Title: A Tale of Illegal Immigrants
1 Mexico
to the USA
A Tale of Illegal Immigrants
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3MEXICO TO THE USA
Why do people try to cross the border illegally
? What are the push factors ? What are the pull
factors ?
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6The border at night
7Around 1,000,000 people a year are caught by the
United States Border Patrol trying to cross the
border. Many of these are repeat offenders. What
would make you risk a crossing ? What do you
think most Americans think of the illegal
aliens or pollos as they are called ? Why are
some people glad to see the illegal immigrants?
8Creative Writing...
- You are now to begin a piece of creative writing
about migration from Mexico to the USA. - Imagine that you are one of the many Mexicans
desperate to get into the USA, bearing in mind
the numerous push and pull factors that you are
aware of. - You cannot cross the border legally you must
sneak across. -
- You are to produce a piece of writing telling
the story of how you managed to cross the border
(or not!!)
9How to write creatively
- use the past tense
- first person viewpoint (ie. I)
- in chronological order (ie. Order of time)
- opening paragraph describe your situation, your
feelings and your plans - 2nd paragraph the start of your journey, perhaps
mentioning the push factors - 3rd paragraph your journey over the border,
still mentioning push but also pull factors - use adjectives to project the mood and describe
your feelings - include lots of your feelings how would you feel
if you got caught??
10Try to include
- Details of the push factors that are making you
want to move. Think about money, housing, crime,
lack of employment opportunities, natural hazards
(earthquakes), transport systems - What was attracting you towards the USA (pull
factors) ? - How you travelled over the border ?
- Any danger you experienced along the way did you
meet the border patrols, did you pay a coyote
to help ? - What you did if you managed to cross the border
11Final 3 slides adapted from Carly Goodwins
presentation, available from http//www.sln.org.uk
/geography Possible formats A diary A statement
to the border patrol, or in court A letter
home An e-mail home A poem A phone conversation