Causes of migration that influence the growth and character of the city
I can detail the main historic and recent, national and international migrations affecting Liverpool and describe their influences on age structure, ethnicity, housing, services and culture.
Causes of migration that influence the growth and character of the city
I can detail the main historic and recent, national and international migrations affecting Liverpool and describe their influences on age structure, ethnicity, housing, services and culture.
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Key learning points
- Liverpool's migrations can be divided over time (historical and recent) and over space (national and international).
- Significant national, historical inflows have been from Ireland and Wales.
- International inflows have been both historic and recent.
- Liverpool's population, age structure, economy, ethnicity, housing, income, services and culture have been influenced.
- Toxteth, Calderstones and Halewood have been influenced in different ways
Keywords
Migration - movement of people from place to place
Inflow - migration of people to a place
Outflow - migration of people away from a place
Ethnicity - a term that refers to the backgrounds or shared experiences of a group of people, including language, religion and beliefs
Common misconception
Pupils can think that as the focus of the lesson is about migration, that inflows and outflows are responsible for all population change.
Migration is important to understand when addressing population change but changes to birth and death rates must also be considered alongside for complete understanding.
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Starter quiz
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Exit quiz
4 Questions
movement of people from place to place
migration of people to a place
migration of people away from a place
the backgrounds or shared experiences of a group of people