Learning Intentions

You should be able to:

• Understand the historic patterns of migrations and the changes and continuities regarding where people have moved from and to.

• Understand the characteristics and spatial patterns shown in maps and diagrams representing the movements of people and where they settle. 

• Consider what the future holds for international migration patterns based on data and current trends. 

Success Criteria

By the end of the lesson you should be able to:

• Define human migration and describe human patterns of movement and settlement.

• Transfer information from adataset onto a world map.

• Describe and explain how and why international migration patterns have changed 

Human migration is the movement of people from one place in the world to another. Human patterns of movement reflect the conditions of a changing world and impact the cultural landscapes of both the places people leave and the places they settle.