Unit
Topic

Theme

Region
Length

Empowering Global Citizens

8.6

Migration and International Development: Reasons for and
Effects of Migration

ICC: diverse cultural perspectives and empathy; ICC: in—
trapersonal; Interpersonal; ethics: religious diversity and
commitment to equality; work and mind habits: innovation
and creativity and cross—cultural perspective taking; culture:
world history; and politics: globalization and demography
Various

Three weeks

Goals and Objectives

Skills

Learn the role immigration plays in the development of host and
receiving countries as a Whole, learn the diversity of reasons that con—
tribute to the decision to migrate, and learn to view immigration as
one of the most important and complex current trends in the world
today.

Inspire a curiosity of understandinghow immigration plays an im—
portant role in the allocation of resources across different countries
and societies.

Act by treating immigrants as equals and with respect and by dem—
onstrating multicultural competencies.

and Knowledge

Students will analyze global patterns of refugee migration and study
maps and other geographic tools to examine migration flows.

Students will understand the different push—and—pull factors associ—
ated with migration and that there can be multiple factors playing

out at once that influence one’s decision to immigrate.

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