MIGRATION: LESSON 8FOCUS: GLOBALIZATION

TEXAS COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION

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VOCABULARY AND CONCEPTS

Human capital Skilled workers Unskilled workers Emigration Immigration Brain drain

WORLD GEOGRAPHY TEKS SAY…

(1)  History. The student understands how geographic contexts (the geography of places in the past) and processes of spatial exchange (diffusion) influenced events in the past and helped to shape the present. The student is expected to:

(A)  analyze the effects of physical and human geographic patterns and processes on events in the past and describe their effects on present conditions, including significant physical features and environmental conditions that influenced migration patterns in the past and shaped the distribution of culture groups today; and

(B)  trace the spatial diffusion of a phenomenon and describe its effects on regions of contact such as the spread of bubonic plague, the diffusion and exchange of foods between the New and Old Worlds, or the diffusion of American slang.

GEOGRAPHY TEKS

6a. Locate and describe human and physical features that influence the size and distribution of settlements

6b. Explain the processes that have caused changes in settlement patterns including urbanization, transportation, access to and availability of resources and economic activities.

FOCUS: LET’S BEGIN

Why do people migrate? What are the concerns about

immigration? What are the concerns about

emigration?

CONTENT STANDARDS

1. How and why do people react to incentives?

2. What role do incentives play? 3. What determines the income people

earn?

OBJECTIVES

1. Explore economic incentives that lead to migration, both economic and non-economic

2. Describe the difference between skilled and unskilled workers and the effects of immigration on both

3. What are the economic effects of immigration 4. Define/discuss cause and effect of brain drain 5. Illustrate impact of immigration on wages

using supply and demand diagram

STUDENT FOCUS

1. Do you know anyone who was born in a different country?

2. Was anyone in your family born in a different country?

UNITED STATES: NATION OF IMMIGRANTS

Melting pot Salad bowl US 31 million born elsewhere 11 % of US population Define: Emigration &

Immigration Why do people come to the US?

VISUAL 1: U.S. IMMIGRANTS BY CLASS OF ADMISSION, 2004

What are three facts that you can learn from the chart?

Summarize the point of the chart Continue looking at the other charts

WHY IS IMMIGRATION TO US DIFFICULT?

Why do people need to be related to a citizen or resident?

Why else is it difficult to immigrate?

WHO SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO IMMIGRATE TO THE UNITED STATES? Doctor Teacher Construction worker Agricultural worker Computer programmer

WORKERS

What is the difference between skilled and unskilled workers?

“Most countries have adopted immigration policies that are at least partly based on workers’ occupation or skill level.”

VISUAL 2: VISAS

What is a visa? What are three facts you can learn from

the chart? How would you summarize the point of

the chart?

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN -

Permanent residence status Temporary Worker Visas

ECONOMIC REASONS FOR IMMIGRATION INTO THE UNITED STATES ARE –

WHAT IS HUMAN CAPITAL?

What impact do immigration and emigration have on human capital in a market?

Why is human capital important in a global economy?

What role do wages play with immigration?

ROLE PLAY: 20 MINUTES You will be assigned a particular role from

Activity One. (pages 190 to 195) Follow the instructions on page 188:

Play the role but you can improvise Interview 5 people to find out how each has

been affected by migration. Would they agree or disagree with laws to limit immigration?

As you interview, complete the chart on page 189

Summarize the most important statements Decide whether or not each would favor laws

to make migration easier.

DISCUSSION

Based on what you have learned, discuss who gains and who loses from immigration?

Use these terms as you discuss your answers –

Host country home, source, native country Remittances (cards 9 and 14) – transfer Returnees - reverse immigration

WHO IS HELPED? WHO IS HURT?

Why is immigration restricted in the US?

Discuss Visual 3 Why does the United States allow

immigration with the “negative” impact displayed on

Visual 3?

UNSKILLED WORKERS

What are the advantages and disadvantages of allowing more unskilled immigrants into the United States?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of skilled workers?

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

1. Do you believe that the benefits of immigration by skilled workers are greater than the benefits of immigration by unskilled workers?

How do you contrast the benefits of the immigration of skilled workers with the costs of emigration by skilled workers?

How do you use the term brain drain in your examples?

BRAIN DRAIN

Read Visual 4 and describe the main points

Study Visual 5 and summarize the information

What do you notice about the information in Visual 6?

What is the message in Visual 7?

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

The supply and demand of labor in the host country before and after immigration with

The supply and demand of labor in source country before and after emigration

?WHY DOES THE UNITED STATES

Attract so many workers, both skilled and unskilled?

Offer higher wages than many other countries?

DEBATE

Using topics A, B, and C on page 177, debate the pros and cons of each issue one at a time.

AND THE POINT IS?