kwl: immigration what do you know? what do you want to know?
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Why do you think that people leave their country for another country? (try to come up with at least 3 reasons why they might leave their country and 3 reasons why another country would appeal to people) “ I think people would leave their country because….” “I think people would go into another country because…”TRANSCRIPT
Warm Up: 2/18
KWL: Immigration What do you know? What do you want to know?
Unit 9: Immigration2-18-14
Immigration? (0-5) The movement of non-native
people into a country in order to settle there
Think Im-igration, to come IN Emigration?
(0-5) to leave one country or region
to settle in another Think Em-igration, to Exit.
Why are people leaving?Push vs. Pull factors Why do you think that people leave
their country for another country? (try to come up with at least
3 reasons why they might leave their country and 3 reasons why another country would appeal to people)
“ I think people would leave their country because….”
“I think people would go into another country because…”
Push Factors vs. Pull Factors Push Factors-reasons people move from a country
(emigrate)
Pull Factors- appealing aspects about another country that would cause someone to move there (immigrate)
Think-Pair-Share: why would someone in Tunisia not have just moved into neighboring Libya?
How do you think immigration affects the United States? (at least 3 ways)
Which would each of the following be? Push/Pull Reuniting families Work and educational opportunities Freedom from persecution, of speech, of religion, etc. Persecution Lack of work/jobs Lack of educational opportunities Natural disasters Safety and security Poor quality of life War, violence, genocide Work and educational opportunities Improved quality of life
Push Factors vs. Pull Factors Push Factors-reasons people move from a country
(emigrate) Examples- War, violence, genocide, Persecution, Lack of
work/jobs, Lack of educational opportunities, Natural disasters, Poor quality of life
Pull Factors- appealing aspects about another country that would cause someone to move there (immigrate)
Examples- Safety and security, Work and educational opportunities, Freedom from persecution, of speech, of religion, etc., Improved quality of life
How do you think immigration affects the United States? (at least 3 ways)
Push Factors vs. Pull Factors Push Factors-reasons people move from a country (emigrate) Examples- War, violence, genocide, Persecution, Lack of work/jobs,
Lack of educational opportunities, Natural disasters, Poor quality of life
Pull Factors- appealing aspects about another country that would cause someone to move there (immigrate)
Examples- Safety and security, Work and educational opportunities, Freedom from persecution, of speech, of religion, etc., Improved quality of life
Think-Pair-Share: why would someone in Tunisia not have just moved into neighboring Libya?
How do you think immigration affects the United States? (at least 3 ways)
Let’s take a little quiz now: Based on your prior knowledge and beliefs, answer True
or False for the following statements in your notes and leave a space to take some notes as well:
1) Every job filled by an immigrant is a job that could be filled by an unemployed American.
2) Anyone who enters the country without government authorization is a criminal.
3) Immigrants causes increases in the wages of American workers.
Answers for the first 3 questions Write the answers to the first three questions in
your notes:
1) False: Immigrants typically do not compete for jobs with native-born workers and immigrants create jobs as entrepreneurs, consumers, and taxpayers
2) False: Federal immigration law says that unlawful presence in the country is a civil offense and is, therefore, not a crime. The punishment is deportation.
3) True: Immigrants give a slight boost to the average wages of Americans by increasing their productivity and stimulating investment
Now some more questions 4) The sluggish U.S. economy doesn’t need
more immigrant workers.
5) Around 75% of today's immigrants have legal permanent (immigrant) visas
6) There is no shortfall of native-born Americans
for open positions in the natural sciences, engineering, and computer science and thus no need for foreign-born high-tech workers.
The answers to put in notes 4) False: Immigrants will replenish the U.S. labor force as
millions of Baby Boomers retire and Temporary workers from abroad fill specialized needs in specific sectors of the U.S. economy
5) True: Around 75% of today's immigrants have legal permanent (immigrant) visas; of the 25% that are undocumented, 40% overstayed temporary (non-immigrant) visas.
6) FACTS: Job openings are expanding at educational levels where demographic data show too few native-born students, so we can expect these shortfalls to persist in the future. Moreover, relative to other economic indicators, wages are increasing in STEM jobs requiring higher education
Warm Up: 2-19
1. Describe the difference between an immigrant and an emigrant.2. If you could move anywhere in the world,
where would you move? What would be pull factors of this nation?
3. What is a push factor? Think of a nation that you think has a lot of push factors, what are they?
4. Recall: what is 1 benefit of new immigrants to America. One is one negative aspect of new immigrants to America?
Exemplars Immigrant- The movement
of non-native people into a country in order to settle there Think Im-igration, to come IN
Push Factor- a negative aspect or condition that motivates one to leave, esp. in one's country.
Example: war, oppressive government, lack of jobs
Emigrant- to leave one country or region to settle in another Think Em-igration, to Exit.
Pull Factor- a positive aspect or condition that motivates one to enter a certain country.
Example: job opportunities, equality, the “American dream”
Even more 7) Undocumented immigrants do not pay
taxes.
8) Immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than U.S. citizens.
9) Immigrants come to the United States for welfare benefits.
10) Most undocumented US Immigrants are from Mexico
Even more answers 7) False: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in
taxes each year.
8) True: The reality is that immigrants are actually less likely than U.S.-born individuals to commit crimes. The percentage of men between eighteen and thirty-nine years old who are in prison is 3.5 percent for those born in the United States and only .7 percent for immigrants.
9) False: Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for federal public benefit programs, and even legal immigrants face stringent eligibility restrictions
10) True: About 59% of the undocumented immigrants in America are from Mexico. About 29% of the foreign-born immigrants in America are from there.
Clarity
Were some of the answers a shock to you? If so why? If not, why not?
What are some more questions that we could address as a class regarding immigration?
Think/Pair/Share Create 2 new questions about immigration or 2
assumptions that you have about immigration.
Today OBJ: IWBAT describe the history of immigration in America
and current immigration policy.
Relevance: Today we are learning about immigration because it affects each and every one of us daily in ways that we know and in others that we may not yet understand.
DOL: Explain the history if immigration in the US. What are 3 ways immigrants can legally stay in the US? What is a refugeee? What is asylum? Do you think America should cap the number of refugees and
asylum seekers?
Notes Title: Immigration Policy in the US