Houston to
another.
Write two reasons on your paper.
3 Minutes

PAIR SHARE!!!!
Turn to your shoulder and quietly share your reasons for moving
(shortest hair goes first).
Use the following sentence stems:
Person 1: My family and I moved because..
Person 2: My familys reasons are different/similar because
Find your partners most important reason and write it down

PUSH AND PULL

A push factor is something that causes
people to move away from their homes.
A pull factor is something that attracts a
person to move to another area.
These vocabulary words are on your word wall that will be placed in your
interactive notebook

Factors
Push factors that would cause people to
move away from their homes:
Lack of jobs/opportunity
Poverty
Lack of basic needs, i.e., lack of
food/famine
Environmental problems: pollution,
drought, natural disasters
Overcrowding or overpopulation
Religious or political [governmental]
oppression or persecution
Restrictive cultural norms and rules
Warfare or personal conflicts
Economics issues often provide the
main reason for leaving one place for
another.

Pull factors that would attract a

person to move to another area.
Economic opportunity [jobs,
potential for growth, better pay, land
ownership]
Chance at a better/higher standard
of living [better job, better house]
Peace (absence of warfare)
More desirable climate (warmer or
cooler)
Cultural diversity
Religious or political tolerance
(living in a less controlling
government or culture)

E.S.P.N
E standing for economic - relating to goods
(trade), services, work and money
S standing for social - relating to family,
community, social classes, religion, etc.
P standing for political - relating to the
government
N standing for environmental - relating to the
natural world, the land, geography, climate, etc.

Foldable Instructions
Step 1 Fold paper longitude style.
Step 2 ONLY using one side of paper, cut three lines until you reach the
fold.
Step 3- For each flap write:
S
E
Economic

Social

Political

eNvironment

Assignment Instructions
First, you will look at the reasons you have already
underlined from the reading.
Second, you will categorize the reasons people
moved as economic, social, political or
environmental.
Third, you will write it under the correct flap.
10 Minutes

Exit Procedures
The bell does not dismiss you, the teacher does.
The expectation is for students to quietly gather their things and wait
in their seats.
Teacher will dismiss students by table.