6.6-6.7 Emigrations and Diaspora
Topics
- Diaspora: Mass exodus (leaving) of a place by people looking for another place to live (Youtube search)
- Emigration: Leaving a country to live in another. (Youtube search)
Discussion
- Why would nations like the United States and Australia want to limit Chinese immigration? What was their justification for that, when everyone else was welcomed?
- Slavery is a powerful economic lure - what were some of the ways that people tried to keep slave-like labor going despite having it banned officially? Why did they want to do that?
Homework
- Write a Single Paragraph Outline for a paragraph about the causes and effects of the mass migrations that resulted from changes brought by imperialism and industrialism.
- Use your outline to write the paragraph.