Learning objective
- To recognise the push and pull factors influencing migration.
Success criteria
- I can define migration.
- I can describe push and
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National curriculum
Geography
Locational knowledge
‘Pupils should be taught
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Cross-curricular links
English
Spoken language
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should use the Activity: Environmental, economic or social? (supported) and may need adult-supported discussion to understand the influencing factors in this activity.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could consider ways their school and communities could support refugees, such as donating online, giving resources, volunteering and fundraising.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: defining migration, discussing push and pull
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Vocabulary definitions
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involuntary
Done against a person's own free will.
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migration
The act of people moving from one place to another.
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In this unit
Assessment - Geography Y6: Why does population change?
Lesson 1: How is the global population changing?
Lesson 2: What are birth and death rates?
Lesson 3: Why do people migrate?
Lesson 4: How is climate change impacting the population?
Lesson 5: How is population impacting our environment?: Data collection
Lesson 6: How is population impacting our environment?: Findings
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Last update: 5th January, 2026
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Lesson 6: How is population impacting our environment?: Findings
Collating data collected from their fieldwork and writing a report on their findings, pupils create...
Lesson 2: What are birth and death rates?
Learning what birth and death rates are and discussing the factors that influence them.
Assessment – Geography Y6: Why does population change?
Assessment quiz and Knowledge catcher for use at the start and/or end of the unit...
Lesson 1: How is the global population changing?
Discussing global population distribution and growth; identifying which countries are densely and sparsely populated; describing...
