For many citizens in countries such as Canada, the United States, Australia or South Africa, their ancestry in their respective countries would only go back a few generations. My family tree is required. The word migration may stimulate responses dealing with migratory birds and animals. Explain to the children that such movements in the animal world are events repeated each year, triggered by the seasons. Although migration for people may also have a seasonal aspect, it usually involves the permanent movement from one place to another.
People migrate for many reasons.
Have a brainstorming session with the students about possible reasons for migration and let the children write down their answers on the blackboard. Although the reasons for migration are many and varied, they can, nevertheless, be divided into two broad categories - push factors and pull factors. Push factors are causes of migration which cause people to leave their homelands , while pull factors attract people to their new countries . A refugee either cannot return home, or is afraid to do so. Give a couple of examples of refugee groups which illustrate parts of the definition.