The+National+Geographic+Site

All of the information here comes from this web page, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/g35/humanmigration.html.

This file tells you about human migration, what it is, why people migrate. I learned about a law of human migration. Laws of Migration

Geographer E.G. Ravenstein developed a series of migration 'laws' in the 1880s that still make sense today. Here are a few:

• Most migrants travel only a short distance

• Migrants traveling long distances usually settle in cities

• Most migration is from the country to the city

• Most migrants are adults And it has these great resources =Migration Resources=

U.S. Census Bureau

[|Population Reference Bureau]

[|Ancestry.com: Thirteen Reasons Our Ancestors Migrated]

[|Smithsonian Institution: Migrations in History]

[|Migration Information Source]

[|UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency]

[|International Organization for Migration]

[|National Geographic Magazine: Changing America]

[|National Geographic: Xpeditions—Migration Station]

[|National Geographic: Geography Action!—Migration: The Human Journey]

[|National Geographic: The Genographic Project]

This is an interviewing guide for students. It has some really good tips on how to interview people.

This is a great guide for anyone who is interested in telling their story with photos. It has some great resources as well. This resource is great for all students, but is especially useful for the people who are studying the USA, Canada, or Mexico.

[|This is a really good resource]. We might print it out and put it in the classroom.