Why do People Move and Change?

Why do people move and change is our big question that we are focusing on as we begin to learn about immigration. We read the book Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and discussed the reasons that led to the emigration of the citizens of Chewandswallow (their town was being destroyed by giant food, the school was closed because of the enormous pancake and the students needed an education, etc.). We brainstormed a list of reasons people move to a different place:

• to get better medical care
• get a better/different job
• to provide for their family
• to have more freedom
• weather/temperature
• more opportunities
• to start over/have a better life
• to get a better education
• to escape danger/to feel safe
• a disaster (flood, earthquake, hurricane, etc.)
• want a change
• forced to come