- Definition
Immigration is when someone moves from their home country to live permanently in a different country.
When a family moves from Mexico to Canada to live and work, that is an act of immigration.
How to teach this in 30 seconds
Try this analogy: Immigration is like when a family moves to a new house, but instead of a new street, they move to a whole new country to live.
Ask your child: If you moved to a new country, what would you bring with you?
Common mix-up: Kids might think immigration is just like a vacation. Immigration means moving to a new country to live there, not just to visit for a short time.
Examples
- A family moving from Ireland to the United States to start a new life.
- Someone's grandparents who moved from Italy to this country a long time ago.
immigration is a term used in Ontario’s Kindergarten to Grade 8 curriculum.
Where this shows up
- Grade 5 The Arts
- Grade 2 Social Studies / History / Geography
- Grade 6 Social Studies / History / Geography
- Grade 7 Social Studies / History / Geography
+12 more mentions across the curriculum
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