Core 1010 –

Imagining Exile
Push & Pull Factors
Think – Pair - Share
1. What is the difference between immigration, emigration and migration?

2. Do you know anyone that has immigrated or migrated? Tell your friend the
story.

3. Come back and tell the rest of class some of your stories.

4. What have you learned from these stories about why people move?
Push and Pull
Factors
 1. What are push and pull factors?

2. In your groups, discuss possible

push factors that would make

Activity 1 someone leave.

3. In pairs fill in the Push-Pull

Identifying Push-Pull Factors Factors Worksheet.

4. Share your answers with the

class. How many had you already come
up with?
Human Migration
The terms ‘push and push factors’ are used to refer to the
movement of individuals from one place to another.

The term is interdisciplinary and widely used in

Geography

Anthropology

Sociology

Political Science
Push Factors

Push Factors are negative

They include reasons people are forced or want
to leave in search of something better.
Pull Factors

Pull Factors are positive and include all of the

advantages a country has that makes a person
want to live there.
 1. In pairs, decide whether the
situations on the sheet include a
Activity 2 push or a pull factor.

2. Share with the class

Situations
Sub Categories

Push and Pull Factors are generally assessed according to

subcategories.

Social

Economic

Political

Environmental

Can you come up with examples for each category?

Push Factors: Social
Sexism

Racism

Religious: includes religious persecution, repression, or

marginalization
Pull Factors: Social

Personal Freedom

Social Equality and Justice

Diversity

Tolerance
Push Factors: Economic
Poverty

No jobs

High cost of living

Lack of social services

Pull Factors: Economic

Higher Salary

Better Benefits

Increased standard of living

More developed country

More government support

Push Factors: Political

War

Instability

Oppression

Violence
Pull Factors: Political

Peace

Democracy, voting rights

Justice

Political Stability

Individual Rights
Push Factors: Environmental

Natural Disasters

Drought

Lack of Natural Resources

Pollution
Pull Factors: Environmental

Stable or better climate

Small risk of natural disaster

Homework: How do push and pull factors apply
to the below cases?

King Farouk

James Baldwin

Edward Snowden

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