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Coming to Indiana Lesson Plan 2

Key Ideas
Migration. The movement of people from one place to another.

Immigration. Movement into a country for the purpose of settling there.

Emigration. Movement out of a country for the purpose of resettling elsewhere.

Migrant. A person who moves periodically from one region to another or from one
country to another.

Immigrant. A person who moves into another country with the intention of settling there.

Emigrant. A person who leaves his or her country for the purpose of resettling
elsewhere.

Refugee. A person who is forced to leave his or her country because of some sort of
disaster or political situation.

Naturalized Citizen. An individual who becomes a citizen of the United States after
birth. Children adopted by U.S. citizens obtain naturalization by virtue of their status.
Most aliens obtain naturalization through proceedings established by Congress.

Push factors. Circumstances (such as war, famine, overpopulation, unemployment)
that cause people to leave their country.

Pull factors. Circumstances (available land, possibility of jobs, political or religious
freedom) that draw people to immigrate to a new country.

Time required
Three or four class periods

Materials
History textbooks, reference books
Handout 1: Did You Know? Immigration Status
Handout 2: Who’s Here? Cards: 3x5 cards, each with a brief description of a

hypothetical (or actual) person who has moved to Indiana at a specific
time in our history.
Assessment Handout: Coming to Indiana

Procedures
1. Ask students if they know the meaning of the word Hoosier and where this name

for residents of Indiana comes from. (No one knows for certain how this term