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History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 3

Migration and Settlement Stories

Third graders use push and pull factors to explain why people moved to Illinois: settlers from the South and East in the early 1800s, immigrants from Europe, Black Southerners in the Great Migration, Mexican families in the early 1900s and newer arrivals from around the world. They read data and family stories to see how migration shaped Illinois communities.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 85 minutes
  • Migration check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, pick map regions, match pairs, type a number and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Explain push and pull factors that cause people to migrate.
  • Describe major migrations to Illinois, including European immigration, the Great Migration and Mexican migration, and the reasons for them.
  • Use data and personal stories to explain how migration changed Illinois communities.

Lessons

  1. Push and pull 3 steps1 practiceabout 18 min
  2. Settlers and immigrants in the 1800s 4 steps3 practiceabout 22 min
  3. The Great Migration and Mexican migration 5 steps3 practiceabout 24 min
  4. How migration changed communities 4 steps2 practiceabout 21 min
  5. Migration check 9 questions at the end

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