Reasons to Immigrate

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Reasons People Immigrate Spider Map


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Activity Overview

People immigrate to other countries for many reasons. Some may immigrate for more opportunities and better education, and some may immigrate to be with family or leave a place where life has become bad and oppressive. For this activity, students will create a spider map that illustrates three reasons why people immigrate. This is a perfect introductory activity for an immigration unit, and can also be used as a review at the end!


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Objective: Create a spider map describing three reasons why people immigrate.

Student Instructions:

  1. Click “Start Assignment”.
  2. Write a reason for immigrating in each heading.
  3. Create an illustration that represents each heading using appropriate scenes, characters, and items.
  4. Write a short summary of each heading/reason in the space below the illustration.

Spider Diagram Template with 3 Empty Boxes

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