MEXICAN IMMIGRATION UNIT 2, LESSON 7

TODAY’S OBJECTIVES SWBAT ANALYZE THE PUSH AND PULL FACTORS OF MODERN DAY MEXICAN IMMIGRATION.

KEEP IN MIND… TODAY, YOU ARE GOING TO BE LEARNING ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN TAKE NOTES ON YOUR OWN. THIS MEANS YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REFLECTIVE, AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DO UNDERSTAND, AND WHAT QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD BE ASKING WHEN YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. THEN, WE’RE GOING TO REFLECT ON THE PROCESS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKED FOR YOU AND WHAT DID NOT.

LET’S DO ONE TOGETHER! LOCATION MIGRATION FROM MEXICO TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRIMARILY INVOLVES THE MOVEMENT OF MEXICANS FROM MEXICO TO THE SOUTHERN STATES OF AMERICA WHICH BORDER MEXICO. IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO AMERICA, MEXICANS MUST CROSS THE “UNITES STATES-MEXICO BORDER”, A BORDER WHICH SPANS FOUR US STATES & SIX MEXICAN STATES. IN AMERICA, IT STARTS IN CALIFORNIA AND ENDS IN TEXAS (EAST TO WEST). DUE TO THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE BORDER & THE HIGH AVAILABILITY OF WORK IN THESE STATES, THE MAJORITY OF MEXICANS MOVE TO CALIFORNIA FOLLOWED BY TEXAS. CALIFORNIA CURRENTLY HOUSES 11,423,000 IMMIGRANTS WITH TEXAS HOLDING 7,951,000.

LET’S DO ONE TOGETHER! MANY MEXICANS FROM RURAL COMMUNITIES MIGRATE TO AMERICA, THE MAJORITY BEING MALES WHO MOVE TO AMERICA AND THEN SEND MONEY BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES IN MEXICO. MANY OF THESE IMMIGRANTS ENTER THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, WHICH OFTEN REQUIRES THEM TO CROSS A LARGE DESERT THAT SEPARATES MEXICO AND AMERICA AND THE RIO GRANDE. THESE JOURNEYS ARE DANGEROUS AND MANY IMMIGRANTS HAVE DIED, OR NEARLY DIED, TRYING TO CROSS INTO AMERICA THROUGH THESE ROUTES.

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WHERE DO MOST MEXICANS MIGRATE TO? WHY DO THE MAJORITY OF MEXICANS MOVE TO THAT AREA?

GROUP WORK WORK WITH YOUR PARTNER TO TAKE NOTES OVER THE “PUSH FACTORS” SECTION OF YOUR ARTICLE. MAKE SURE THAT YOU IDENTIFY THE PUSH FACTOR IN EACH PARAGRAPH!

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WHAT IS A PUSH FACTOR? WHAT ARE THE PUSH FACTORS THAT THEY DISCUSS IN THIS ARTICLE?

INDEPENDENT WORK READ AND ANNOTATE THE READING IN ORDER TO CREATE NOTES OVER THE “PULL FACTORS” SECTION. MAKE SURE YOU ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF EACH PARAGRAPH!

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WHAT IS A PULL FACTOR? WHAT ARE THE PULL FACTORS THAT THEY DISCUSS IN THIS ARTICLE?

HMM…BIG THOUGHTS WHAT IS THE OVERALL SOCIAL IMPACT OF MEXICAN IMMIGRATION? WHAT IS THE OVERALL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MEXICAN IMMIGRATION?