Geography Unit # 2: Geographical Knowledge and Understanding

CHANGING NATIONS
Year level: 8
Length: 6 Weeks
Lesson # 3, Week # 3
Lesson Length:
90 minutes
Key Inquiry Question
Summary and
Learning Outcomes

Links to the Australian

Curriculum

Resources To Be Used

Lesson Title:
International migration into Australia [ACHGK058].
Where do Australias migrants come from, why do they come and where
in Australia do they choose to live?
Through participating in this lesson students will be developing their
knowledge and understandings about:
the word migration, reasons for migration and why people may
choose to live in different places
who has migrated to Australia over time, why have they migrated
the reasons for and effects of international migration in Australia
Geographical Inquiry and Skills - ACHGS055, ACHGS056,
ACHGS057, ACHGS059, ACHGS060, ACHGS061
Geographical Knowledge and Understanding - ACHGK058
General Capabilities
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Critical and Creative Thinking
- Ethical Understanding
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability
Websites:
VIDEO - ABC SPLASH (2015) Does Australia's prosperity depend on
immigration? http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/525071/doesaustralia-s-prosperity-depend-on-immigrationABC Splashs (2015) Population Pyramid,
http://splash.abc.net.au/statistics-game/#/view/country-of-birth/explore
OECDs (2013) International Migrant Database,
http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=MIG#

Materials Required

Prerequisite Knowledge
Assessment

Activity #1: Digital copy of 2x images for Smart Board as well as one
hard copy for vision impaired student
Teacher:
PowerPoint presentation
Smart Board
Access to Internet
Students:
Workbooks & Stationary
Access to laptops/Internet
Butchers paper and textas for mind map
ACHGK054, ACHGK054
Learning outcomes will be assessed by:
- Formative informal assessment based on student participation in
whole-class discussion
Students are aware that toward the conclusion of the unit there will be a
summative assessment which requires them to produce a poster outlying

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ideas explored in one of the lessons discussed within the unit Changing
Nations.

Learning Activity
Introduction
Welcome & Role.
Lesson Objectives
* You will understand the word migration
*You will understand the reasons for migration
* You will begin to think why people choose to live
in different places

Developing Understanding
Understanding Migration:
Who has heard of this word before?
What does it mean?
Can anyone explain?

Time
2 Min

Students will be provided with a

teacher directed overview of the
upcoming session to ensure that
students are aware of their objectives
and expectations during the lesson
(Mosston and Ashworth, 2002).
Introduction will be kept concise as
there is limited time to cover as much
information as possible.

10 min

Throughout this student directed task,

students are encouraged to share their
ideas about what migration means so
that they are active participants in their
own learning. Providing definitions and
descriptions about types of migration
will ensure that students grasp the
difference between terms we will be
using throughout the unit. Migration
can mean many things to different
people, so being clear about what we
mean when we use these terms in this
context is important.

10 min

Using images to prompt their thinking,

students will be asked to identify the
concept of push and pull factors that
influence international migration. As
well as begin to understand where and
why international migrants settle in
Australia and how these factors may
entice migrant to live in certain areas
and reinforce urban concentration (The
Australian Curriculum, 2015).

20 min

Students are required to analyse the

images and draw conclusions based on

**Define Migration: Migration is the movement of

people from one place to another.
Do you know of anyone who has migrated before?
Types of migration:
Permanent Do not move back
Temporary Only for a while
Voluntary Because they want to
Forced No choice, they are made to
National Within the sane country
International From one country to another
Push and Pull Factors of Migration
Discuss:
PUSH Factors:
Things which persuades a person to move away from
an area
PULL Factors:
Things which attracts people to a go to certain
destination
Images:
Arid dessert town
Snow capped mountain town
Urban city
Rural Farming town
Learning Activities
Activity #1
You have two pictures in front of you, imagine you
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Justification

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are looking at moving to one of these places. In your

workbook write TWO good things you see in each of
the pictures that would make you want to live there
and TWO bad things you can see that would make
you NOT want to live there.

previous knowledge, they will be

encouraged to share their thoughts and
opinions with their peers and ask
questions
to
help
solve
any
uncertainties. This activity gets the
students thinking about what features of
a place make it appealing or
unappealing in terms of migration.
Many students respond well to visual
learning so having pictures helps them
to identify with the task.

Activity # 2
(1)Think of two countries that you think, if you lived
there, you would want to move away from.
List as many push factors as you can as to why
people may choose, or are forced, to leave.
(2) List the Pull factors of Australia for people in
those countries.
Assessment Activity
Watch video (whole group):
Does Australia's prosperity depend on immigration?
(ABC SPLASH,2015)
http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/525071/doesaustralia-s-prosperity-depend-on-immigration-

45 min

Access:
OECDs (2013) International Migrant Database,
http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=MIG#
ABC Splashs (2015) Population Pyramid,
http://splash.abc.net.au/statisticsgame/#/view/country-of-birth/explore
Create a mind map that will be used to create a
poster in a future lesson that explores one of the
following ideas:
*The reason for international migration to Australia
*The effects of international migration to Australia
Including research regarding:
- The reasons people migrate to Australia
- The number of people in Australia who come
from migrant families
- migrant populations in Australian cities
- the top 6 countries that most migrants come
from and the reasons for migration?
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Viewing the video Does Australia's

prosperity depend on immigration?
(ABC Splash, 2015) is an interesting
and engaging way to introduce students
to some of the relevant concepts
relating to migration, such as;
demographic
changes,
economic
prosperity,
social
diversity
and
population growth.
Using graphs with data collected from
OECDs (2013) International Migrant
Database and ABC Splashs (2015)
Population Pyramid students are able to
engage with an independent inquiry.
This inquiry requires students to
analyse statistical data to compare the
number of people that migrate to other
western countries, and seek out
information such as where people who
migrate to Australia are coming from
and why choose to come here. This
information will be used to identify the
main types and patterns of international
migration, for example, permanent
migration, temporary labour migration,
student migration, forced migration
(including refugees) and family reunion
as required by The Australian
Curriculum (2015).
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Students will be allocated an area of

inquiry in which to do further research
and present this information in poster
form to their peers, using ABC Splash
(2015) Choose your own statistics
resource.
Conclusion
Recap questions outlined in the introduction to gauge
current understanding.

3 min

Class discussion should take place at

the conclusion of the session in order
for students to contextualise the
information they have just learnt.
Mosston and Ashworth (2002) explain
that assembling the class for a review of
the lesson brings closure to the
experience as well as an opportunity to
review content learned and offer
constructive feedback. Learning is
reviewed and is best done via verbal
feedback between teacher and students.

References List
ABC SPLASH (2015). Does Australia's prosperity depend on immigration?, viewed online URL:
http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/525071/does-australia-s-prosperity-depend-on-immigrationABC Splashs (2015). Population Pyramid, viewed online URL: http://splash.abc.net.au/statisticsgame/#/view/country-of-birth/explore
Mosston & Ashworth (2002/2010). Teaching Physical Education (5th ed., pp. 98-100). San Francisco:
Cummings.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2013). International Migrant
Database, viewed online URL: http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=MIG#
The Australian Curriculum (2015) 7-10 Geography Curriculum, viewed online, URL:
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanities-and-social-sciences/geography/curriculum/f-10?
layout=1#level8

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