China Migration

Match

Match the following

• 4 countries that border China

• Which line of latitude runs through southern China?

• What level of development is China classified as?

• Where do most of China’s population live?

• What is the name of the desert to the North of China?

Russia

India

Nepal

Vietnam

Tropic of Cancer

Emerging

Coastal Regions

The Gobi Desert

• Russia

  India

  Nepal

  Vietnam

• Tropic of Cancer

• Emerging

• Coastal Regions

• The Gobi Desert

​Answers

​Lesson Objectives

​To identify push and pull factors.

To understand why rural-urban migration is increasing in China.

To evaluate the impacts of rural urban migration in China.

Open Ended

What words do you associate with migration?

​Types of migration

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Migration is the movement of people from one place to another for a short period of time or permanently.

This can happen internationally when people move from one country to another, or it can happen internally as people move within the same country.

There are many reasons why people migrate from one place to another. They might do so for financial, social or family reasons while some people are forced to move.

A person who makes a conscious choice to move somewhere else to live is known as a migrant or immigrant.

Labeling

1)Refugee

2)Rural-Urban

3)International,

4)Internal

5) Seasonal

6) Economic

7)Migration

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

4

3

1

2

5

7

6

​Answers

Open Ended

Which of the types of migration is most common in China? 

Explain your reasons using a connective!

Open Ended

Why are so many people migrating from rural areas of China to the urban areas of China?

Have a think about…

1. What do cities have that rural areas might not?

2. What challenges do rural areas face?

3. Where do you think people will have more opportunities?

4. Who do you think are the main people moving?

5. What impact is this having on the rural areas?

​Push and Pull Factors

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The reasons for migrating can be broadly categorised as push and pull factors.

Pull factors are seen as positive things that attract people to a particular place.

Push factors are the negative things that make people want to move away.

Open Ended

Study the data above. What key facts can you take about migration in China?

Open Ended

What are some problems caused by having a large urban population?

​Problems

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People who move think that they will have a better quality of life. Unfortunately, cities face lots of challenges and the people who move there do not always have a better quality of life. Some of the challenges they may face include:

• social - poor housing conditions and crime

• economic - low wages or unemployment

• environmental - polluted drinking water and a lack of sanitation

Open Ended

Explain two push factors that cause rural to urban migration in China [4]

​Lesson Objectives

​To identify push and pull factors.

To understand why rural-urban migration is increasing in China.

To evaluate the impacts of rural urban migration in China.

​Homework

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Read the Rural to Urban Migration - Mind Movie.

Describe what you ‘saw' in the rural setting and then in the urban setting.

Take a snapshot from the story and draw an annotated sketch.

The annotations should include statements of fact about objects and people as well as statements about how the people involved might be feeling.

​China Quiz!

Multiple Choice

How many countries does China border?

• 10

• 14

• 21

Multiple Choice

Which of these are popular in China?

• Cricket Fighting

• Worm Racing

• Butterfly Wrestling

Multiple Choice

Roughly what % of the World’s population speaks Mandarin Chinese as a first language?

• 5%

• 9%

• 12%

Multiple Choice

How many UKs could fit in China?

• 22

• 39

• 51